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Lucide Icons vs React Icons (2026)

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

Lucide Icons
1,400
icons
12,000 stars
VS
React Icons
40,000
icons
11,500 stars

FEATURE COMPARISON

FEATURE
Lucide Icons
React Icons
Total Icons
1,400
40,000
GitHub Stars
12,000
11,500
License
ISC
MIT
TypeScript
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Tree Shakable
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Figma Plugin
✓ Yes
✗ No
Styles
outline
outline, filled, duotone, brands
Frameworks
react, vue, svelte, nextjs
react, nextjs

WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

CHOOSE LUCIDE ICONS IF...
Actively maintained
Consistent style
TypeScript support
Tree-shakable
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

Lucide Icons
npm install lucide-react
React Icons
npm install react-icons

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