CodeQuote renders a random programming quote as a self-contained SVG card on every request. Drop one image tag into your README and it just works — no JavaScript, no database, no account.
| 🔀 Random on every request | A fresh quote is selected from a curated set each time the endpoint is hit. |
| 🧩 Self-contained SVG | No external images or fonts, so the card renders identically anywhere it's embedded. |
| 📄 README-ready | Built specifically to sit inside a Markdown image tag on GitHub, GitLab, or npm. |
| 🎨 Themeable | Switch between dark, light, or an auto-adapting GitHub-aware theme via a query parameter. |
| 🛡️ No account, no database | Nothing to sign up for and nothing about you gets stored. |
| 🐙 Open source | MIT licensed. Read the code, self-host it, or send a pull request. |
Paste the snippet below anywhere in your README.md. GitHub re-fetches the image on every view, so the quote changes over time.
That's it — no setup, no API key, no build step.
A single, predictable endpoint. No API key, no rate-limit headers to manage, no request body — one GET request returns one SVG.
Endpoint
GET /api/quote.svg
Example request
curl -i "https://codequote.vercel.app/api/quote.svg?theme=github"Response headers
Content-Type: image/svg+xml
Cache-Control: no-cache
Query parameters
| Parameter | Values | Default |
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theme |
dark, light, github, dracula, nord, monokai, solarized, gruvbox, onedark, tokyonight, catppuccin, synthwave, ayu, rosepine |
dark |
author |
substring match, e.g. Torvalds |
any |
font |
sans, serif, mono |
sans |
width |
380–900 (px) |
600 |
CodeQuote is a small, MIT-licensed project. Browse the source, open an issue, or contribute a new quote.
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𝜜ɴყꫝㅤ𓆩💗𓆪 
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𝐌 𝐔 𝐑 𝚨 𝐋 𝐈 𓂃ִֶָ⋆.˚ 
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Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Made with 💗 by the CodeQuote contributors