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3 awesome open-source iconsets! 🧰

Over the past few weeks I’ve been creating a list of my favorite open-source icons. They’ve really expanded my thinking on different styles and trends in the design world. Let’s get started!

CSS.gg

CSS.gg is a minimalist library with over 700+ icons for CSS, SVG, Figma, Adobe XD, and more! CSS.gg also was created by an Indiehacker: @astrit

CSS.gg

With over 6000+ stars on Github, this open-source project is no joke. Each icon is very precise and detailed.

I’ve used CSS.gg for a project in the past and it worked very well. Easy-to-setup, lightweight, and customizable. All very important features I look for.

FontAwesome

Yep, I’m assuming you saw this one coming. With the huge library of icons and styles, this tool has taken web designers by storm. ⚡

FontAwesome

With icons for every occasion, you’ll be set. 👍

You can either go with the free plan or purchase the pro membership which includes:
-6000+ more icons

  • More styles and brand choices
  • Pro licenses
  • And much more!
    I’m also pretty hyped 💪 for FontAwesome right now because version 6 is soon to release! I can’t wait to use their new styles which have a thinner and more modern feel.

HeroIcons

Some have heard of it, some haven’t. The point is that you’ve now heard of it!

Heroicons.dev is another magnificent open-source icon toolkit with a very modern style.

HeroIcons.dev

To be honest, I recently found this while browsing Indiehackers…

…and boy am I glad I did!

Heroicons has a very clean and unique style to it that makes any design feel fresh. I love that. It also has a solid and regular style just like FontAwesome which is pretty cool. I am planning to use this in BuildFaster’s website very soon.


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    Thanks ! My go to is usually feather icons : https://feather.netlify.app/

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      Wow! Very slick icons!

      Thanks for sharing!

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    Wow love css.gg, a lot newer style than Font Awesome which I’ve been using for a while but not really happy with. Gonna try it out! Thanks for sharing @BraydenTW

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      You’re welcome! This is my goal with The BuildFaster Update. To help people become more familiar with the development and design world every Friday ;)

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    Thank you very much for including css.gg here

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      You’re welcome! Keep up the great work 👍

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    I think after font awesome removed the CDN option without entering your email, the usage got low! I am excited to checkout CSS.gg! Never came across it! Thanks, Brayden!

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      You’re welcome! Glad you found something useful in here’s :)

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