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google/material-design-icons

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TLDR

Google's official icon set for web, Android, and iOS apps. Thousands of professionally designed symbols ready to use via font files or a single HTML link.

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Icon symbols
      Multiple formats
      Material Design style
    How to use
      HTML stylesheet link
      Download font files
      Bundle in projects
    Use cases
      Web interfaces
      Android apps
      iOS applications
    Tech stack
      Font files
      SVG assets
      Google Fonts hosting

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Add a trash icon, search icon, or home symbol to your web app with one line of HTML.

USE CASE 2

Download icon font files and bundle them directly into an Android or iOS app for offline use.

USE CASE 3

Remix and customize Material Design icons to match your brand while maintaining visual consistency.

Tech stack

Font filesSVGHTMLCSS

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Free to use in personal and commercial projects under Apache License 2.0; attribution appreciated but not 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 website using the Google Fonts stylesheet?
Prompt 2
Show me how to download and use Material Design Icons as font files in my React app.
Prompt 3
What are all the available Material Design Icons I can use, and how do I browse the full catalog?
Prompt 4
How can I customize or remix Material Design Icons to match my app's color scheme?
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