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Font Awesome vs React Icons (2026)

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

Font Awesome
2,058
icons
76,500 stars
VS
React Icons
40,000
icons
11,500 stars

FEATURE COMPARISON

FEATURE
Font Awesome
React Icons
Total Icons
2,058
40,000
GitHub Stars
76,500
11,500
License
Mixed (CC BY 4.0 free icons, MIT code)
MIT
TypeScript
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Tree Shakable
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Figma Plugin
✓ Yes
✗ No
Styles
solid, regular, light, thin, duotone, brands
outline, filled, duotone, brands
Frameworks
react, vue, angular, svelte
react, nextjs

WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

CHOOSE FONT AWESOME IF...
Extensive Library
Infinite Scalability
CSS Customization
Ease of Integration
Accessibility-Minded
CHOOSE REACT ICONS IF...
One package replaces 25+ separate installs
40,000+ icons — largest vocabulary available
Unified API across all included sets
Full TypeScript support

INSTALLATION

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

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