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Font Awesome vs Bootstrap Icons (2026)

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

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

FEATURE COMPARISON

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

WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

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

INSTALLATION

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

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