Simple Icons
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The facts
Each one read from Simple Icons's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Brand guidelines
- The website and package data link to brand guidelines when available, but the guidelines collection is ongoing and links may become outdated.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Bundling
- The npm package documentation recommends a tree-shaking bundler to remove unused icon code.checked 7 Oct 2026
- CDN
- Icons can be served through jsDelivr, unpkg, or the Simple Icons CDN, which supports custom colors and dark mode colors.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Contributions and requests
- The project accepts contributions, corrections, and icon requests through GitHub.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The CDN supports custom colors and an automatic viewBox option for consistent icon sizing.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Developer packages
- The project documents npm and Packagist packages for using icons in Node.js and PHP projects.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Download
- Icons can be downloaded individually as SVGs from the website.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Icon data caveat
- The project says icon license data may be outdated because it relies largely on community contributions to keep Simple Icons up to date.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project lists third-party extensions including Figma, Miro, Raycast, Blender, and Webflow.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes its library as SVG icons for popular brands and documents ways to use them in web pages and software projects.checked 7 Oct 2026
- JavaScript
- The icons are available in the simple-icons npm package, with bundled TypeScript declarations.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Library size
- The project describes its library as containing over 3400 SVG icons.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License
- The Simple Icons project is released under CC0, but individual icons may have different licenses and users should check each icon's license.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License data
- The project says license data may be incomplete or outdated because it relies largely on community upkeep.checked 7 Oct 2026
- PHP
- A Packagist package is available for using the icons in PHP projects.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Simple Icons provides SVG icons for popular brands.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Simple Icons provides more than 3,400 SVG icons for popular brands.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support and requests
- Users can submit icon requests, corrections, and contributions through GitHub.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Trademark caveat
- The license says it does not waive or affect trademark or patent rights, and the project asks users to read its legal disclaimer before using icons.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Update cadence
- The project generally releases brand updates once a week and removes icons that no longer meet its criteria twice a year in major releases.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Usage limits
- Using the latest major version on a CDN stops receiving updates after the next major release, while using @latest can return a 404 if an icon is removed.checked 7 Oct 2026
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