Bootstrap Icons
Official open source SVG icon library for Bootstrap with over 2,000 icons.
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## Install
Bootstrap Icons are packaged up and published to npm. We only include the processed SVGs in this package—it's up to you and your team to implement. [Read our docs](https://icons.getbootstrap.com/) for usage instructions.
```shell
npm i bootstrap-icons
```
For those [using Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/twbs/bootstrap-icons), you can also install Bootstrap Icons via Composer:
```shell
composer require twbs/bootstrap-icons
```
[Also available in Figma](https://www.figma.com/community/file/1042482994486402696/Bootstrap-Icons).
## Usage
Depending on your setup, you can include Bootstrap Icons in a handful of ways.
- Copy-paste SVGs as embedded HTML
- Reference via `![]()
` element
- Use the SVG sprite
- Include via CSS
[See the docs for more information](https://icons.getbootstrap.com/#usage).
## Development
[](https://github.com/twbs/icons/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow%3ATests+branch%3Amain)
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bootstrap-icons)
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start the Hugo server locally.
```shell
git clone https://github.com/twbs/icons/
cd icons
npm i
npm start
```
Then open `http://localhost:4000` in your browser.
### npm scripts
Here are some key scripts you'll use during development. Be sure to look to our `package.json` or `npm run` output for a complete list of scripts.
| Script | Description |
|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `start` | Alias for running `docs-serve` |
| `docs-serve` | Starts a local Hugo server |
| `pages` | Generates permalink pages for each icon with template Markdown |
| `icons` | Processes and optimizes SVGs in `icons` directory, generates fonts and sprite |
## Adding SVGs
Icons are typically only added by @mdo, but exceptions can be made. New glyphs are designed in Figma first on a 16x16px grid, then exported as flattened SVGs with `fill` (no stroke). Once a new SVG icon has been added to the `icons` directory, we use an npm script to:
1. Optimize our SVGs with SVGO.
2. Modify the SVGs source code, removing all attributes before setting new attributes and values in our preferred order.
Use `npm run icons` to run the script, run `npm run pages` to build permalink pages, complete those pages, and, finally, commit the results in a new branch for updating.
**Warning**: Please exclude any auto-generated files, like `font/**` and `bootstrap-icons.svg` from your branch because they cause conflicts, and we generally update the dist files before a release.
## Publishing
Documentation is published automatically when a new Git tag is published. See our [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/twbs/icons/tree/main/.github/workflows) and [`package.json`](https://github.com/twbs/icons/blob/main/package.json) for more information.
## License
[MIT](LICENSE)
## Author
[@mdo](https://github.com/mdo)