About Devicon
Overview Devicon is an icon font and SVG collection that covers programming languages, design tools, and development tools. It provides developers a single resource for incorporating recognizable logos into their projects without hunting down individual assets. The project is open-source under the MIT License, originally created by Konpa in 2015 and supported by community contributors. It sits apart from general icon sets by focusing exclusively on the developer tooling ecosystem. Key Benefits Icons are available as both a web font and as standalone SVG files, giving projects two integration paths. The font is served from a CDN so no local file download or build step is required. SVG code can be copied and pasted directly into a project with no external dependencies. The icon set is maintained via a public GitHub repository and accepts community contributions. All icons remain free to use with no monetization of the SVG assets themselves. How It Works A developer selects an icon from the right-hand panel, chooses a font version or an SVG version, then copies the generated code snippet. For the font method, they paste a <link> tag in the HTML head and an <i> tag with the appropriate CSS class in the body. For the SVG method, they use either an <img> tag pointing to the SVG file or paste the raw SVG markup directly. Use Cases Documentation site maintainers who want language badges or tool logos in their docs without self-hosting images. Portfolio page builders who need programming language icons to showcase their tech stack. Open-source project authors adding dependency or technology tags to their README files. Bloggers writing tutorials about a specific language or framework who need inline iconography. UI designers prototyping developer-facing interfaces who need quick, consistent tool logos. Why Choose This Product Devicon is best suited for developers who need free, no-fuss access to programming and tool logos in either font or SVG format. It carries no usage fees, but users are responsible for following each logo owner's brand policy because Devicon itself does not grant permission to use third-party trademarks.
Devicon Pros & Cons
- Open-source MIT license
- CDN-hosted font with no build step needed
- Icons available as font and SVG
- Community contributions accepted via GitHub
- Discord community for support
Key Features
Icon font delivery
Every icon is available as a web font via a single CSS file loaded from the project CDN.
SVG copy/paste
SVG source files can be downloaded and referenced with an <img> tag or pasted as inline markup.
MIT-licensed
The project is open source under the MIT License, created in 2015 and maintained through community contributions.
Local install option
Users can fork the GitHub repository and compile the font locally using the provided build guide.
Community chat
A Discord server is available for community discussion and support.
Resizable font icons
Font size is controlled by the <i> element's font-size property, allowing arbitrary scaling.
Devicon Pricing
Pricing extracted from the product website and may change. Check the source for current details.
