# duerrsimon/bioicons

A library of free open source icons for science illustrations in biology and chemistry

Repository: https://github.com/duerrsimon/bioicons
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bioicons
Homepage: https://bioicons.com
Language: Vue
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: illustration, science, biology, chemistry, graphics
Last push: 2026-08-22T12:19:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1973, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 670, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1728, forks 99 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.253008+00:00)

## What it is
Bioicons is a free, open-source library of SVG vector icons for scientific illustrations in biology and chemistry, browsable through a web viewer built with Vue. Users can download or copy icons for use in vector graphics software, web pages, and office documents, with clear per-icon licensing (CC0, MIT, CC BY).

## Use cases
- find free svg icons for a scientific figure or paper
- download biology and chemistry illustrations for a presentation
- copy vector icons into Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator
- browse open-licensed lab equipment and molecule icons
- get CC0 icons for a life sciences website
- illustrate a thesis or grant proposal with science graphics

## When to choose
- you need high-quality, openly licensed science illustrations in editable SVG format
- you want to browse icons by life-science category like lab apparatus, nucleic acids, or immunology
- you need icons with clear attribution and license information for publication

## When to avoid
- you need general-purpose UI or app icons rather than science illustrations
- you require raster images like PNG or JPEG instead of vector SVG
- you need illustrations outside the life sciences and chemistry scope

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, image-processing, documentation
- domain: graphics, chemistry, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: svg-icons, scientific-illustration, open-source-icons, vector-graphics, vue, life-sciences, science, biology, web

## Member repositories
- duerrsimon/bioicons (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.253008+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:32:08.638077+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/duerrsimon/bioicons (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.253008+00:00, sha affff9eec27f)
  - homepage: https://bioicons.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:09:08.046787+00:00, sha a97b32e8d7a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.