Freehand free icons
streamline-freehand · 1,000 icons · by Streamline · CC-BY-4.0 · single-color · 24px grid · Updated
Freehand free icons is a free, open source icon set with 1,000 SVG icons by Streamline, released under the CC BY 4.0 license. The icons are single-color: they follow your text color (currentColor) and can be recolored with CSS. They are designed on a 24px grid and scale cleanly as SVG.
Freehand free icons design specs
- filled
- monochrome
The drawing rules of this set, measured from its SVG files. Use them to design new icons that match it.
| Canvas | 24 × 24 |
|---|---|
| viewBox | 0 0 24 24 |
| Drawing area | Full canvas, no padding |
| Drawing style | Filled shapes |
| Corner radius | 0.25 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 49% horizontal or vertical, 2% at 45° |
| Curves | 91% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 0% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 2.2 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 116 |
Measured from 63 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
Credit line: Based on Freehand free icons by Streamline, licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Style guide for an LLM prompt (English)
Paste it into a prompt with a few icons from this set, then name the icon you want.
You draw new icons for the "Freehand free icons" icon set (Iconify prefix "streamline-freehand") by Streamline.
Style: filled, solid, monochrome.
Canvas
- Root: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">.
- Draw edge to edge: icons use the full canvas with no padding.
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 98% of the canvas.
Drawing
- Filled icons: draw closed filled shapes; don't use strokes.
- Wrap the shapes in <g clip-rule="evenodd" fill="currentColor" fill-rule="evenodd">, as 60% of the set does.
- Use fill-rule="evenodd" for holes.
- Round corners with a radius of about 0.25.
Geometry
- Coordinates are free-form; write at most 3 decimals.
- Straight lines: 49% horizontal or vertical, 2% at 45 degrees.
- About 91% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Keep it simple: about 2 elements and 116 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path, g.
Color
- Monochrome: paint with currentColor only, never a fixed color.
Output
- Reply with one complete <svg> element and nothing else: no comments, <title>, ids or scripts.
- Match the examples: reuse their shapes for shared parts (arrow heads, people, documents, badges).
About Freehand free icons
The set is organised into 15 categories, including interfaceessential (160), musicvideoentertainment (100), programingappswebsites (90) and moneypaymentsfinance (80).
Popular Freehand free icons include terminal, cursor speed 1, lock cancel slash, data transfer vertical, discount percent thin and layouts right.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Freehand free icons are released under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the author.
Freehand free icons by category
InterfaceEssential icons (160)
MusicVideoEntertainment icons (100)
ProgramingAppsWebsites icons (90)
MoneyPaymentsFinance icons (80)
ComputersDevicesElectronics icons (60)
EmailMessages icons (60)
PhonesMobileDevices icons (60)
ShoppingEcommerce icons (60)
Wayfinding icons (60)
WorkOfficeCompanies icons (60)
Design icons (50)
ImagesPhotography icons (50)
How to use Freehand free icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use streamline-freehand:terminal; open an icon to copy its exact SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS code. For sizing, color and accessibility tips, read how to use SVG icons.
React
import { Icon } from "@iconify/react";
<Icon icon="streamline-freehand:terminal" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="streamline-freehand:terminal" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="streamline-freehand:terminal" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[streamline-freehand--terminal]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/streamline-freehand -->
<div class="i-streamline-freehand:terminal"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="streamline-freehand:terminal"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/streamline-freehand/terminal.svg" alt="Terminal icon" width="24" height="24">Freehand free icons FAQ
Are Freehand free icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Freehand free icons are released under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the author.
How many icons are in Freehand free icons?
Freehand free icons contains 1,000 icons across 15 categories.
What license do Freehand free icons use?
Freehand free icons are licensed under CC BY 4.0. The full license text is available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Who made Freehand free icons?
Freehand free icons are created by Streamline.
How do I use Freehand free icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="streamline-freehand:terminal" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Freehand free icons?
Freehand free icons are designed on a 24px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.