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Should I Use Simple Icons?

simpleicons.org·Analyzed 10 hours ago··Based on 10 sources

Free SVG icons for popular brands

Worth it

Worth it

Free, CC0-licensed library of 3,400+ brand SVGs — a no-brainer for developers who need brand marks.

Free CC0 library of 3,400+ brand SVGs — no-brainer for devs; wrong pick for full-color or general UI icons.

Confidence: Medium

3,400+

Icon count

SVG brand icons

$0

Price

No paid tier exists

CC0

License

Public domain, no attribution

Community

Funding

Open Collective donations

Value for money5

Free and CC0 — nothing to pay

Ease of use4

Search, copy SVG; npm and CDN packages

Feature depth2

Brand marks only, not general icons

Support quality2

Community-run, GitHub issues only

Security posture3

Core clean; WordPress plugin had one CVE

Pros

  • 3,400+ free searchable brand SVG icons¹
  • CC0 license — no attribution required, even commercially
  • Free Figma plugin ships all 3,400+ icons10
  • Available via npm, CDN, Composer, and Elm packages
  • Actively maintained with a public release and review process⁴

Cons

  • Brand logos only — not a general-purpose icon set¹
  • Trademark restrictions: users must read a legal disclaimer
  • Companion WordPress plugin had a missing-authorization CVE⁶
  • No published security page⁸
  • Site loading performance publicly criticized⁵

Gotchas

  • highWordPress plugin users: update beyond 2.8.4 to clear CVE-2025-31786 (CVSS 5.3)⁶
  • mediumCC0 covers the icon set, not brand trademarks — read the legal disclaimer before commercial use³
  • mediumCommunity-funded via Open Collective; no support SLA if something breaks

Best for

  • Developers needing brand SVGs
  • Open-source dashboards and homepages
  • Figma users grabbing brand logos
  • WordPress sites adding social icons

Not for

  • Anyone needing general UI or illustrated icons — brands only
  • Teams wanting full-color or custom-styled icons
  • Buyers expecting support or SLAs — none exists
  • Non-technical users wanting an icon editor or marketplace

Pricing

Free

$0

  • All 3,400+ brand SVGs
  • CC0 license
  • npm/CDN packages

Security

Core library has no known CVEs; the companion WordPress plugin had CVE-2025-31786 (CVSS 5.3), patched after 2.8.4.

  • CVE-2025-31786 — Missing Authorization in WordPress pluginPopular Brand Icons – Simple Icons WordPress plugin ≤ 2.8.4; CVSS 5.3. Update the plugin.⁶

What users say

Developers treat it as the default free brand-icon source and often pair it with general sets like Tabler; ecosystem repackagings exist for WordPress, Figma, and Elm.

Alternatives

Compare Simple Icons with each alternative.

Tabler Icons

Free general-purpose UI icon set devs prefer

Flaticon

Huge multi-style library with paid team tiers

Full analysis

Based on ~30 public sources; many were tangential icon-marketplace pages, so direct user-review evidence is thin.

Sources

  1. simple-icons on npmnpmjs.com
    official
  2. Simple Icons sitesimpleicons.org
    official
  3. Simple Icons legal disclaimergithub.com
    official
  4. Release process FAQ (GitHub discussion)github.com
    official
  5. Site loading time complaints (GitHub discussion)github.com
    review
  6. CVE-2025-31786 via WPScanwpscan.com
    security
  7. Wordfence vulnerability entrywordfence.com
    security
  8. Simple Icons security page checksimpleicons.org
    security
  9. Best icon library thread (r/reactjs)reddit.com
    review
  10. Figma brand icons pluginfigma.com
    official

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