Ant Design Icons

Overview

Ant Design Icons is a free library of semantic vector graphics for interface use, aimed at developers working across several frameworks. Its customizable SVGs and custom-icon options make it a flexible choice, though projects that need icon fonts or import the entire set may be better served elsewhere.

Key features

The library offers 498 icons in outlined, filled, and two-tone styles. SVG rendering allows developers to set size and color; two-tone icons can use one or two chosen colors. Rotation, animation, and custom icon components add flexibility for interfaces that need more than fixed artwork.

Teams can bring their own assets, too. The React documentation covers SVG imports through webpack with @svgr/webpack or Vite with vite-plugin-svgr, and createFromIconfontCN can use SVG sprite symbols from iconfont.cn projects. SVGs work fully offline without a CDN-hosted font file, a useful advantage for applications that cannot depend on that external asset. The trade-off is format: there is no icon font.

Packages are available for Vanilla, React, React Native, Angular, and Vue. For React projects using Ant Design, the documentation recommends pairing @ant-design/icons 6.x with antd 6.x. Importing every SVG can add bundle size, so selecting only needed icons is the better approach for payload-sensitive applications. There is also a styling caveat: enabling StyleProvider layer can cause icon styles to lose priority against @layer antd and affect component styling.

Pricing

Ant Design Icons costs nothing. The free plan is MIT-licensed and includes npm packages for Vanilla, React, React Native, Angular, and Vue; commercial use is permitted. There is no free trial because the library is free, and no paid tier is needed to access its listed packages.

Platforms

The project lists Android, iOS, and web as platforms, with icon formats for SVG, React, React Native, Angular, and Vue. The framework packages make it relevant to teams building across different application environments; SVG's offline support also avoids reliance on a CDN-hosted font file.

Who it's for

Ant Design Icons suits developers who want a free, customizable SVG library with several visual styles and the option to integrate custom assets. It is a particularly natural fit for projects using the documented React package and compatible Ant Design versions. Teams that require an icon font, or want to import every icon without considering bundle size, should look for a different fit.

Pros and cons

• Pros: 498 icons across three styles provide options for varied interface needs.
• Pros: SVG styling, two-tone color controls, animation, rotation, and custom-icon workflows allow substantial adaptation.
• Pros: MIT licensing, commercial use, and free framework packages make adoption accessible across listed frameworks.
• Cons: No icon font is available, ruling it out for projects that depend on that format.
• Cons: Importing the full SVG set can increase bundle size, so teams need to choose imports deliberately.
• Cons: The StyleProvider layer caveat can affect component styling, and React projects should account for the recommended version pairing.

Alternatives

Icon Libraries is a useful directory for comparing other icon-focused options. Consider Figma Wireframe Kit instead when you need a free starter with unlimited drafts, UI kits, and templates alongside access to Figma products. Carbon Design System is another free, open-source option for teams looking for a broader design system to use and contribute to. Choose Clarity Design System if an MIT-licensed open-source design system better suits the project. Flowbite Figma Design System offers a free community edition. GOV.UK Design System is a free, MIT-licensed option with publicly available code. Material Design for Bootstrap may suit teams seeking a free MIT-licensed core for personal and commercial use, with a paid Team tier also offered. Shadcn Studio Figma UI Kit has a free community plan with limited resources and community support, plus a one-time Basic plan for 99.00 USD. Singapore Government Design System is another free design-system option, with web and API platforms.

UI Kit Libraries can help when the project needs a broader kit rather than an icon library.

Verdict

Choose Ant Design Icons for a free, commercially usable SVG library with flexible styling, offline support, and packages across several frameworks. Its main drawbacks are the lack of an icon font and the need to manage bundle size when importing icons; teams requiring that format or unwilling to curate imports should choose another library.