GitHub Profile Picture Size & Resizer

What GitHub actually shows on your profile

Avatar displays as a circle. 460×460 is the safe upload size with a 1 MB file cap. The displayed photo is a 460-pixel circle, so any photo you upload gets resized and re-encoded by GitHub's servers before it's shown to anyone else. The cleanest way to control how the final photo looks is to upload it at the exact dimensions GitHub expects.

GitHub profile picture specs at a glance

• Recommended size: 460 × 460 pixels
• Minimum size: 460 × 460 pixels
• Crop shape: Circle (face-centered)
• Accepted formats: JPG, PNG, GIF
• File-size cap: 1 MB
• Source: GitHub help center (verified 2026-05-21)

Why GitHub profile photos look blurry (and the fix)

A blurry GitHub profile photo almost always comes from one of three problems: the file was uploaded below the minimum size and GitHub stretched it, the camera shot was already soft (focus or motion blur), or the original was a screenshot of an already-compressed thumbnail. The resizer above fixes the first one cleanly. For the other two, run the photo through the Headshot Quality Checker first to find out what's wrong, then either re-shoot or generate a new AI headshot in the Studio.

How to take a great GitHub profile photo

Stand 1 to 2 meters from a window with the light hitting the side of your face. Eyes on the camera, chin slightly forward, mouth in a relaxed almost-smile. Wear a top that contrasts with your background. Most pros shoot at chest height, not from above, and crop just below the collarbone. If your phone camera is older than five years, switch to portrait mode if it has one. Read the full guide in our selfie guide.

The privacy question

This resizer never uploads your photo anywhere. Everything happens in the browser using the Canvas API — the image bytes leave your device only if you choose to upload the exported file to GitHubthrough their own profile editor. Closing the tab destroys the image. We don't track which photos you process, we don't store thumbnails, and there's no signup gate before downloads.

When cropping isn't enough

If your photo's lighting is dim, the colors look washed out, or it's a few years old, no amount of cropping will save it. The AI Studio takes one selfie and generates 3 studio-quality headshots free in about 60 seconds, with 100+ styles to pick from. Studio Session is $19 once for 100 photos in Full HD — no subscription, never auto-renews.