Socket
Socket
Sign inDemoInstall

react-icons

Package Overview
Dependencies
4
Maintainers
3
Versions
81
Alerts
File Explorer

Advanced tools

Install Socket

Detect and block malicious and high-risk dependencies

Install

    react-icons

SVG React icons of popular icon packs using ES6 imports


Version published
Weekly downloads
2.1M
increased by3.38%
Maintainers
3
Created
Weekly downloads
 

Package description

What is react-icons?

The react-icons package provides a large collection of icons from various icon libraries that can be easily used in React applications. It allows developers to include icons using React components, which can be styled and manipulated like any other React component.

What are react-icons's main functionalities?

Importing and using an icon

This feature allows you to import an icon from a specific icon library (in this case, Font Awesome) and use it as a React component in your application.

import { FaBeer } from 'react-icons/fa';

function App() {
  return <h3> Lets go for a <FaBeer />? </h3>;
}

Styling icons

Icons can be styled using inline styles or CSS classes, just like any other React component. This code sample demonstrates inline styling to change the color and size of the icon.

import { FaBeer } from 'react-icons/fa';

function App() {
  return <FaBeer style={{ color: 'blue', fontSize: '50px' }} />;
}

Combining icons with other components

React-icons can be easily combined with other components, such as buttons from a UI library like React Bootstrap. This allows for more complex and visually appealing components.

import { FaBeer } from 'react-icons/fa';
import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap';

function App() {
  return (
    <Button variant='primary'>
      Order a beer <FaBeer />
    </Button>
  );
}

Other packages similar to react-icons

Readme

Source
React Icons

React Icons

npm

Include popular icons in your React projects easily with react-icons, which utilizes ES6 imports that allows you to include only the icons that your project is using.

Installation

Yarn

yarn add react-icons

NPM

npm install react-icons --save

Usage

import { FaBeer } from 'react-icons/fa';

class Question extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return <h3> Lets go for a <FaBeer />? </h3>
    }
}

View the documentation for further usage examples and how to use icons from other packages. NOTE: each Icon package has it's own subfolder under react-icons you import from.

For example, to use an icon from Material Design, your import would be: import { ICON_NAME } from 'react-icons/md';

Icons

Icon LibraryLicenseVersion
Font AwesomeCC BY 4.0 License5.12.1
IoniconsMIT4.5.6
Material Design iconsApache License Version 2.03.0.1
TypiconsCC BY-SA 3.02.0.9
Github Octicons iconsMIT8.5.0
FeatherMIT4.21.0
Game IconsCC BY 3.0a53463d41d4f055fa71097ae74da4c508c9bb09d
Weather IconsSIL OFL 1.12.0.10
DeviconsMIT1.8.0
Ant Design IconsMIT4.0.0
Bootstrap IconsMIT1.0.0-alpha3
Remix IconApache License Version 2.02.3.0
Flat Color IconsMIT1.0.2
Grommet-IconsApache License Version 2.04.4.0
Simple IconsCC0 1.0 Universal2.13.0
IcoMoon FreeCC BY 4.0 License1.0.0
BoxIconsCC BY 4.0 License2.0.5
css.ggMIT2.0.0
VS Code IconsCC BY 4.00.0.1

You can add more icons by submitting pull requests or creating issues.

Configuration

You can configure react-icons props using React Context API.

Requires React 16.3 or higher.

import { IconContext } from "react-icons";

<IconContext.Provider value={{ color: "blue", className: "global-class-name" }}>
  <div>
    <FaFolder />
  </div>
</IconContext.Provider>
KeyDefaultNotes
colorundefined (inherit)
size1em
classNameundefined
styleundefinedCan overwrite size and color
attrundefinedOverwritten by other attributes
titleundefinedIcon description for accessibility

Migrating from version 2 -> 3

Change import style

Import path has changed. You need to rewrite from the old style.

// OLD IMPORT STYLE
import FaBeer from 'react-icons/lib/fa/beer';

class Question extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return <h3> Lets go for a <FaBeer />? </h3>
    }
}
// NEW IMPORT STYLE
import { FaBeer } from 'react-icons/fa';

class Question extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return <h3> Lets go for a <FaBeer />? </h3>
    }
}

Ending up with a large JS bundle? Check out this issue.

Adjustment CSS

From version 3, vertical-align: middle is not automatically given. Please use IconContext to specify className or specify an inline style.

Global Inline Styling
<IconContext.Provider value={{ style: { verticalAlign: 'middle' } }}>
Global className Styling

Component

<IconContext.Provider value={{ className: 'react-icons' }}>

CSS

.react-icons {
  vertical-align: middle;
}

TypeScript native support

Dependencies on @types/react-icons can be deleted.

Yarn
yarn remove @types/react-icons
NPM
npm remove @types/react-icons

Contributing

Development

yarn
yarn submodule  # fetch icon sources
cd packages/react-icons
yarn build

Preview

The preview site is the react-icons website, built in NextJS.

cd packages/react-icons
yarn build

cd ../preview
yarn start

Demo

The demo is a Create React App boilerplate with react-icons added as a dependency for easy testing.

cd packages/react-icons
yarn build

cd ../demo
yarn start

Why React SVG components instead of fonts?

SVG is supported by all major browsers. With react-icons, you can serve only the needed icons instead of one big font file to the users, helping you to recognize which icons are used in your project.

Licence

MIT

  • Icons are taken from the other projects so please check each project licences accordingly.

FAQs

Last updated on 19 Aug 2020

Did you know?

Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.

Install

Related posts

SocketSocket SOC 2 Logo

Product

  • Package Alerts
  • Integrations
  • Docs
  • Pricing
  • FAQ
  • Roadmap

Packages

Stay in touch

Get open source security insights delivered straight into your inbox.


  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Security

Made with ⚡️ by Socket Inc