Introducing AkiTao Tools and Favicon Generator

AkiTao Tools is the first tool branch of AkiTao: small jobs that a digital brand must get right, packaged as something you can do right now. Not every business needs to start with a large consulting project, but every brand needs its small touchpoints done properly.

The first tool is Favicon Generator, because your logo appears in more places than the browser tab: the iOS home screen, Android, PWAs and the manifest.

Why start with the favicon?

A favicon does not create brand strategy, but it is part of brand consistency. A distorted icon, a missing file, a wrong background or a poor mobile fit makes the brand look careless at the very first layer users see.

What does the tool produce?

Drop in a PNG or JPEG logo (a transparent PNG works best). The tool returns a ZIP of 7 files plus an HTML snippet to paste into your <head>:

• ◆favicon.ico (16×16 and 32×32): browser tab and bookmarks
• ◆icon-48.png and icon-96.png: extra sizes for SEO and discoverability
• ◆icon-192.png: fallback icon for PWAs
• ◆icon-512-maskable.png: Android adaptive icon and splash screen, with the logo inside the 80% safe zone
• ◆apple-touch-icon.png (180×180): iOS, with an opaque background so the corners do not turn black
• ◆manifest.json: declares theme_color, background_color and the purpose of each icon

Where does it run, and what does it skip?

All processing runs in the browser and the image is never uploaded to a server. Resizing uses Rust WebAssembly with Lanczos3 interpolation.

The tool deliberately skips dark-mode variants, Open Graph images, monochrome badges and Windows tiles. The reasoning for each is in What is a favicon and why does it matter for digital branding.