Design & UI
Best Hugeicons Alternatives in 2026: 6 Icon Libraries Compared
Six Hugeicons alternatives, all free and open source: Lucide, Phosphor, Tabler Icons, Iconoir, Heroicons and Remix Icon, compared on icon counts, styles and licenses.
Your tool hereOn tool pages, blog posts and the feeds, next to what people came to read.$19 / 3 months →Hugeicons is a very large icon library: its homepage says 60,000+ icons in Stroke, Twotone, Duotone, Solid and Bulk styles (Rounded), plus Standard and Sharp variants of Stroke and Solid. The split between free and paid is steep. The free plan is the Stroke Rounded style only: 6,000+ icons, according to the pricing page. The full 60,000+ catalog and all 10 styles are Hugeicons Pro, $99 a year for one seat. Free icons are MIT; the license agreement says you cannot redistribute Pro source files.
People look for alternatives when they need a second style (solid or duotone) without paying, when they want an icon set that is MIT end to end, or when a 60,000-icon catalog is more than a product needs.
Below are 6 alternatives, all free and open source, with what each does differently. Facts checked 6 November 2026 on each project's own site or README. For React-specific import styles and package details, see our React icon libraries comparison.
| Library | Icons | Styles | License | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucide | about 2,000 | Stroke | ISC | Free |
| Phosphor Icons | n/a | 6 weights | MIT | Free |
| Tabler Icons | 6,257 | Outline, filled | MIT | Free |
| Iconoir | 1,671 | Several (not itemized) | MIT | Free |
| Heroicons | 316 | Outline, solid, mini, micro | MIT | Free |
| Remix Icon | 3,200+ | Outlined, filled | Remix Icon License v1.0 | Free |
1. Lucide — the plain, consistent default
Best for: teams that want one calm stroke style with the widest framework support.
Lucide shows about 2,000 icons (its search box reads 2029), all stroke-based, with adjustable stroke width (default 2px) and size. It is released under the ISC license and is free for commercial use. Official packages cover JavaScript, React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Preact, Angular, Astro and React Native. Caveat: it has one style. If you moved to Hugeicons for solid or duotone variants, Lucide will not replace them.
2. Phosphor Icons — six weights of one set
Best for: one icon family that has to work in both a dense UI and a bold marketing page.
Phosphor Icons comes in six weights: thin, light, regular, bold, fill and duotone, selected with a weight prop in the React package @phosphor-icons/react. It is MIT licensed and supports tree-shaking. Caveat: the package exports more than 9,000 modules, so some bundlers transpile them all and slow builds. The README suggests importing from specific paths or using Next.js optimizePackageImports.
3. Tabler Icons — the largest free set
Best for: projects that want thousands of icons without a licence key.
Tabler Icons has 6,257 icons: 5,203 outline and 1,054 filled, MIT licensed and free for commercial use with no attribution. Official packages cover React, React Native, Vue, Preact, Svelte, SolidJS, Angular and Astro, plus a webfont. Outline icons use a 2px stroke that you can change. Caveat: at that size, picking one consistent icon per concept takes discipline, and it has only two styles against Hugeicons' ten.
4. Iconoir — a lighter, fully free stroke set
Best for: a stylish stroke set with no paid tier behind it.
Iconoir lists 1,671 icons under the MIT license, with size and stroke controls and an "All styles" filter. It ships for React, React Native, Vue, Flutter, Framer and CSS, plus SVG, font, Figma. The site says there are no premium options. Caveat: its catalog is a fraction of Hugeicons', and the site does not itemize its styles.
5. Heroicons — small and tidy
Best for: Tailwind projects that need a few hundred UI icons.
Heroicons is made by the makers of Tailwind CSS: 316 icons in Outline, Solid, Mini and Micro styles, MIT licensed, with first-party @heroicons/react and @heroicons/vue packages. Caveat: 316 icons is small, and there are no packages for Svelte, Angular or React Native.
6. Remix Icon — 3,200+ icons in two styles
Best for: admin and dashboard UIs that need many outlined and filled icons.
Remix Icon has 3,200+ icons, each in Outlined and Filled styles on a 24x24 grid. Packages include remixicon (webfont), @remixicon/react and @remixicon/vue, and a Figma plugin. It is free for personal and commercial use with no attribution. Caveat: it uses its own Remix Icon License v1.0, not MIT, and the README says the license agreement was updated effective January 2026, so read the current text before shipping.
How to choose
- Need many styles of the same icon, free: Phosphor (six weights) or Tabler (outline and filled).
- Need the biggest free catalog: Tabler Icons at 6,257.
- Need MIT with no custom terms: Tabler, Phosphor, Iconoir or Heroicons. Lucide is ISC, and Remix Icon uses its own license.
- Using Tailwind and want few icons: Heroicons.
- Staying with Hugeicons: the free Stroke Rounded set covers many UIs; Pro is for the other nine styles and the full catalog.
FAQ
Is Hugeicons free?
Partly. The free plan has the Stroke Rounded style only, under the MIT license. All 10 styles and 60,000+ icons need Hugeicons Pro, $99 a year for one seat.
What is the best free alternative to Hugeicons?
Tabler Icons for size (6,257 icons, MIT) or Phosphor Icons if you want several weights of one set. Both are free for commercial use.
Can I use Hugeicons Pro in an open-source project?
Not by shipping the source files: the license agreement says you cannot redistribute Hugeicons Pro source files. Check the agreement for your case.
Which alternative has a duotone style?
Phosphor has a duotone weight. Of the six here, it is the only one that names one.