Should I use lucide or core in 2026?

Use lucide if: You want a single, modern, well-licensed icon library that covers most product needs. Use core if: You want icon weights to match your typographic hierarchy and a memorable visual style.

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Lucide ships one consistent style. Phosphor ships 6 weights (thin/light/regular/bold/fill/duotone) per icon — same 1200 icons in every weight.

Option A

lucide-icons

lucide

github.com/lucide-icons/lucide

The icon set shadcn ships with. Clean, consistent stroke, ~1,400 icons, MIT licensed. ~13k stars. Better designed than Feather (which it forked from), better licensed than Heroicons in some setups.

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Option B

phosphor-icons

core

github.com/phosphor-icons/core

Distinctive icon set with six weight variants (thin to fill). Best when your brand has a strong visual identity and the default Lucide aesthetic feels too generic.

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Which should you pick?

Pick lucide if…

You want a single, modern, well-licensed icon library that covers most product needs.

Skip lucide if…

You need brand logos (use simple-icons) or filled iconography (use Phosphor or Tabler).

Pick core if…

You want icon weights to match your typographic hierarchy and a memorable visual style.

Skip core if…

You need a huge library (use Tabler) or just shipping a default style (use Lucide).

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