google/material-design-icons

Analysis updated 2026-06-20

★ 53,232Audience · designerComplexity · 1/5LicenseSetup · easy

Mindmap

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  root((Material Icons))
    What it does
      Free icon library
      Google design system
      Web and mobile ready
    Formats
      Icon font
      SVG files
      CSS stylesheet
    Use Cases
      Web UI buttons
      Android apps
      iOS apps
    Audience
      Web developers
      Mobile developers
      UI designers

mindmap root((Material Icons)) What it does Free icon library Google design system Web and mobile ready Formats Icon font SVG files CSS stylesheet Use Cases Web UI buttons Android apps iOS apps Audience Web developers Mobile developers UI designers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add professional search, delete, and navigation icons to your web app with a single line of HTML.

USE CASE 2

Bundle the icon font locally in your project for offline use without relying on the Google Fonts CDN.

USE CASE 3

Use Material icons in your Android or iOS app for a consistent Google-style visual language.

USE CASE 4

Build a design system with consistent icons across web and mobile platforms.

What is it built with?

SVGIcon FontCSS

How does it compare?

	google/material-design-icons	mozilla/pdf.js	powershell/powershell
Stars	53,232	53,262	53,309
Language	—	JavaScript	C#
Setup difficulty	easy	moderate	easy
Complexity	1/5	2/5	3/5
Audience	designer	developer	ops devops

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Apache 2.0, use freely in personal or commercial projects with no attribution required.

In plain English

Material Design Icons is the official icon set released by Google. Icons are small visual symbols used in interfaces, things like a trash can for delete, a magnifying glass for search, or a home symbol for the main page. This collection follows Google's Material Design guidelines, which define a visual style used across Android apps, web products, and iOS applications. The repository contains icon assets in multiple formats. For web projects, the README shows that you can include the icons by linking to a hosted stylesheet, one line of HTML is all it takes to load the full icon font into a web page. Alternatively, the repository includes pre-generated font files you can download and bundle directly into a project if you prefer not to rely on an external link. The icons are released under the Apache License 2.0, which means they are free to use in personal and commercial products, with attribution appreciated but not required. Google invites developers to incorporate the icons into their own apps and even remix them. You can browse the full icon catalog at the Google Fonts website. This makes the project useful for any developer or designer building interfaces for web, Android, or iOS who wants a consistent, professionally designed set of symbols without creating them from scratch.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

How do I add Material Design icons to my HTML page and show a search icon inside a button using the icon font?

Prompt 2

Show me how to bundle Google Material Design icons locally in a web project without using the Google Fonts CDN link.

Prompt 3

Write the HTML and CSS to display a floating action button using a Material Design icon.

Prompt 4

How do I use Material Design icons in a React app as SVG components?

Frequently asked questions

What is material-design-icons?

Google's official Material Design icon set, hundreds of free, professionally designed symbols for web, Android, and iOS apps, available as a web font or downloadable SVG files.

What license does material-design-icons use?

Apache 2.0, use freely in personal or commercial projects with no attribution required.

How hard is material-design-icons to set up?

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

Who is material-design-icons for?

Mainly designer.

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