Toolbar Icons
A collection of free icons for use in graphical user interfaces hosted on 
What is this project about?
This project aims to provide a library of free icons that can be used in user interfaces, for example on toolbar butttons.
The icons should have a consistent style and can be displayed in any size as they are developed as vector graphics.
What are the most important features of these toolbar icons?
- All icons are developed as (Inkscape) SVG files, so they can be rendered to any size.
- The icons are sorted into categories and by their general style.
So far, only one style is provided, a modern 3D-like look.
However, the directory layout is designed in a way to allow for alternative styles, too.
- Conversion to PNG is automated using OMake build scripts.
- Icons are rasterized to 24-bit PNG files with an alpha channel.
An image that contains all icons from the repository can be found
here.
Where can I get the toolbar icons provided by this project?
Check the
Files section on the SourceForge project page for the latest complete PNG set.
Alternatively, you can download the contents of the
latest SVN revision to export PNG files yourself at custom sizes.
Am I allowed to use the toolbar icons in my software?
All icons in this library are released under the terms of the
MIT License:
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
On an additional side note, if you use these icons in a project, feel free to let me know.
A list with links to some projects that use Toolbar Icons will be added to this website later.
Who created these icons?
Currently, all icons in the library were provided by Florian Haag.
Once there are any other contributors, their names will be added here.
How can I use the sources from the repository?
- Get OMake.
- Get Inkscape.
- Make sure that both OMake and Inkscape are in the search path of your system.
- Check out the latest revision of the Toolbar Icons library from the SVN repository.
It is sufficient to check out the subtree in the trunk folder, but you should not check out only a subtree below trunk.
- Switch to one of the directories within your working copy of the repository and invoke omake.
The resulting PNG files will be placed in a new subdirectory named png in the trunk folder.
For more specific information, look at the
How to build page.
I have a question or an icon or feature request.
Your questions and requests are welcome!
I would like to expand this icon library, and one of the best ways to achieve this is to create new icons whenever they are required in a project.
Therefore, if you cannot find the icon you need in the Toolbar Icons library, let me know and I will consider creating a suitable icon.
The
Support section of the SourceForge project page lists several ways to contact the project members.
Can I contribute my own icons to the project?
If you created your own toolbar icons and would like to add them to the Toolbar Icons library, you are invited to do so.
Icons are admissible under the following conditions:
- The icons are available as standard SVG files or as Inkscape SVG files.
- The icons are released under the same license as the rest of the library, i.e. the MIT License.
- The icons are square-shaped.
This requirement might be dropped at a later time, but for now, build scripts only allow for the conversion of square-shaped icons.
- The visual style of the icons matches one of the styles featured in the icon library so far (currently, a "modern-looking 3D-style" only).
Otherwise, you have to provide a substantial number of icons with your first contribution already to make sure the new style is not restricted to a handful of icons.
See
these instructions on how to create icons for the library for further details.
If you are interested in participating in the project, go to the
Develop section of the SourceForge project page and send me a message.
Plans for the future?
There are some improvements planned for the Toolbar Icons library:
- New archives with PNG files based on the current contents of the project repository will be released about every three months.
- A tool that draws all available icons onto one or more pictures grouped by styles and categories for a library overview.
And of course:
