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docs(site): added official statement on brand logos in Lucide (#3541)
* docs(): added official statement on brand logos in Lucide * docs(): fix accidental typo from adding link * docs(): migrating some stuff to a more accessible plain language format * Update .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/01_icon_request.yml * Update .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/01_icon_request.yml Co-authored-by: Jakob Guddas <github@jguddas.de> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Update .github/pull_request_template.md Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Jakob Guddas <github@jguddas.de> Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Before submitting an icon request check if it has already been requested. If there is an open request, please add a 👍.
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**Important note**: No new brand logos are allowed, see https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/issues/670.
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Existing brand icons will also be phased out. For brand icons, consider using https://simpleicons.org, which offers purpose-built SVGs that are also on a 24×24px grid.
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> [!CAUTION]
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> New brand logos are **not** allowed, see our official statement: https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/blob/main/BRAND_LOGOS_STATEMENT.md.
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> Existing brand icons are being phased out. Consider using https://simpleicons.org, which offers purpose-built SVGs that are also on a 24×24px grid.
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id: name
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required: true
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- label: I have searched existing icons to make sure it does not already exist and I didn't find any.
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required: true
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- label: I am not requesting a brand logo and the art is not protected by copyright.
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- label: I am not requesting a brand logo and the art is not protected by copyright, see more at https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/blob/main/BRAND_LOGOS_STATEMENT.md
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required: true
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- label: I am not requesting an icon that includes religious, war/violence related, political imagery or hate symbols.
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### Concept <!-- ONLY for new icons -->
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<!-- All of these requirements must be fulfilled. -->
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<!-- IMPORTANT! Please read our official statement on brand logos in Lucide: -->
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<!-- https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/blob/main/BRAND_LOGOS_STATEMENT.md -->
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- [ ] I have provided valid use cases for each icon.
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- [ ] I have not added any a brand or logo icon.
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- [ ] I have [not added any brand or logo icon](https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/blob/main/BRAND_LOGOS_STATEMENT.md).
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- [ ] I have not used any hate symbols.
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- [ ] I have not included any religious, war/violence related or political imagery.
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# Our Official Stance on Including Brand Logos in Lucide
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## TL;DR
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Lucide **does not accept** brand logos, and we do not plan to add them in the future.
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This is due to a combination of **legal restrictions**, **design consistency concerns**, and **practical maintenance reasons**.
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If you need brand logos, we recommend [Simple Icons](https://simpleicons.org/), which provides an extensive, legally safer collection of brand marks.
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## 1. Historical Context
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This is not a new debate — other icon sets have gone through the same discussion:
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- **Material Design Icons** [deprecated all brand icons](https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/issues/6602) because they didn't fit the style, didn't work well in one color, and often looked out of place in a 24×24px grid.
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- **Feather Icons** [came to the same conclusion](https://github.com/feathericons/feather/issues/763): brand logos have their own style, and forcing them into another inevitably leads to aesthetic compromises.
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- **Lucide** learned from these examples — we'd rather focus on making a consistent set of non-brand icons that all work together.
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## 2. Legal Considerations
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Most brand logos:
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- Are **protected by trademark or copyright**.
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- Have **strict rules** for how they can be used (colors, spacing, proportions, etc.).
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- **Don't allow modification** — but we'd have to change them to fit Lucide's style.
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This means adding them could:
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1. Break copyright or trademark law.
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2. Make both you and the Lucide project legally responsible.
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3. Force us to review every new request one by one for legal issues — something we simply can't do.
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> **Note:** Simple Icons avoids this by keeping logos exactly as the brand provides them — though even they sometimes face [legal challenges](https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/issues/11236).
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## 3. Design & Consistency
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Lucide is all about **visual consistency**.
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Adding brand logos would:
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- Break [our own design rules](https://lucide.dev/guide/design/icon-design-guide#icon-design-principles) for shapes, proportions, and stroke.
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- Mix two fundamentally different categories of graphics (pictograms vs. corporate logos).
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- Create a library where a subset of icons will always look "out of place".
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If the logos are not in Lucide's style, why include them in Lucide at all? Better to use them from a dedicated brand icon source.
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## 4. Maintenance Burden
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Even with our current **"no brand icon requests"** policy, people still request them regularly.
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Having any brand icons in the set:
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- Makes people think we might add more in the future.
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- Leads to repeated requests and the same conversations over and over.
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- Wastes maintainer time redirecting people to the same explanation.
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Removing them entirely solves this problem.
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## 5. Recommended Alternatives
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If you need brand icons, try:
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- [Simple Icons](https://simpleicons.org/): offers a huge range of brands, in consistent SVG format, using a 24×24 viewBox, the same as ours.
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- Official brand asset pages: most major companies provide downloadable SVGs.
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You can use these alongside Lucide without bloating our core library.
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## Final Words
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Lucide is an **icon** set, not a **logo** set.
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Logos belong in dedicated logo resources.
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We're focusing on what Lucide does best: providing a clean, cohesive, and legally safe collection of open-source icons.
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Caught a mistake or want to contribute to the documentation? [Edit this page on Github](https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/blob/main/README.md)
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## About brand logos
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Lucide **does not accept** brand logos, and we do not plan to add them in the future. This is due to a combination of **legal restrictions**, **design consistency concerns**, and **practical maintenance reasons**.
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[Click here to read our official statement about brand logos in Lucide.](./BRAND_LOGOS_STATEMENT.md)
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## Community
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Join the community on our [Discord](https://discord.gg/EH6nSts) server!
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