Headgear

Headgear creates high-quality, resolution-independent images of your Reddit Avatar (NFT or regular), allowing you to use it beyond Reddit. With images from Headgear you can create high-quality prints, images for other social media sites, or extract Avatar accessories to create image macros/memes or general mash-ups.

Headgear is a browser extension that works in Chrome or Brave. Currently Headgear needs to be a browser extension rather than a separate website because the data it needs to create its images is not available from Reddit's public APIs. Headgear needs to use the internal APIs used by Reddit's own Avatar Builder and NFT shop.

Install

Never enter your Reddit Vault password in a browser that has extensions installed. See Headgear's security advice for more.

Chrome / Brave / Opera

Install Headgear from the Chrome Web Store

Microsoft Edge

Edge can also install Headgear from the Chrome Web Store link above, but you need to explicitly allow Edge to use the Chrome Web Store. Edge will prompt you to enable it when you first visit. Microsoft has instructions here.

Firefox

Headgear does not yet support Firefox because they've not released support for Manifest V3 extensions in their stable release yet. However they have a developer preview of Manifest V3 support now, and it seems that they'll be releasing it in a few months (as of Oct 2022).

Safari

Safari may be able to support Headgear, but this has not been investigated in any detail.

Quickstart

• After installing, open the Reddit website, then click Headgear under the Extensions toolbar item

• You can Pin Headgear to keep it on the toolbar

• To uninstall Headgear, click Manage Extensions under the Extensions toolbar icon

Demo Video

Here's a brief screencast demonstrating Headgear:

Background & Goals

Reddit's excellent Avatar Builder lets users to create customised avatars to represent themselves throughout Reddit. They have a Share Avatar feature that downloads a PNG image of moderate resolution (587 × 718 pixels) and no transparency.

Reddit recently launched Collectable Avatars — limited-edition Avatars that are NFTs which are owned by their holders, and can be re-sold or transferred to other users.

Project Goals

• Enable Reddit users to access their Avatars in the best available quality
  • Initially this means SVG format, via the SVG assets used by the Reddit Avatar Builder
• Decentralise Avatar assets and data:
  • So that Reddit Avatars are not lost if Reddit stops supporting them (see the previous Reddit Avatars)
  • To enable them to be used beyond Reddit
• Be easy to use
• Have fun