better-icons
Installation
Summary
Search and retrieve SVGs from 200+ icon libraries with CLI and MCP server integration.
- Supports searching across major collections (Lucide, Material Design Icons, Heroicons, Tabler, and 200+ more) with filtering by prefix and result limits
- CLI commands for searching icons, downloading batches as SVG files, and retrieving individual icons with color and size customization
- MCP server tools for AI agents including smart recommendations, similarity matching, project scanning, and batch icon retrieval (up to 20 at once)
- Icon ID format uses
prefix:nameconvention (e.g.,lucide:home,mdi:arrow-right) for consistent referencing across all libraries
SKILL.md
Better Icons
Search and retrieve icons from 200+ libraries via Iconify.
Installation
Before using any better-icons commands, ensure the tool is available in the environment.
Option 1 — Install globally (recommended, matches all examples below):
# Using npm
npm install -g better-icons
# Using Bun (faster)
bun add -g better-icons
Option 2 — Run without installing (prefix every command with npx or bunx):