Avatar Stack

UserAvatar draws a photo, or the Layro face drawn from the name (or initials, if you prefer), with an optional presence dot. AvatarStack overlaps a group, names each on hover and focus, and opens the rest from +N in a list.

Data & feedback Free268 lines · one file

The decision inside it

+N opens the list

A count you cannot expand is a dead end the moment someone asks who else. The overflow is a button that shows everyone, and a photo that fails to load falls back to the drawn face instead of a broken image.

When to use it

Use UserAvatar for one person (photo, or the Layro face drawn from the name, with presence) and AvatarStack for a group with +N that opens the full list. Pass name always: it is the alt text, the tooltip and the fallback.

Installation

How you get it

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any coding agent. It installs the file and uses it as it is, instead of writing a new one.

Use Layro's Avatar Stack for this.
Install it: npx shadcn@latest add @layro/avatar-stack
(the @layro registry is set up in components.json, with LAYRO_KEY in .env.local)
Import it from @/components/ui/avatar-stack.
Do not rewrite or restyle it. Pass my data through its props
and keep its built-in states.

For the full brief with every prop and the mistakes assistants usually make, use Copy prompt above. Free components install through the @layro registry with your CLI token: see the Namespaced tab.

Usage

components/reviewers.tsx

import { AvatarStack, UserAvatar } from "@/components/ui/avatar-stack";

export function Reviewers() {
  return (
    <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
      <UserAvatar name="Michael Carter" status="online" />
      <AvatarStack
        label="Reviewers"
        max={3}
        people={[{ name: "Priya Raman" }, { name: "Olivia Martinez" }, { name: "Daniel Okafor" }, { name: "Aiko Tanaka" }]}
      />
    </div>
  );
}

API reference

“Copy prompt” above puts a full brief on your clipboard — install command, dependencies, props, and the mistakes an assistant usually makes with this component.

Props

Read from the component’s own TypeScript interface when the site is built, so this table cannot drift from the file you install.

Prop	Type	Notes
`name`required	`string`	The person's name: the alt text, the tooltip, and the seed for the drawn face.
`src`	`string`	A photo. Falls back to the drawn face (or initials) if it is missing or fails to load.
`fallback`	`"face" \| "initials"`	What to draw without a photo: the Layro face for the name, or initials on a tint. Default face.
`size`	`AvatarSize`	xs 20, sm 24, md 32, lg 40, xl 56 pixels. Default md.
`shape`	`"circle" \| "square"`	People are circles; square suits a grid of tiles or a bot. Default circle.
`status`	`"online" \| "away" \| "busy" \| "offline"`	A presence dot in the corner, also read out with the name.
`ring`	`boolean`	A ring in the surface colour, for avatars that overlap or sit on a photo.

Dependencies

npm packages

@radix-ui/react-popoverclsxtailwind-merge

Layro foundations, installed alongside it

layro-themeavatartooltip

States

All of them are drawn by the component. None is left for you to design.

Photo
Initials
Presence
Stack
Overflow list

Accessibility

Keyboard reachable throughout, in visual order
Focus trapped in overlays, Escape closes them
Focus returns to whatever opened it
Live regions announce what changed, not that something did
Honours prefers-reduced-motion

Responsive behavior

Sizes to its container, not the viewport
Usable from 320px up
Pointer-based interaction, so trackpad and touch both work
No hover-only affordances

Used in a screenAll screens

ScreenPro

Files

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