# microsoft/vscode-codicons

The icon font for Visual Studio Code

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-codicons
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-codicons
Homepage: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-codicons/dist/codicon.html
Language: Handlebars
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-19T10:56:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 82, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2514, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 41, "gap_med": 33, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1153, forks 210 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:47.367651+00:00)

## What it is
Codicons is the icon font for Visual Studio Code, built by converting SVG icons into a font via fantasticon. It is distributed as the @vscode/codicons npm package with CSS classes for use in web apps and VS Code extensions.

## Use cases
- add vscode-style icons to a web app
- use codicon icons in a vs code extension webview
- find and preview icon names for the codicon font
- build a custom icon font from svg icons
- style icons with css classes in my ui

## When to choose
- you want the same icon set used by Visual Studio Code
- you need a lightweight icon font with CSS class integration
- you are building a VS Code extension or VS Code-like UI

## When to avoid
- you need full-color or multi-tone SVG icons rather than a monochrome font
- you need an icon set unrelated to VS Code's visual style

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, graphics
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: icon-font, icons, vscode, css, svg-to-font, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- microsoft/vscode-codicons (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.367651+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 2026-08-30T06:33:28.840198+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-codicons (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.367651+00:00, sha 0e5fa63b26c8)
  - homepage: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-codicons/dist/codicon.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:38:00.008356+00:00, sha 432f880dfb39)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.