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Icons (including free for commercial use)

168 points by torial 16y ago

bryanh 16y ago
I've used icon finder hundreds of times. It's great. I am also a fan of the Fugue icon set (http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/ http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/) with over 3000 (!) super high quality icons. There is a licensing fee if you don't want to attribute but it is pretty affordable ($60).
- simonsquiff 16y ago
  The fugue set is great. I paid not so I didn't have to attribute but because the creator so clearly deserves it.
  - pzxc 16y ago
    Weird, it looks very much like a remake of Famfamfam's silk icon set. Compare: http://fugue-icons-src.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/all-preview.png http://fugue-icons-src.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/all-preview.... to: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/previews/index_abc.png http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/previews/index_abc.p... There are a lot of differences but there are also a lot of similarities.
jcromartie 16y ago
Are the icons in this set actually usable? http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:social http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:social What are the legal issues there?
- binarymax 16y ago
  It says at the top: License: Free for commercial use, but I also recommend going through the Readme to make absolutely sure.
  - jcromartie 16y ago
    I mean in regards to them being mostly trademarks of other companies.
    - shasta 16y ago
      You can use them for whatever you want. If you run into any legal trouble, just tell 'em shasta from the internet said you could use them.
    - jedsmith 16y ago
      That entire set looks dangerous.
    - henrikschroder 16y ago
      There's plenty of fair use cases for the trademarks of others, you're pretty much free to use them as long as you are talking about the products and companies the trademarks belong to, and not trying to abuse them for my own products. As for why you would want to use someone else's reproductions of these trademarks instead of the official images, I have no idea...
dchest 16y ago
Be careful: some icons that have free licenses actually use elements of images that are not under those licenses. Examples: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7395/128/finder_mac_windows_wine_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7395/128/finder_mac_wi... (XP wallpaper, listed under GPL license) http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7512/128/application_art_brush_file_pencil_ruler_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7512/128/application_a... - Apple's icon
- duskwuff 16y ago
  Most of the icons in the "Futurosoft" set you've linked look like they were ripped from various sources (mostly from Windows 7, with a few from OS X). It looks like the set was syndicated from kde-look.org, and I've shot them a message about the situation.
  - iconfinder 16y ago
    They were syndicated from Futuresoft - I will look them through and remove those from OS X and Windows. None of the icons were specifically from Win 7 since Futuresoft was released many years ago.
    - duskwuff 16y ago
      Strange - looking at a lot of the icons, like the ones following, they certainly must have been designed to resemble Windows icons, but I can't find the exact icons they're modeled after. I'm really not sure where these would stand, as far as copyright goes - a number of them have enough resemblance to real Windows icons (or other trademarks) that you'd probably get legal grief for trying to use them in your own product, for instance. http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7043/128/aim_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7043/128/aim_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7121/128/sonic_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7121/128/sonic_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7175/128/folder_windows_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7175/128/folder_window... http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7365/128/staroffice_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7365/128/staroffice_ic... http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7394/128/users_windows_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7394/128/users_windows... http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7563/128/lib_wine_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7563/128/lib_wine_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7609/128/mp3_sound_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7609/128/mp3_sound_ico...
petervandijck 16y ago
I was going to say: since when does stuff like this get on HN, but it's actually a pretty awesome site.
- iconfinder 16y ago
  Yeah, it's not the usual stuff for HN. Thanks anyway.
ashamedlion 16y ago
There are some pretty nice icons there. My favorite are the credit card ones: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3AThemeShock-credit-cards-icons http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3AThemeShock-cre...
jonespen 16y ago
Its also a great source for finding design metaphors, icon patterns etc.
- iconfinder 16y ago
  Thanks
charlief 16y ago
Posted by the founder a few months ago along with some Q&A: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1829255 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1829255
virii 16y ago
Iconfinder is great, yes. I also like Picons - royalty-free vector icons. Great for commercial projects. Cheap and good looking, check it out: http://picons.me http://picons.me
- iconfinder 16y ago
  Thanks! Agreed, Picons are great.
- morphix 16y ago
  Thanks :)
uxp 16y ago
Awesome collection. I've used the IconSweet2 set for various custom UITabBarItem icons in iOS applications. They fit amazingly well with the System Icons. http://www.iconfinder.com/browse/iconset/iconsweets2/ http://www.iconfinder.com/browse/iconset/iconsweets2/
rapind 16y ago
All you need for game design: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:containers http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:containers
- Tichy 16y ago
  3d Sokoban?
  - rapind 16y ago
    http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/39.html http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/39.html
melissamiranda 16y ago
I love The Noun Project. They have the simplest, most easily recognizable set. Just wish they had all the social media ones as well: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:nounproject http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:nounproject
- MatthewPhillips 16y ago
  I'm in love with these icons... just simple and amazing. Will be using them in one of my projects.
texel 16y ago
And still, I can't find an icon for macvim that's not horrible.

