Icons8

What is Icons8?

Icons8 is a digital design resource platform that provides a large library of icons, illustrations, photos, music, and related tools for designers and developers. It focuses on consistent visual styles, easy integration into design workflows, and a range of companion apps and plugins for popular tools like Figma and desktop design software.

Key facts

1. Type: Private design resource and software company
2. Core offering: ~1.4M+ icons, illustrations, photos, music, 3D, and AI-generated assets
3. Notable apps: Lunacy (design app), Mega Creator, Pichon, GoProd
4. Primary users: UI/UX designers, marketers, developers, content creators
5. Platform reach: Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, plus plugins and APIs

Design asset library

Icons8’s core product is its curated, stylistically consistent asset library. It includes pixel-perfect icons in dozens of styles, flat and 3D illustrations, cutout and background-free photos, UI kits, and royalty-free music and sound for videos. The platform emphasises cohesive “design languages,” so icons and visuals share the same stroke weight, corner treatments, and metaphors, helping maintain visual consistency across design systems.

Apps, plugins, and tools

Beyond the web library, Icons8 offers several tools: Lunacy, a free cross-platform graphic and UI design app with built-in graphics and AI helpers; Mega Creator, a browser-based layout tool for social media and marketing visuals; and utilities such as Pichon (asset manager) and GoProd (image enhancement). Plugins and an API let users insert assets directly into workflows such as Figma or custom applications.

AI and automation features

Icons8 integrates AI for routine-heavy tasks: background removal, image upscaling, AI avatar/profile picture generation, face editing, and icon-generation via URLs. These tools are designed to speed up production so designers can focus more on composition and UX rather than manual asset prep.

Reception and use cases

Reviews describe Icons8 as a practical, workflow-focused platform rather than a purely inspirational gallery. Teams value its consistent styles, readable SVG code output, and broad coverage for UI/UX projects, branding, and marketing materials, though free tiers have limits, and some users note search quirks and coverage gaps in very specialised domains. Overall, it’s positioned as a time-saving, system-friendly resource for professional visual communication.