// COMPARISON

React Icons vs Font Awesome (2026)

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

React Icons

40,000

icons

⭐ 11,500 stars

VS

Font Awesome

2,058

icons

⭐ 76,500 stars

FEATURE COMPARISON

FEATURE

React Icons

Font Awesome

Total Icons

★40,000

2,058

GitHub Stars

11,500

★76,500

License

MIT

Mixed (CC BY 4.0 free icons, MIT code)

TypeScript

✓ Yes

✓ Yes

Tree Shakable

✓ Yes

✓ Yes

Figma Plugin

✗ No

★✓ Yes

Styles

outline, filled, duotone, brands

solid, regular, light, thin, duotone, brands

Frameworks

react, nextjs

★react, vue, angular, svelte

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

CHOOSE FONT AWESOME IF...

→Extensive Library

→Infinite Scalability

→CSS Customization

→Ease of Integration

→Accessibility-Minded

React Icons

npm install react-icons

Font Awesome

npm install @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons @fortawesome/react-fontawesome