What Is icons.download?

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icons.download is a free vector icon library offering 275 SVG icons in 16 styles, created by designer Vitaly Belousov. According to the site, the icons are free to use in any project, personal or commercial, with no attribution required. It's a reasonable fit if you need a small, stylistically consistent icon set for a website, app, or design mockup and want to avoid license paperwork.

What the library contains

The catalog is deliberately compact rather than exhaustive:

  • 275 icons — a single curated set rather than a sprawling, search-heavy database.
  • 16 styles — the site names bold, regular, thin, solid, outline, rounded, and sharp among them, so the same icon concept is available in multiple weights and treatments.
  • SVG format — vector files that scale cleanly and can be recolored or edited in any vector tool or directly in code.
  • One designer — all icons are crafted by Vitaly Belousov, which is why the set holds together visually across styles.

Because every icon exists in 16 styles, the practical count of downloadable variants is much larger than 275 — that figure describes distinct icon concepts, not files.

Licensing and cost

The site states the icons are free for personal and commercial use with no attribution required. That combination matters if you're shipping client work or a product where a visible credit line would be awkward.

Two caveats worth checking yourself before you commit:

  • The available page information does not list pricing tiers, paid plans, or payment platforms, so nothing here confirms or rules out a paid offering elsewhere on the site.
  • "No attribution required" is the site's own statement; if you need contractual certainty for a large commercial release, verify the current license text on the site rather than relying on a summary.

When this library fits — and when it doesn't

Your situation icons.download is a good fit Look elsewhere
You need a small, visually consistent set Yes — one designer, 16 coordinated styles —
You need thousands of icons across many categories — A large multi-contributor library
You want multiple weights of the same icon Yes — bold, thin, regular, solid, outline, rounded, sharp —
You need brand logos or illustrations — A logo or illustration-specific source
You need icons in PNG or font formats Check the site — the stated format is SVG A library that ships multiple formats
Attribution would be a problem in your project Yes — the site says none is required —

How to use it

  1. Go to icons.download and browse or search the 275-icon catalog.
  2. Pick the icon concept you need, then choose the style that matches your interface — for example, outline for a light UI, solid for emphasis states, or thin for dense dashboards.
  3. Download the SVG.
  4. Drop it into your project. In code, you can inline the SVG and control color with fill="currentColor" so the icon inherits your text color; in a design tool, you can recolor and resize without quality loss.

The main practical constraint is scale: with 275 concepts, you may not find an icon for every niche action, and mixing in a second library risks a visible style mismatch. If your project needs broad coverage, decide early whether you'll standardize on one style from this set and accept gaps, or use it only for a defined subset of your UI.