React Icons
Popular icon packs imported as React components with ES6.
UI components and icons npm MIT
Used in agent projects
688
5.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in ui components and icons
#5 of 75
by use in those projects
Downloads
8.8M
npm, last 7 days, react-icons
GitHub stars
12.7K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How React Icons is used
React Icons is a dependency in 688 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (5.4%), #5 of 75 in ui components and icons. The most used alternative there is Lucide React. Projects that use it most often also use React (98.1%), Framer Motion (55.2%), Tailwind CSS (77.2%).
Often used with React Icons
| React | 98.1% of React Icons projects · 2.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Framer Motion | 55.2% of React Icons projects · 4.1× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 77.2% of React Icons projects · 2.2× more than average |
| Next.js | 60.0% of React Icons projects · 2.7× more than average |
| ESLint | 72.7% of React Icons projects · 1.9× more than average |
| React Three Fiber | 49.7% of React Icons projects · 2.7× more than average |
| Three.js | 48.0% of React Icons projects · 2.6× more than average |
| clsx | 44.8% of React Icons projects · 2.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 3.0% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 4.0% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 3.7% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 5.1% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.7% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 5.5% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list React Icons as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install react-icons |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (404), TypeScript / JavaScript (268), Python (10), React Native / Expo (2) |
| Example projects | wesbos/wesbos, ask-the-hive/the-hive, EricTechPro/match-me, LiorVainer/data-israel, Gerstep/cybos |
Alternatives to React Icons
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucide React npm Comprehensive icon library with consistent design for React applications. |
2,519 (19.8%) | 108M | 24.9K | ISC |
| Class Variance Authority npm Type-safe CSS class composition for component variants and styling. |
1,791 (14.1%) | 66.3M | 6,903 | Apache-2.0 |
| Radix UI npm Unstyled, accessible component primitives for building design systems. |
1,519 (12.0%) | 182M | 19.4K | MIT |
| Sonner npm Opinionated toast notification component for React applications. |
1,025 (8.1%) | 49.6M | 13K | MIT |
| cmdk npm Command menu component library for React applications. |
687 (5.4%) | 42.2M | 13K | MIT |
| React Day Picker npm Flexible and customizable date picker component for React. |
675 (5.3%) | 42.8M | 6,859 | MIT |
| Vaul npm Unstyled, accessible drawer component for React with smooth animations. |
582 (4.6%) | 35M | 8,638 | MIT |
| react-resizable-panels npm Resizable panel layout component for React with keyboard and touch support. |
545 (4.3%) | 32M | 5,395 | MIT |