lucidevstabler-icons
Lucide is the Feather Icons fork with 1500+ icons, slightly heavier strokes. Tabler has 4500+ icons including filled variants. Pick Lucide for minimalist UI, Tabler for breadth.
lucide
github.com/lucide-icons/lucideThe 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.
Full review →tabler-icons
github.com/tabler/tabler-icons5,000+ free MIT-licensed SVG icons. Wider coverage than Lucide for niche concepts. ~19k stars. Active maintenance, frequent releases.
Full review →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 tabler-icons if…
You need an icon Lucide does not have, or you want a much larger set.
Skip tabler-icons if…
You are already on Lucide and only need 20-30 icons — stay where you are.
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