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Font Awesome vs Heroicons (2026)

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

Font Awesome
2,058
icons
76,500 stars
VS
Heroicons
292
icons
21,000 stars

FEATURE COMPARISON

FEATURE
Font Awesome
Heroicons
Total Icons
2,058
292
GitHub Stars
76,500
21,000
License
Mixed (CC BY 4.0 free icons, MIT code)
MIT
TypeScript
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Tree Shakable
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Figma Plugin
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Styles
solid, regular, light, thin, duotone, brands
outline, solid, mini
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 HEROICONS IF...
Made by Tailwind team
Multiple styles
High quality

INSTALLATION

Font Awesome
npm install @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons @fortawesome/react-fontawesome
Heroicons
npm install @heroicons/react

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