Simple Icons vs Devicon — Which Icon Pack is Best?
Compare Simple Icons vs Devicon: size, customization, and use cases to choose the right technology 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.
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.
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Style approach
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.
Decision guide for production teams
If your UI needs predictable monochrome logo marks that fit a tokenized color system, pick Simple Icons. This is usually the best path for SaaS dashboards, integration directories, and pricing pages where consistency matters more than visual flair.
If your page is a developer portfolio, resume section, or “technology stack” module where brand colors improve recognition, pick Devicon. Colored variants reduce setup time because logos already ship with recognizable fills.
For many teams, the strongest approach is hybrid:
- Use Simple Icons in core product UI (filters, integrations, settings screens).
- Use Devicon in marketing or hiring pages where colorful logos improve scanning.
- Normalize icon sizing with one wrapper component so visual rhythm stays consistent.
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