Seven popular icon libraries compared across features, tooling, and ecosystem. We built this to be fair - every library has strengths. Pick what fits your project.
Largest brand SVG library with multi-variant support (light/dark/wordmark/mono). Full toolchain: npm, React, CLI, API, MCP server.
Established single-color brand icon library. Strong community, Figma/Raycast/Alfred plugins. Mono only, no color variants.
Beautiful SvelteKit-based browser for brand SVGs. Color + wordmark variants. Smaller collection, no npm package.
Community fork of Feather Icons. Clean, consistent UI icons. No brand logos - strictly utility icons for interfaces.
Iconic library with ~500 brand icons in the free tier. Font-based, larger bundle. Pro tier adds more icons and styles.
Meta-library aggregating 150+ icon sets. Unified API across sources. Not brand-focused, can be overwhelming for brand logos.
Developer technology icons (languages, frameworks, tools). Limited to tech brands only. SVG and font formats.
| Feature | theSVG | Simple Icons | svgl | Lucide | Font Awesome | Iconify | Devicon |
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| Brand logo iconsLucide: UI only | FA: ~500 brands | Iconify: aggregated | Devicon: tech only | |||||||
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| Open sourceFont Awesome: free tier is open source, Pro is proprietary | |||||||
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Need brand logos with color/dark/light/wordmark variants. Want an API, CLI, or MCP server. Building with any framework.
Need mono brand icons only. Want the most established library with Figma, Raycast, and Alfred plugins.
Need UI icons (arrows, menus, settings) not brand logos. Lucide for clean modern icons, FA for the widest selection.
svgl for a beautiful browsing experience with color variants. Iconify to search across 150+ icon sets from one API.
This comparison is maintained by the theSVG team. We respect every library listed here and built this to help developers make informed choices. Simple Icons has years of community trust. Lucide powers most modern React apps. Font Awesome is an industry standard. Iconify is an incredible aggregator. Each serves a different need. If something is inaccurate, open an issue and we will correct it.