168 points by torial 16y ago

I've used icon finder hundreds of times. It's great. I am also a fan of the Fugue icon set (http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/ http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/) with over 3000 (!) super high quality icons. There is a licensing fee if you don't want to attribute but it is pretty affordable ($60).

simonsquiff 16y ago
The fugue set is great. I paid not so I didn't have to attribute but because the creator so clearly deserves it.
- pzxc 16y ago
  Weird, it looks very much like a remake of Famfamfam's silk icon set. Compare: http://fugue-icons-src.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/all-preview.png http://fugue-icons-src.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/all-preview.... to: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/previews/index_abc.png http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/previews/index_abc.p... There are a lot of differences but there are also a lot of similarities.

jcromartie 16y ago

Are the icons in this set actually usable? http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:social http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:social What are the legal issues there?

binarymax 16y ago
It says at the top: License: Free for commercial use, but I also recommend going through the Readme to make absolutely sure.
- jcromartie 16y ago
  I mean in regards to them being mostly trademarks of other companies.
  - shasta 16y ago
    You can use them for whatever you want. If you run into any legal trouble, just tell 'em shasta from the internet said you could use them.
  - jedsmith 16y ago
    That entire set looks dangerous.
  - henrikschroder 16y ago
    There's plenty of fair use cases for the trademarks of others, you're pretty much free to use them as long as you are talking about the products and companies the trademarks belong to, and not trying to abuse them for my own products. As for why you would want to use someone else's reproductions of these trademarks instead of the official images, I have no idea...

dchest 16y ago

Be careful: some icons that have free licenses actually use elements of images that are not under those licenses. Examples: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7395/128/finder_mac_windows_wine_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7395/128/finder_mac_wi... (XP wallpaper, listed under GPL license) http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7512/128/application_art_brush_file_pencil_ruler_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7512/128/application_a... - Apple's icon

duskwuff 16y ago
Most of the icons in the "Futurosoft" set you've linked look like they were ripped from various sources (mostly from Windows 7, with a few from OS X). It looks like the set was syndicated from kde-look.org, and I've shot them a message about the situation.
- iconfinder 16y ago
  They were syndicated from Futuresoft - I will look them through and remove those from OS X and Windows. None of the icons were specifically from Win 7 since Futuresoft was released many years ago.
  - duskwuff 16y ago
    Strange - looking at a lot of the icons, like the ones following, they certainly must have been designed to resemble Windows icons, but I can't find the exact icons they're modeled after. I'm really not sure where these would stand, as far as copyright goes - a number of them have enough resemblance to real Windows icons (or other trademarks) that you'd probably get legal grief for trying to use them in your own product, for instance. http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7043/128/aim_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7043/128/aim_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7121/128/sonic_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7121/128/sonic_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7175/128/folder_windows_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7175/128/folder_window... http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7365/128/staroffice_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7365/128/staroffice_ic... http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7394/128/users_windows_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7394/128/users_windows... http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7563/128/lib_wine_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7563/128/lib_wine_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7609/128/mp3_sound_icon http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/7609/128/mp3_sound_ico...

petervandijck 16y ago

I was going to say: since when does stuff like this get on HN, but it's actually a pretty awesome site.

iconfinder 16y ago
Yeah, it's not the usual stuff for HN. Thanks anyway.

ashamedlion 16y ago

There are some pretty nice icons there. My favorite are the credit card ones: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3AThemeShock-credit-cards-icons http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3AThemeShock-cre...

jonespen 16y ago

Its also a great source for finding design metaphors, icon patterns etc.

iconfinder 16y ago
Thanks

charlief 16y ago

Posted by the founder a few months ago along with some Q&A: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1829255 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1829255

virii 16y ago

Iconfinder is great, yes. I also like Picons - royalty-free vector icons. Great for commercial projects. Cheap and good looking, check it out: http://picons.me http://picons.me

iconfinder 16y ago
Thanks! Agreed, Picons are great.
morphix 16y ago
Thanks :)

uxp 16y ago

Awesome collection. I've used the IconSweet2 set for various custom UITabBarItem icons in iOS applications. They fit amazingly well with the System Icons. http://www.iconfinder.com/browse/iconset/iconsweets2/ http://www.iconfinder.com/browse/iconset/iconsweets2/

rapind 16y ago

All you need for game design: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:containers http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:containers

Tichy 16y ago
3d Sokoban?
- rapind 16y ago
  http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/39.html http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/39.html

melissamiranda 16y ago

I love The Noun Project. They have the simplest, most easily recognizable set. Just wish they had all the social media ones as well: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:nounproject http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset:nounproject

MatthewPhillips 16y ago
I'm in love with these icons... just simple and amazing. Will be using them in one of my projects.

texel 16y ago

And still, I can't find an icon for macvim that's not horrible.