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simple-icons vs @primer/octicons

IconsPackage data 25 Sept 2026
simple-iconsv16.32.0, 20 Sept 2026

SVG icons for popular brands https://simpleicons.org

$ npm install simple-icons
@primer/octiconsv19.38.0, 18 Sept 2026

A scalable set of icons handcrafted with <3 by GitHub.

$ npm install @primer/octicons
Metricsimple-icons@primer/octiconsDifference
Weekly downloads948,874336,775simple-icons 2.8x higher
12-month download growth+988%--
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies01@primer/octicons 1 more
Unpacked size15.3 MB1.4 MB@primer/octicons 10.9x smaller
Latest release16.32.0, 20 Sept 202619.38.0, 18 Sept 2026simple-icons 1 day more recent
Releases, last 12 months4428simple-icons 16 more
First published17 Sept 201723 May 2019simple-icons 20 months earlier
GitHub stars25,9058,761simple-icons 3.0x higher
Open issues8250simple-icons 825 more
Open pull requests1500simple-icons 150 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks310187simple-icons 1.7x higher
TypeScript typesBundledNoneDiffers
Module formatESM + CommonJSCommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseCC0-1.0MITDiffers

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

simple-icons939.6k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

simple-icons

Major versions
  1. 1.0.017 Sept 2017
  2. 2.0.010 Dec 2019
  3. 3.0.05 Jul 2020
  4. 4.0.029 Nov 2020
  5. 5.0.030 May 2021
  6. 6.0.028 Nov 2021
  7. 7.0.029 May 2022
  8. 8.0.05 Dec 2022
  9. 9.0.028 May 2023
  10. 10.0.026 Nov 2023
  11. 11.0.07 Jan 2024
  12. 12.0.026 May 2024
  13. 13.0.030 Jun 2024
  14. 14.0.022 Dec 2024
  15. 15.0.01 Jun 2025
  16. 16.0.030 Nov 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 16.32.020 Sept 2026
  2. 16.31.013 Sept 2026
  3. 16.30.06 Sept 2026
  4. 16.29.029 Aug 2026
  5. 16.28.02 Aug 2026
409 releases in total, 44 in the last 12 months

@primer/octicons

Major versions
  1. 9.0.06 Jun 2019
  2. 10.0.010 Jun 2020
  3. 11.0.08 Sept 2020
  4. 12.0.04 Feb 2021
  5. 13.0.06 Apr 2021
  6. 14.0.014 May 2021
  7. 15.0.028 Jul 2021
  8. 16.0.028 Sept 2021
  9. 17.0.03 Mar 2022
  10. 18.0.01 Mar 2023
  11. 19.1.011 May 2023
Last 5 releases
  1. 19.38.018 Sept 2026
  2. 19.37.016 Sept 2026
  3. 19.36.08 Sept 2026
  4. 19.34.03 Sept 2026
  5. 19.33.04 Aug 2026
105 releases in total, 28 in the last 12 months
simple-icons

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@primer/octicons

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simple-icons

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@primer/octicons

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  • Need no runtime dependenciessimple-icons (simple-icons has 0, @primer/octicons has 1)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointssimple-icons (simple-icons: ESM + CommonJS; @primer/octicons: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfsimple-icons (simple-icons: Bundled; @primer/octicons: None)
  • Node.js version requirementsimple-icons: >=0.12.18; @primer/octicons: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasesimple-icons (16.32.0 on 20 Sept 2026 vs 19.38.0 on 18 Sept 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadssimple-icons (948.9k vs 336.8k)
  • Licensesimple-icons: CC0-1.0; @primer/octicons: MIT

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