Bootstrap/docs/4.0/extend/icons.md

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layout: docs
title: Icons
description: Guidance and suggestions for using external icon libraries with Bootstrap.
group: extend
---

Bootstrap doesn't include an icon library by default, but we have a handful of recommendations for you to choose from. While most icon sets include multiple file formats, we prefer SVG implementations for their improved accessibility and vector support.

## Preferred

We've tested and used these icon sets ourselves.

- [Iconic](https://useiconic.com/open/)
- [Octicons](https://octicons.github.com/)

## More options

While we haven't tried these out, they do look promising and provide multiple formats—including SVG.

- [Bytesize](https://github.com/danklammer/bytesize-icons)
- [Google Material icons](https://material.io/icons/)
- [Ionicons](http://ionicons.com/)
- [Feather](https://feathericons.com/)
- [Dripicons](http://demo.amitjakhu.com/dripicons/)
- [Ikons](http://ikons.piotrkwiatkowski.co.uk/)
- [Glyph](http://glyph.smarticons.co/)
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			`## Preferred`
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			`- [Iconic](https://useiconic.com/open/)`
			`- [Octicons](https://octicons.github.com/)`

			`## More options`
Minor Markdown consistency changes. 2017-09-26 13:50:35 +02:00
stub out icons page in docs 2017-02-05 06:14:41 +01:00			`While we haven't tried these out, they do look promising and provide multiple formats—including SVG.`

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			`- [Ionicons](http://ionicons.com/)`
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stub out icons page in docs 2017-02-05 06:14:41 +01:00			`- [Dripicons](http://demo.amitjakhu.com/dripicons/)`
			`- [Ikons](http://ikons.piotrkwiatkowski.co.uk/)`
			`- [Glyph](http://glyph.smarticons.co/)`