What is Icons8?
Library of hand-drawn icons, illustrations, photos and music in matching styles, free with a link.
Who is Icons8 best for?
Icons8 is best for designers and coding-agent users who want icon and illustration packs in one consistent style.
Consistent icon packs
Its 130+ icon styles come in packs drawn by one team, and the deepest pass 13,000 icons.
Coding agents
The Icons8 MCP server and design skills bring matching icons and illustrations into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor.
Free projects with a credit line
Every asset can be used free in personal and commercial work if you link to icons8.com.
Plugin users
Plugins cover Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop and Miro, plus a Google add-on.
How much does Icons8 cost?
Icons8 assets are free with a link back to icons8.com; the Icons plan costs $15 a month for 100 downloads without attribution, and AI and graphics costs $24 a month.
- Personal and commercial use
- Smaller sizes and fewer formats
- Credit link required
- 100 downloads a month, then $0.20 per icon
- SVG, large PNG and animation files
- No link needed; plugins and MCP
- 100k AI credits, about 500 generated icons
- 25 illustrations, 50 photos, 15 3D models
- AI generators and image editors
- 1M AI credits, about 5,000 generated icons
- All graphics unlimited
Paying yearly costs 20% less. An Only AI tools plan is $6.50 a month for 10k AI credits with no hand-drawn graphics, and extra AI credits cost $2 per 1,000. Unused downloads roll over while you stay subscribed. Enterprise pricing is custom. Students and non-profits can ask for a discount, and established open-source projects and universities for a free licence. Full pricing on icons8.com. We checked these prices on .
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How do I connect Icons8 to my AI agent?
Icons8 MCP is Icons8's official MCP server. Add it to your agent once, then ask it to add Icons8 icons in one consistent style per project.
Connects your agent to Icons8 with a one-line setup, keeping one icon style per project and adding nine design skills. PNGs are free and SVGs need a paid plan.
Icons8 gives each account its own server address. Open the setup guide, copy your address, then add it to Claude Code like any other server.
Use the address from Icons8's setup guide.
Make an API key in your Icons8 account and add it where the guide says.
Then ask your agent
- Runs
- On the web
- Sign-in
- API key
- Maker
- Icons8
- Guide
- icons8.com
What are the best Icons8 alternatives?
Three tools on Recaply do Icons8's job. Hugeicons is open source, so you can run it on your own server.
IconlyFreeLibrary of 40,000+ flat, animated and 3D icons in 6 styles, with a Figma plugin and a web app.
HugeiconsOpen SourceIcon library of 60,000+ icons in 10 styles for designers and developers, with a free MIT set.
IconsaxFreeIcon library with 50,000+ icons in six styles for UI designers, in Figma and in code.
Questions about Icons8
What is Icons8?
Library of hand-drawn icons, illustrations, photos and music in matching styles, free with a link.
Who is Icons8 for?
Icons8 is best for designers and coding-agent users who want icon and illustration packs in one consistent style.
Is Icons8 free?
Yes. Icons8 has a free plan: personal and commercial use.
How much does Icons8 cost?
Icons8's paid plans are Icons at $15 per month, AI and graphics at $24 per month and Ultimate at $199 per month.
Does Icons8 have an MCP server?
Yes. Icons8 MCP is Icons8's official MCP server, so agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and GitHub Copilot can add Icons8 icons in one consistent style per project. Icons8 runs it on the web and it signs in with an API key from your Icons8 account.
Is there an open source alternative to Icons8?
Yes. Hugeicons is an open source tool that does the same job, so you can run your own.
What are the best Icons8 alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Iconly, Hugeicons and Iconsax.
Where do I put the Icons8 attribution link?
On a website, link to icons8.com on each page that uses the assets, or in the footer if most pages do. Apps credit Icons8 in About or Settings, and presentations on the slide or the last slide. A paid plan removes the link requirement.
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