--- a
+++ b/doc/_static/js/contrib-avatars.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+async function getContribs(url) {
+    result = await fetch(url);
+    data = await result.json();
+    return data;
+}
+
+function addCards(data, container) {
+    data.forEach((entry) => {
+      if (!entry.login.endsWith("[bot]")) {
+        let card = document.createElement("div");
+        let anchor = document.createElement("a");
+        let image = document.createElement("img");
+        card.setAttribute("class", "card my-1 mx-2");
+        anchor.setAttribute("href", entry.html_url);
+        image.setAttribute("class", "card-img contributor-avatar");
+        image.setAttribute("src", entry.avatar_url);
+        image.setAttribute("title", entry.login);
+        image.setAttribute("alt", `Contributor avatar for ${entry.login}`);
+        anchor.append(image);
+        card.append(anchor);
+        container.append(card);
+      }
+    });
+}
+
+async function putAvatarsInPage() {
+    // container
+    let outer = document.createElement("div");
+    let title = document.createElement("p");
+    let inner = document.createElement("div");
+    outer.setAttribute("id", "contributor-avatars");
+    outer.setAttribute("class", "container my-4");
+    title.setAttribute("class", "h4 text-center font-weight-light");
+    title.innerText = "Contributors";
+    inner.setAttribute("class", "d-flex flex-wrap flex-row justify-content-center align-items-center");
+    // GitHub API returns batches of 100 so we have to loop
+    var page = 1;
+    while (true) {
+      data = await getContribs(
+        `https://api.github.com/repos/mne-tools/mne-python/contributors?per_page=100&page=${page}`
+      );
+      if (!data.length) {
+        break;
+      }
+      addCards(data, container=inner);
+      page++;
+    }
+    // finish
+    outer.append(title, inner);
+    document.body.append(outer);
+}
+
+putAvatarsInPage();