theSVG

theSVG is an open-source brand SVG icon library that packages 6,149+ brand logos as typed, tree-shakeable npm modules. Each icon ships with its raw SVG string, hex color, title, category tags, and multiple variants (default, mono, dark). The library is MIT licensed for the package code, with individual icons carrying their upstream brand licenses.

Run `npm install thesvg` to add the convenience package. You can then import per-icon with `import github from 'thesvg/github'` to access `github.svg`, `github.hex`, and `github.variants`, or use a barrel import like `import { github, vercel } from 'thesvg'` for multiple icons. For React, the `@thesvg/react` package provides typed forwardRef components; Vue 3 and Svelte have their own adapter packages. The CLI (`npx @thesvg/cli add github`) copies the SVG directly into your project with no runtime dependency, which is useful for static sites or CSP-restricted apps.

Yes, the npm package is published under the MIT license, first released March 8, 2026, per the npm registry. The package code is freely usable in commercial and open-source projects. Individual icons carry their respective upstream brand licenses, so teams with strict brand-usage legal requirements should review those separately. A paid REST API is listed as planned at api.thesvg.org but has not launched yet.

theSVG is best for web apps that display third-party brand logos, such as a tech-stack section, an integration directory, or a fintech app showing payment provider marks. Its typed metadata (hex colors, categories, variants) eliminates manual brand-color lookups, and per-icon tree-shaking keeps bundle size proportional to what you actually use. It also integrates with AI agents via an MCP server compatible with Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf, making it useful in agentic UI generation workflows.

simple-icons, the closest established alternative, provides around 3,200 brand SVGs as raw files with minimal metadata and no typed framework packages. theSVG adds per-icon TypeScript types, hex color variants, an MCP server, and ready-made React/Vue/Svelte components, making it more ergonomic for typed codebases and agent-driven workflows. The tradeoff is maturity: simple-icons has years of community vetting behind it, while theSVG shipped its first version in March 2026 and has moved through 49 releases in roughly three months, so it carries more churn risk for production applications.

The most concrete risk is version churn: 49 npm releases between March and June 2026 signals an actively evolving API, and production apps should pin to a specific version and test upgrades deliberately rather than accepting automatic minor updates. There is also a documented icon-count discrepancy, the npm package at version 3.0.15 states 3,800+ icons while the website and extensions page advertise 6,149+, so the exact available set depends on which surface you use. Finally, the library covers brand logos only; it is not a substitute for a general-purpose UI icon set, and each icon's brand license must be reviewed independently for commercial use.