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lucide-icons/lucide

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TLDR

Open-source collection of 1,600+ scalable SVG icons for websites and apps, with official packages for React, Vue, Svelte, and other frameworks.

Mindmap

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  root((Lucide Icons))
    What it does
      1600+ SVG icons
      Scalable vector graphics
      Consistent visual style
    How to use
      React components
      Vue integration
      Svelte support
      Figma plugin
    Use cases
      Website design
      App interfaces
      Design mockups
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      npm packages
      SVG format

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Add polished icons to a React or Vue app without designing them from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Build a website with consistent, scalable icons that look sharp on mobile and desktop.

USE CASE 3

Create design mockups in Figma using a curated set of professional icons.

USE CASE 4

Replace individual icon files with a single npm package that works across multiple frameworks.

Tech stack

TypeScriptReactVueSvelteAngularSVG

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use freely for any purpose, including commercial projects, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

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 and use Lucide icons in a React component for a navigation menu.
Prompt 2
How do I customize the size, color, and stroke width of Lucide icons in my Vue app?
Prompt 3
What's the best way to import only the icons I need from Lucide to keep my bundle size small?
Prompt 4
Can I use Lucide icons in a Figma design file, and how do I set that up?
Prompt 5
How do I browse all 1,600+ Lucide icons and find the right one for my use case?
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