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Should I Use Dashboard Icons?

dashboardicons.com·Analyzed 23 hours ago··Based on 7 sources

A collection of 9299 curated icons and logos for services, applications and tools, designed specifically for dashboards and app directories.

Worth it

Worth it

Use it if you're building a self-hosted dashboard or app directory and want free, curated service logos — it costs nothing.

Free, open-source library of 9,299 service logos for dashboards. Perfect for homelab portals; wrong tool for general UI icon needs.

Confidence: Medium

9,299

Icon count

curated service and app logos

$0

Starting price

entire collection is free

Yes

Free tier

open-source on GitHub

Value for money5

Free, 9,299 icons

Ease of use4

Browse, search, download; built into popular dashboards

Feature depth4

9,299 curated icons, dashboard-specific

Security posture3

Static icon assets; no public security page

Pros

  • 9,299 curated icons built for dashboards and app directories¹
  • Entirely free to browse and download¹
  • Integrated by popular dashboard apps like Dashy³
  • Actively used and discussed across the self-hosted community⁴
  • Open-source repo on GitHub²

Cons

  • Service logos only — not a general-purpose UI icon set¹
  • No public security page published⁶
  • Competing collection splits community icon coverage⁵

Gotchas

  • mediumIndividual logos are trademarks of their owners — clear rights before commercial use²
  • lowCommunity-maintained repo, not a vendor product — no support SLA or security page⁶
  • lowName collides with car dashboard-light content, muddying search and support threads

Best for

  • Self-hosted dashboard builders (Homarr, Homepage, Dashy)
  • Internal app directories and portals
  • Homelab enthusiasts
  • Docs and sites needing recognizable service logos

Not for

  • Anyone decoding car dashboard warning lights — different product entirely
  • General UI/UX icon needs for app design
  • Teams needing licensed, legally indemnified icon assets
  • Buyers wanting vendor support, SLAs, or uptime guarantees

Pricing

Free

$0

  • 9,299 curated icons and logos
  • Browse and download from the site
  • Open-source repo on GitHub

Security

No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Self-hosters on Reddit commonly pull icons from the dashboard-icons repo for homepage dashboards, with selfh.st/icons discussed as a parallel alternative.

Alternatives

Compare Dashboard Icons with each alternative.

selfh.st/icons

900+ self-hosted app icons; the community's main alternative collection

Full analysis

Based on ~10 usable public sources; much of the search evidence was unrelated car-dashboard content.

Sources

  1. Dashboard Icons — official sitedashboardicons.com
    official
  2. homarr-labs/dashboard-icons on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  3. Dashy — Icons documentationdashy.to
    official
  4. Reddit r/selfhosted — Where to find icons for homepage dashboardreddit.com
    review
  5. Reddit r/selfhosted — selfh.st/icons update: 900+ iconsreddit.com
    review
  6. Dashboard Icons — security page (no security page found)dashboardicons.com
    security
  7. GitHub — timothystewart6/dashboard-icons securitygithub.com
    security

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