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Heroicons is a collection of MIT-licensed interface icons for web and app development. The icons are free to use and require no attribution. The icon set is by @steveschoger, and the website is by @username_ZAYDEK.
If you need a set of ready-made interface icons that you can drop into a web or app project without paying or crediting anyone, Heroicons is designed for exactly that. It is a resource, not a framework — it supplies the icon assets, and you decide how to render and integrate them.
What Heroicons provides
- Interface icons for web and app development — the collection is aimed at UI work rather than illustration or branding.
- MIT open-source licensing — the icons are free to use, and no attribution is required.
- A website for browsing the collection — heroicons.dev is the site where the set is presented.
What the MIT license means here
MIT is a permissive open-source license. For practical purposes with Heroicons, the two points stated in the source matter most:
- Free to use — there is no cost described for using the icons.
- No attribution required — you do not have to credit the author in your product or documentation.
That combination is what makes the set convenient for commercial and personal projects alike, since you don't have to manage a credit line or a license notice in your UI.
How Heroicons differs from a UI framework
A UI framework gives you components, layout systems, and behavior — buttons, modals, grids, state handling. Heroicons gives you only the icon assets. You still need your own styling, component structure, and rendering approach.
| Heroicons | UI framework | |
|---|---|---|
| What it supplies | A collection of interface icons | Components, layout, and behavior |
| License | MIT, no attribution required | Varies by framework |
| Integration | You render and style the icons yourself | You adopt the framework's conventions |
| Scope | Icons only | Broad UI concerns |
If your question is "where do I get icons?" Heroicons answers it. If your question is "how do I build and structure my interface?" you need a framework or your own architecture in addition.
When Heroicons fits your project
- You need interface icons for a web or app UI.
- You want an MIT-licensed set with no attribution obligation.
- You are comfortable handling icon rendering and styling on your own.
If you need a full component system, or icons bundled with a specific framework's conventions, Heroicons alone won't cover that — it is the icon layer, not the whole stack.