Top Vue Icons Libraries

Lissy93/dashy is a self-hosted dashboard for organizing and accessing your web applications and services.

Pros

• Offers a comprehensive solution for creating personalized dashboards with a wide range of widgets and customization options.
• Provides built-in authentication and security features for protecting sensitive information.
• Supports easy deployment through Docker and various cloud platforms.

Cons

• Requires self-hosting, which may be more complex for non-technical users compared to cloud-based alternatives.
• Has a steeper learning curve due to its extensive feature set and configuration options.
• May have higher resource requirements compared to simpler dashboard solutions.

Lucide is an open-source icon library with a clean and consistent design, offering over 1000 icons for various use cases.

Code Example

import { Camera } from 'lucide-react';

const MyComponent = () => <Camera size={24} color="red" />;

Pros

• Lucide offers a more consistent and minimalist design compared to some other icon libraries like IconPark or Hugeicons.
• It provides better customization options than Vue-Awesome or Vue-FontAwesome, allowing for easy color and size adjustments.
• Lucide has a smaller file size and faster load times compared to more comprehensive libraries like Iconify.

Cons

• Lucide has fewer icons compared to larger libraries like Iconify or IconPark, which may limit options for some projects.
• It lacks the extensive framework support that Unplugin-Icons offers, which can integrate icons from multiple sources.
• Lucide doesn't provide the dashboard creation capabilities of Dashy or the full component library features of Bootstrap-Vue.

Bootstrap-Vue is a comprehensive UI component library that integrates Bootstrap v4 with Vue.js, providing a set of Vue components based on Bootstrap's CSS and JavaScript.

Code Example

<template>
  <b-button variant="primary" @click="handleClick">Click me</b-button>
</template>

Pros

• Offers a wide range of pre-built, customizable components specifically designed for Vue.js applications
• Provides seamless integration with Bootstrap's grid system and utility classes
• Includes extensive documentation and examples for easy implementation

Cons

• Limited to Bootstrap's design language, which may not suit all project aesthetics
• Larger bundle size compared to more lightweight icon libraries or standalone component libraries
• Less flexibility in customization compared to some other icon-focused projects in the list

ByteDance/IconPark is a comprehensive icon library with over 2,000 high-quality vector icons available in multiple formats and frameworks.

Code Example

import { Home } from '@icon-park/react'

<Home theme="outline" size="24" fill="#333"/>

Pros

• Offers a vast collection of icons with consistent design language across various categories
• Provides multiple format options (React, Vue, SVG) for easy integration into different projects
• Includes a user-friendly online tool for customizing icons

Cons

• May have a steeper learning curve compared to simpler icon libraries like Lucide or Vue-Awesome
• Less established in the community compared to widely-used options like Font Awesome or Bootstrap Icons
• Larger file size due to the extensive icon collection, which may impact performance in some cases

Iconify is a unified icon framework and API that provides access to over 100,000 icons from various icon sets.

Code Example

import { Icon } from '@iconify/react';
import homeIcon from '@iconify-icons/mdi-light/home';

<Icon icon={homeIcon} />

Pros

• Offers the largest collection of icons compared to other projects, with over 100,000 icons from various sets.
• Provides a unified API for accessing icons from different sources, simplifying integration across projects.
• Supports multiple frameworks and can be used with React, Vue, Svelte, and vanilla JavaScript.

Cons

• May have a steeper learning curve compared to simpler icon libraries like Lucide or Vue-Awesome.
• The large number of icons can potentially increase bundle size if not properly optimized.
• Requires additional setup and configuration compared to more straightforward icon libraries.