Simple Icons
A collection of over 3400 free SVG icons for popular brands, available via CDN, npm, and other package managers.
What is Simple Icons?
Simple Icons is an open-source icon library that provides over 3400 SVG icons for popular brands, technologies, and services. It solves the problem of developers needing consistent, high-quality brand logos for their projects by offering a centralized, community-maintained collection that is easy to integrate via CDN or package managers.
Web developers, designers, and technical writers who need to incorporate brand logos into websites, applications, documentation, or design mockups.
Developers choose Simple Icons for its vast, up-to-date collection, ease of use via CDN or npm, and the assurance of using legally compliant, accurately designed icons maintained by an active open-source community.
Overview
SVG icons for popular brands
Use Cases
Best For
- Adding brand logos to a project's footer or tech stack section
- Creating documentation that references technologies or services
- Building developer portfolios that showcase tools and skills
- Designing marketing pages that feature partner or customer logos
- Developing UI kits or design systems that require brand assets
- Generating social media graphics or presentations with tech icons
Not Ideal For
- Projects needing generic UI icons like navigation arrows or common symbols
- Applications requiring raster image formats (PNG, JPG) due to compatibility constraints
- Design systems that demand highly customized, animated, or interactive icon components
- Enterprises with strict legal policies against using third-party brand assets without extensive vetting
Pros & Cons
Pros
With over 3400 SVG icons, it comprehensively covers popular brands, technologies, and services, eliminating the need to source logos individually.
Icons are accessible via CDN with custom colors and dark mode, npm/Packagist packages with tree-shaking, and direct SVG downloads, as detailed in the usage sections.
Supported by open-source contributions and third-party extensions for tools like Figma, Blender, and web frameworks, ensuring regular updates and broader usability.
The npm package supports tree-shaking to include only used icons, reducing bundle sizes in modern web projects, as emphasized in the Node usage guide.
Cons
Icons are exclusively in SVG format, which may not suit environments requiring raster images or where SVG support is inconsistent, such as in some email clients.
Using @latest in CDN URLs can lead to 404 errors if icons are removed, as warned in the README, posing a maintenance challenge for production sites.
Users must review the legal disclaimer and individual icon licenses, adding complexity for commercial projects where brand usage rights are critical.
Frequently Asked Questions
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