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Bootstrap Icons vs Font Awesome (2026)

A detailed comparison of Bootstrap Icons and Font Awesome covering icon count, TypeScript support, bundle size, framework compatibility and more.

Bootstrap Icons
1,800
icons
⭐ 7,000 stars
VS
Font Awesome
2,058
icons
⭐ 76,500 stars

FEATURE COMPARISON

FEATURE
Bootstrap Icons
Font Awesome
Total Icons
1,800
★2,058
GitHub Stars
7,000
★76,500
License
MIT
Mixed (CC BY 4.0 free icons, MIT code)
TypeScript
✗ No
★✓ Yes
Tree Shakable
✗ No
★✓ Yes
Figma Plugin
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Styles
outline, filled
solid, regular, light, thin, duotone, brands
Frameworks
react, vue, nextjs
★react, vue, angular, svelte

WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

CHOOSE BOOTSTRAP ICONS IF...
→1800+ icons
→Both styles
→Backed by Bootstrap team
CHOOSE FONT AWESOME IF...
→Extensive Library
→Infinite Scalability
→CSS Customization
→Ease of Integration
→Accessibility-Minded

INSTALLATION

Bootstrap Icons
npm install bootstrap-icons
Font Awesome
npm install @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons @fortawesome/react-fontawesome

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