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Heroicons vs Font Awesome (2026)

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

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

FEATURE COMPARISON

FEATURE
Heroicons
Font Awesome
Total Icons
292
2,058
GitHub Stars
21,000
76,500
License
MIT
Mixed (CC BY 4.0 free icons, MIT code)
TypeScript
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Tree Shakable
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Figma Plugin
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Styles
outline, solid, mini
solid, regular, light, thin, duotone, brands
Frameworks
react, vue, nextjs
react, vue, angular, svelte

WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

CHOOSE HEROICONS IF...
Made by Tailwind team
Multiple styles
High quality
CHOOSE FONT AWESOME IF...
Extensive Library
Infinite Scalability
CSS Customization
Ease of Integration
Accessibility-Minded

INSTALLATION

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

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