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Remix Icon vs Font Awesome (2026)

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

Remix Icon
2,800
icons
6,000 stars
VS
Font Awesome
2,058
icons
76,500 stars

FEATURE COMPARISON

FEATURE
Remix Icon
Font Awesome
Total Icons
2,800
2,058
GitHub Stars
6,000
76,500
License
Apache 2.0
Mixed (CC BY 4.0 free icons, MIT code)
TypeScript
✗ No
✓ Yes
Tree Shakable
✗ No
✓ Yes
Figma Plugin
✗ No
✓ Yes
Styles
line, fill
solid, regular, light, thin, duotone, brands
Frameworks
react, vue, nextjs
react, vue, angular, svelte

WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

CHOOSE REMIX ICON IF...
2800+ icons
Both line and fill
Free for commercial use
CHOOSE FONT AWESOME IF...
Extensive Library
Infinite Scalability
CSS Customization
Ease of Integration
Accessibility-Minded

INSTALLATION

Remix Icon
npm install remixicon
Font Awesome
npm install @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons @fortawesome/react-fontawesome

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