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

设计语言Learn the visual principles that shape Lucide icons with side-by-side examples.设计规范Review the technical requirements every Lucide icon must meet.命名规范Learn how to choose clear, consistent, and predictable names for Lucide icons.元数据规范Learn how to write use cases, tags, categories, aliases, and other icon metadata.SVG 规范Learn 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.