ICONSVG

Dev tools

svg icon generator

SHOW HN2019

227points
34comments
#163of 2,195 in 2019
Top 8%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

8 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.

Idea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful tool that saves developers from design work

    From 2 comments
    • Hey, this is pretty useful! For me (and I believe a ton of other of devs, especially back-end oriented ones), it is tiring and boring having to spend time and effort on design…
      nestorherre on HN
    • This is an amazing idea and seems like it is well delivered. Definitely useful, especially for simpler ones like arrows, etc, since it allows us engineers to by pass the…
      jypepin on HN
  • Clean, well-constructed stroke-based icons

    From 2 comments
    • First, really nice app, nice to see clean line graphics constructed with real lines (strokes) and exploiting its benefits. I often find myself writing such icons by hand because…
      myfonj on HN
    • Brilliant. I am the most picky person ever when it comes to SVG and I detest the rubbish that gets churned out of Illustrator. The great thing about your tool is that it enables…
      Theodores on HN

Objections

  • Site blocked by OpenDNS/Cisco Umbrella as a security threat

    From 3 comments
    • Getting this when I visit: > This site is blocked due to a security threat that was discovered by the Cisco Umbrella security researchers.
      css on HN
    • Yep, my company's web filter using opendns is blocking this website. Looks like it has been flagged as malware. "This site is blocked due to a security threat that was discovered…
      limejuice on HN
    • fwiw, same here. OpenDNS blocking the site.
      efiftythree on HN
  • Stroke width is quantized, limiting flexibility

    From 1 comment
    • Hey there's definitely a need for something like this. But the quantized stroke width is too limiting to make this icon set widely applicable. The ability to finely tune the icon…
      some1else on HN
  • Stroke px sizing is misleading at sizes other than 24px

    From 1 comment
    • First, really nice app, nice to see clean line graphics constructed with real lines (strokes) and exploiting its benefits. I often find myself writing such icons by hand because…
      myfonj on HN

Requests

  • Source code or export to JSX and other formats

    From 2 comments
    • I was looking for the sources I think that it could be JSX, hiccup and others output support
      souenzzo on HN
    • This is a very nice tool, well done ! My wishlist of nicethingstohave would be: ``` - A choice of camelCase output for attributes (JSX-friendly) - multiple selection and download…
      franky47 on HN
  • Apply-all and download-all options

    From 2 comments
    • Might be nice to have an "apply all" and "download all"
      ahpearce on HN
    • This is great! Two things: 1) It would be great to be able to set options globally and download a bunch in one shot 2) Solid icons are generally easier to to recognize, it would…
      33degrees on HN
  • Solid icon set

    From 1 comment
    • This is great! Two things: 1) It would be great to be able to set options globally and download a bunch in one shot 2) Solid icons are generally easier to to recognize, it would…
      33degrees on HN
  • More icons such as social media and map pin

    From 2 comments
    • Nice work! I'd pay for an extended version of this (i.e social media icons). We're currently using https://nucleoapp.com/.
      Yabood on HN
    • This is great. Would love to see a map marker/pin icon.
      huntermeyer on HN

Questions

  • What is the license on generated SVGs and the tool?

    From 1 comment
    • Hi, this seems very useful. Since I couldn't find this anywhere on the website, what's the license on the generated SVG files and on the tool itself? Would you release the source…
      m1el on HN

Alternatives named

  • feathericons (source of most icons)

    From 1 comment
    • Hello ! I made this tool because I feel like there should be a much simpler way to quickly generate/customise common SVG icons for my project, especially while doing bunch of…
      gaddafirusli on HN
  • Nucleo app

    From 1 comment
    • Nice work! I'd pay for an extended version of this (i.e social media icons). We're currently using https://nucleoapp.com/.
      Yabood on HN
  • Boxy SVG

    From 1 comment
    • If you need a bit more advanced SVG editing functionality, check out my app Boxy SVG [1]. It allows you to easily define and manage an entire iconset in a single SVG file [2]…
      jarek-foksa on HN

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