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Bootstrap Icons vs Lordicon

Both stand on icon libraries. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Bootstrap Icons

Free plan Web

Bootstrap Icons offers several documented ways to add and style icons in web projects. Check the Chrome sprite-reference caveat if your implementation uses SVG sprites across domains.

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Choose Lordicon if you need animated icons with varied export formats, integrations, and animation controls. The Free plan covers a smaller icon set and requires attribution; projects that redistribute icons as files or build an icon library should account for the Standard PRO license restriction.

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The facts

	Bootstrap Icons	Lordicon
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	Android, API, iPhone, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	See the plans
Plans published	1	5
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	icons.getbootstrap.com	lordicon.com
On icon libraries	#8 of 46	#12 of 46

Bootstrap Icons: what it does well

More than 2,000 icons are available.
Works with or without Bootstrap.
Offers SVG, sprite, and web-font formats.
MIT-licensed and free to use commercially.

What to know first

Chrome has an issue with cross-domain SVG sprite references.
Available platform listed is web.

Lordicon: what it does well

More than 9,700 free icons are available without login.
Icons support multiple animation states and adjustable appearance settings.
Exports include Lottie JSON, video, raster, and vector formats.
Documentation covers Web, React, Flutter, WordPress, Figma, and Google apps.
Free web player source code is published.

What to know first

Free license requires attribution.
Free embedded HTML use is limited to 1 million CDN requests.
Standard PRO bars standalone file redistribution and icon-library use.
PRO icons are pay-per-download through the API.

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