# Emoji Datasource — card for AI agents

Emoji data in JSON plus spritesheet images from Apple, Google, Twitter and Facebook sets, distributed on GitHub and npm.

Category: Emoji · maker Cal Henderson (iamcal) · checked 2026-10-20

## Price
- Price: Free
- Free tier: Free and open source under the MIT License

## License
MIT License (code and data); image sets carry separate licenses — https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/blob/HEAD/LICENSE

- commercial: **conditions** (Commercial use with conditions)
  > Apple images, Copyright © Apple Inc., are not licensed for commercial usage.
  (https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data)
- attribution: **varies** (Credit depends on the item)
  > Twitter images are available under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license]
  (https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data)
- in app: **conditions** (Ship inside your app with conditions)
  > Android/Google/Noto images, are available under the [Apache License 2.0]
  (https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data)

## Rules to follow
- Keep the MIT license and copyright notice with the code and data you ship.
- Do not use Apple emoji images in commercial products; they are not licensed for commercial use.
- Credit Twitter (Twemoji) images under CC BY 4.0 when you use them; Google Noto images fall under Apache 2.0.
- Avoid Facebook images, which have no clear license; use the 'clean' sheets so no fallback images from other sets are mixed in.

## How an agent gets files
- npm install emoji-datasource (32px sheets); extra npm packages emoji-datasource-apple, -google, -twitter, -facebook for other sizes and sets; images also on jsDelivr (sign-in: none)
- Formats: json, png
- Not allowed: Apple images are not licensed for commercial use
- Not allowed: Facebook images have no clear licensing
- Not allowed: Google/Noto images are under Apache License 2.0; Twitter images are under CC BY 4.0
- Not allowed: Use the 'clean' sprite sheets to avoid fallback images from other sets

## How to connect
- Package (npm/PyPI)
- npm: `npm install emoji-datasource`
- Repository: https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data
- Website: https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data

## Notes
Added automatically; license read from the official pages.

## Numbers (AgentGid data)
- Gid Score: 41.4
- GitHub stars: 2,798
- Downloads last week: 192,798

## Lines to paste into your prompt or AGENTS.md

```
- Emoji Datasource (Emoji). Emoji data in JSON plus spritesheet images from Apple, Google, Twitter and Facebook sets, distributed on GitHub and npm. Price: free; commercial use with conditions; credit depends on the item; ship inside your app with conditions.
  Connect: npm emoji-datasource.
  Get files: npm install emoji-datasource (32px sheets); extra npm packages emoji-datasource-apple, -google, -twitter, -facebook for other sizes and sets; images also on jsDelivr (json, png).
  Not allowed: Apple images are not licensed for commercial use
  Not allowed: Facebook images have no clear licensing
  Not allowed: Google/Noto images are under Apache License 2.0; Twitter images are under CC BY 4.0
  Not allowed: Use the 'clean' sprite sheets to avoid fallback images from other sets
  Rule: Keep the MIT license and copyright notice with the code and data you ship.
  Rule: Do not use Apple emoji images in commercial products; they are not licensed for commercial use.
  Rule: Credit Twitter (Twemoji) images under CC BY 4.0 when you use them; Google Noto images fall under Apache 2.0.
  Rule: Avoid Facebook images, which have no clear license; use the 'clean' sheets so no fallback images from other sets are mixed in.
  License: https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/blob/HEAD/LICENSE (checked 2026-10-20; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/emoji-datasource/)
```

## Links
- AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/assets/emoji-datasource/
- Is it free for commercial use? https://agentgid.com/assets/emoji-datasource/commercial-use/
- Source: https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
- Source: https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data

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