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lucide-icons/lucide

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22,441TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5LicenseSetup · easy

TLDR

Lucide is a free, open-source icon library with 1,600+ clean SVG icons available as drop-in components for React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, and other frameworks, licensed under ISC so free for commercial use.

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  root((Lucide Icons))
    What It Is
      SVG icon library
      1600 plus icons
      Consistent style
    Framework Packages
      React
      Vue
      Svelte
      Angular
    How to Use
      npm install
      Import as component
      Figma plugin
    License
      ISC permissive
      Commercial allowed
      Free to use
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add a trash can, search, or heart icon to a React or Vue component without designing or sourcing SVG files yourself.

USE CASE 2

Use the Figma plugin to browse and insert Lucide icons into design mockups to keep icons consistent between design and code.

USE CASE 3

Replace a mixed set of icon sources in a web app with one coherent, consistently-styled library across all components.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptSVGReactVueSvelteAngular

How does it compare?

lucide-icons/lucidesupermemoryai/supermemoryjhipster/generator-jhipster
Stars22,44122,42422,404
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity1/53/53/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use freely for any purpose including commercial projects, do whatever you want with it under the ISC license.

In plain English

Lucide is an open-source collection of over 1,600 icons available as SVG files. SVG icons are small, scalable vector graphics, meaning they look sharp at any size without blurring, unlike image files. The library is a community-maintained fork of a project called Feather Icons, focused on keeping a consistent, clean visual style across all icons. The icons are designed for use in websites and applications to represent actions, objects, and concepts, things like a trash can for delete, a magnifying glass for search, a heart for favorites, and so on. Lucide provides official packages for all the major JavaScript frameworks including React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, and others, so you can drop icons directly into your project as components without manually managing SVG files. There is also a Figma plugin for designers who want to use the icons in their design mockups. You would use Lucide when you are building a website or app and need a consistent set of icons that look polished and work across different screen sizes. It saves the time of designing icons from scratch or hunting for individual icon files. The library is free for both personal and commercial projects under the ISC license. It is written in TypeScript and distributed via npm.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to install lucide-react and use the Trash2, Search, and Heart icons in a React functional component.
Prompt 2
How do I customize the color, size, and stroke width of a Lucide icon in a Vue 3 component?
Prompt 3
Using lucide-svelte, show me how to add a navigation bar with Home, Settings, and Bell icons in a SvelteKit app.
Prompt 4
How do I find and copy a specific Lucide icon as an SVG file to use in a plain HTML page without a framework?

Frequently asked questions

What is lucide?

Lucide is a free, open-source icon library with 1,600+ clean SVG icons available as drop-in components for React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, and other frameworks, licensed under ISC so free for commercial use.

What language is lucide written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, SVG, React.

What license does lucide use?

Use freely for any purpose including commercial projects, do whatever you want with it under the ISC license.

How hard is lucide to set up?

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

Who is lucide for?

Mainly developer.

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