Simple Icons vs Devicon – Best Tech Logo Icon Set?

Simple Icons and Devicon both cover technology and brand logos — but with very different approaches. Simple Icons are flat monochrome SVGs designed for UI contexts. Devicon offers colored, outlined, and plain variants specifically for developer tools.

Library

Simple Icons

Devicon

Samples

Icons

3,370

970

License

CC0-1.0

MIT

Author

Simple Icons Collaborators

konpa

What they cover

Simple Icons: 3,200+ brand and technology logos — companies, developer tools, social platforms, programming languages, frameworks, and more. Every icon is a single-color SVG on a transparent background, with the brand’s official hex color metadata.

Devicon: 450+ developer and programming technology logos with multiple visual variants per technology: colored, plain (monochrome), and line (outline). Designed specifically for portfolios and developer-facing interfaces showing tech stacks.

Popular tech logos compared

Style approach

Info

Simple Icons are monochrome by default — the SVG shape only, no embedded colors. Brand colors are available as metadata in the npm package (si.hex).

Devicon embeds brand colors directly into the SVG for colored variants. The “plain” variant is monochrome SVG.

Using brand colors with Simple Icons

import * as si from "simple-icons";

// Access brand color via the package metadata
const reactColor = si.siReact.hex; // "61DAFB"
const typescriptColor = si.siTypescript.hex; // "3178c6"

// Apply as inline style or CSS variable
<svg style={{ color: `#${reactColor}` }}>...</svg>;

Devicon colored vs plain

<!-- Devicon colored — uses brand colors directly in SVG -->
<i class="devicon-react-original colored"></i>

<!-- Devicon plain — monochrome, inherits CSS color -->
<i class="devicon-react-original"></i>

When to use which

Use case	Pick
Tech stack section in a UI	Simple Icons
Portfolio “skills” section	Devicon
Both colored and outline variants needed	Devicon
Non-tech brand logos (Twitter, Spotify…)	Simple Icons
Monochrome tech logos in UI	Simple Icons
Developer portfolio (max coverage)	Both
Need official brand colors as metadata	Simple Icons

React integration

npm install simple-icons react-simple-icons
npm install devicons-react

// Simple Icons via react-simple-icons
import { SiReact, SiTypescript } from 'react-simple-icons';
<SiReact size={24} />
<SiReact size={24} color="#61DAFB" />

// Devicon via devicons-react
import { ReactOriginal } from 'devicons-react';
<ReactOriginal size={24} />

Coverage gaps

Simple Icons covers 3,200+ brands including non-tech companies, social platforms, and entertainment brands. Devicon covers 450+ developer tools only.

If you need a logo for Vue, FastAPI, or NestJS — both have it. If you need Twitter, Spotify, or YouTube — Simple Icons only.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Every Simple Icons icon comes with the brand's official hex color, accessible via the npm package si.hex property or the slug-based API.

No. Each Devicon technology has colored (brand colors), plain (monochrome), and line variants so you can match your design system.

Simple Icons covers 3,200+ brands and technologies, significantly more than Devicon's 450+. For niche tech icons, Simple Icons is more likely to have it.

The license varies per icon — Simple Icons follows each brand's trademark guidelines. Most are permissive for digital use but check the individual icon's license in the Simple Icons repository before commercial use.