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Free CSS Star Rating Generator (HTML, React, Vue)

Pure-CSS 5-star rating HTML code, free generator. No JS, no SVG, no icon font. Half-star support via percentage fill. HTML, React, Vue outputs. Copy-paste ready.

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Rating 4.5 / 5

Star size 32 px

Gap between stars 2 px

Filled color

#ffdc24

Empty color

#e5e7eb

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How it Works

Ship star ratings without libraries

Most "5 star rating HTML code" snippets you find online use icon fonts (Font Awesome) or inline SVGs, both of which add page weight and dependencies. This generator outputs a single-element star rating component using only Unicode characters and CSS custom properties, in about 30 lines total. It supports any decimal rating (4.3 / 5 renders correctly via percentage fill), any size, any color, and ships with proper ARIA labels for accessibility.

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Pick rating, size, colors

Use the sliders to set rating (0-5 with decimals), star size (12-80px), and gap. Click the color swatches for filled and empty star colors.

See the live preview

Every tweak re-renders the preview instantly using pure CSS custom properties. Check it looks right at your chosen size before copying.

Copy your framework's snippet

Switch output to Plain HTML/CSS, React (JSX component), or Vue 3 SFC. Each outputs the exact same CSS, just wrapped for your stack. Includes proper ARIA role and label for accessibility.

FAQ

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How do I display a 5-star rating in HTML?

Three common approaches. One, use an icon font like Font Awesome (60 KB plus dependency). Two, inline 5 SVGs (clean but verbose markup). Three, use a single Unicode star character styled with CSS to fill at any percentage (this approach, ~1 KB total, no dependencies). The third approach is what big sites like Amazon and Booking.com actually use because it scales cleanly and renders identically across browsers.

Does this support half-star ratings (e.g. 4.3 / 5)?

Yes. The component uses a CSS custom property --fill that accepts any percentage (e.g. 30%, 65%, 85%), so 4.3 / 5 renders perfectly with the 5th star filled at 30 percent. Other approaches that rely on multiple star characters or images can't do partial fills cleanly; this one can.

How does this compare to the W3Schools approach?

W3Schools' star rating tutorial uses Font Awesome (icon font dependency, ~60 KB extra weight) and doesn't cleanly support half-stars. Our approach is dependency-free, half-star compatible, and ships with React and Vue wrappers. If you just need to render a static rating once, both approaches work; for dynamic ratings or component libraries, the percentage-fill approach scales better.

Is this accessible for screen readers?

Yes. The generated HTML uses role="img" on the wrapper and an aria-label like "Rating: 4.3 out of 5". Screen readers announce the numerical rating once, instead of reading "star star star star half-star" five times, which is the WAI-ARIA recommended pattern for rating displays.