// COMPARISON
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
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