Designing icons for Lucide

Every icon should feel like it belongs with the rest of Lucide.

This guide explains how to design and prepare icons for Lucide.

What this guide covers

Design languageLearn the visual principles that shape Lucide icons with side-by-side examples.Design specificationReview the technical requirements every Lucide icon must meet.Naming conventionsLearn how to choose clear, consistent, and predictable names for Lucide icons.Metadata conventionsLearn how to write use cases, tags, categories, aliases, and other icon metadata.SVG conventionsLearn how to structure and write Lucide SVG files.

Use your preferred design tool

You can design Lucide icons with any vector editor that can export SVG.

Use these step-by-step guides for common tools:

These guides explain how to set up your document, follow the Lucide rules, and export a usable SVG.

Regardless of which tool you use, the same design and SVG requirements apply.