What it does
File Icons maintains a custom icon-font source with manually optimized SVG artwork for file types and development technologies.
File Icons is the artwork source behind a custom file-icon font. Its specialized symbols suit file explorers and code browsers that need to identify technologies and file types within a small amount of space. The repository keeps the SVG drawings available for applications that want to incorporate or adapt that vocabulary.
The collection's maintenance focuses on reducing SVG control points by hand. New-icon requests can point the maintainer to an existing design or include the SVG in an issue. Submitted artwork may be revised as part of that optimization, so contributing a drawing does not guarantee that its original path structure will remain.
For a developer building a file browser, this is a source-asset collection to integrate into an existing rendering system. The associated editor project is linked separately. The permissive license allows use and modification with the copyright and permission notice retained.
Strengths
- The collection specializes in file-type and technology vocabulary.
- Source SVGs are maintained as part of the icon-font project.
Best for
- File explorers and code browsers
- Developer interfaces needing specialized file symbols
Sources
- File Icons README (Oct 27, 2026)
- File Icons License (Oct 27, 2026)