// COMPARISON

Heroicons vs React Icons (2026)

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

Heroicons

292

icons

⭐ 21,000 stars

VS

React Icons

40,000

icons

⭐ 11,500 stars

FEATURE COMPARISON

FEATURE

Heroicons

React Icons

Total Icons

292

★40,000

GitHub Stars

★21,000

11,500

License

MIT

MIT

TypeScript

✓ Yes

✓ Yes

Tree Shakable

✓ Yes

✓ Yes

Figma Plugin

★✓ Yes

✗ No

Styles

outline, solid, mini

outline, filled, duotone, brands

Frameworks

★react, vue, nextjs

react, nextjs

CHOOSE HEROICONS IF...

→Made by Tailwind team

→Multiple styles

→High quality

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

Heroicons

npm install @heroicons/react

React Icons

npm install react-icons