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feathericons/feather

Analysis updated 2026-06-21

25,893JavaScriptAudience · vibe coderComplexity · 1/5LicenseSetup · easy

TLDR

Feather is a free collection of 280+ clean, minimalist SVG icons for websites and apps, add any icon with one line of HTML, and control size, color, and thickness to match your design.

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  root((Feather Icons))
    What it is
      SVG icon library
      Minimalist line style
      280+ icons
    How to Use
      One-line HTML
      npm package
      Figma import
    Customization
      Size
      Color
      Stroke width
    Audience
      Vibe coders
      Web designers
      Frontend devs
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add a social media, arrow, or file-type icon to a web page with a single line of HTML, no design tools needed.

USE CASE 2

Import Feather icons as an npm package and use them in a JavaScript or TypeScript frontend project.

USE CASE 3

Customize icon size, stroke color, and line thickness to match your product's visual style without editing SVG files manually.

USE CASE 4

Import the full Feather icon set into Figma as a component library to use in mockups and design files.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptSVGNode.js

How does it compare?

feathericons/featherselect2/select2jakechampion/fetch
Stars25,89325,93925,845
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/52/51/5
Audiencevibe coderdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

No install needed for basic use, add a CDN script tag and use <i data-feather> elements directly in HTML.

MIT License, use freely in any project, including commercial products, without paying anything.

In plain English

Feather is a collection of clean, minimalist icons for websites and apps. Each icon is a simple line drawing, no fills, no gradients, designed to look elegant at small sizes. The full set covers common UI needs: arrows, social media logos, file types, weather symbols, communication icons, and more. You can browse everything at feathericons.com. For a vibe coder or founder building a web product: if your app needs icons and you do not want to pay for a design pack or spend time creating your own, Feather is a free, ready-to-use solution. Adding an icon to your page is as simple as one line of HTML, and you can control the size, color, and thickness to match your design. The icons are built as SVG files, a web-friendly format that stays crisp at any screen size, from tiny mobile displays to large monitors. You can use them directly in HTML, pull them into a JavaScript project as a package, or import them into design tools like Figma as a component library. Feather is free and open-source (MIT license), meaning you can use it in commercial projects without paying anything. It is a mature, widely-adopted project with nearly 26,000 GitHub stars and millions of monthly downloads. If you want icons with a more playful style, filled icons, or a larger variety, other libraries like Heroicons or Lucide (a community fork of Feather) are worth comparing, but Feather remains a reliable default for clean, professional-looking interfaces.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to add the Feather 'github' and 'twitter' icons to my HTML page using the CDN, include the script tag and the icon element.
Prompt 2
How do I import and use Feather icons in a Vite + React project so the icons render as SVG components I can style with CSS?
Prompt 3
I want to change a Feather icon's color to blue and make it larger, what HTML attributes or CSS properties do I set?
Prompt 4
How do I import Feather icons into Figma so I can use them in my UI mockups?

Frequently asked questions

What is feather?

Feather is a free collection of 280+ clean, minimalist SVG icons for websites and apps, add any icon with one line of HTML, and control size, color, and thickness to match your design.

What language is feather written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, SVG, Node.js.

What license does feather use?

MIT License, use freely in any project, including commercial products, without paying anything.

How hard is feather to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is feather for?

Mainly vibe coder.

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