User icon

Compare 17 free user icons from 17 open-source libraries and pick the one that matches your design system. Every icon on this page downloads as an editable SVG or a transparent PNG at any size from 16px to 512px — no login, no account, no attribution required.

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All 17 free user icons

User icons from 17 libraries

Every icon below is the same "user" concept rendered by a different library. Click any tile to open it in the editor, set a custom size and colour, and download SVG or PNG.

Ant Design Icons Fill Boxicons Bold Carbon Icons Fill CSS.gg Outline Feather Outline Heroicons Outline Huge Icons Outline Iconoir Outline IconPark Outline Outline IconPark Solid Bold Lucide Outline Material Design Icons Fill Phosphor Outline Pixel Art Icons Fill Remix Icons Bold Solar Icons Bold Tabler Icons Outline

Library comparison

Which library should you use?

Library	Style	License	User icon
Ant Design Icons	Fill	MIT	User
Boxicons	Bold	MIT	User
Carbon Icons	Fill	Apache 2.0	User
CSS.gg	Outline	MIT	User
Feather	Outline	MIT	User
Heroicons	Outline	MIT	User
Huge Icons	Outline	MIT	User
Iconoir	Outline	MIT	User
IconPark Outline	Outline	Apache 2.0	User
IconPark Solid	Bold	Apache 2.0	User
Lucide	Outline	ISC	User
Material Design Icons	Fill	Apache 2.0	User
Phosphor	Outline	MIT	User
Pixel Art Icons	Fill	MIT	User
Remix Icons	Bold	Apache 2.0	User Fill
Solar Icons	Bold	CC BY 4.0	User Bold
Tabler Icons	Outline	MIT	User

Outline sets such as Lucide, Tabler and Feather stay legible at 16px in dense interfaces. Material Symbols and Bootstrap Icons give you matched outline and filled pairs. Phosphor, Solar and Fluent add duotone, bold and weight-graded variants when you need more visual hierarchy.

Use this icon in your project

Inline SVG (copy & paste)

Paste this straight into HTML or JSX. It inherits currentColor, so it follows your theme.

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1024 1024" width="24" height="24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" role="img" aria-label="user icon"><path fill="currentColor" d="M858.5 763.6a374 374 0 0 0-80.6-119.5a375.6 375.6 0 0 0-119.5-80.6c-.4-.2-.8-.3-1.2-.5C719.5 518 760 444.7 760 362c0-137-111-248-248-248S264 225 264 362c0 82.7 40.5 156 102.8 201.1c-.4.2-.8.3-1.2.5c-44.8 18.9-85 46-119.5 80.6a375.6 375.6 0 0 0-80.6 119.5A371.7 371.7 0 0 0 136 901.8a8 8 0 0 0 8 8.2h60c4.4 0 7.9-3.5 8-7.8c2-77.2 33-149.5 87.8-204.3c56.7-56.7 132-87.9 212.2-87.9s155.5 31.2 212.2 87.9C779 752.7 810 825 812 902.2c.1 4.4 3.6 7.8 8 7.8h60a8 8 0 0 0 8-8.2c-1-47.8-10.9-94.3-29.5-138.2M512 534c-45.9 0-89.1-17.9-121.6-50.4S340 407.9 340 362s17.9-89.1 50.4-121.6S466.1 190 512 190s89.1 17.9 121.6 50.4S684 316.1 684 362s-17.9 89.1-50.4 121.6S557.9 534 512 534"/></svg>

React component

Install the package for the library you picked, then import the component.

npm install @ant-design/icons

import { User } from "@ant-design/icons";

export function Example() {
  return <User size={24} />;
}

Choosing the right user icon

Match the icon to the interface

A user icon has to read instantly at whatever size your interface uses. Below 20px, prefer outline artwork with a consistent stroke weight — heavy filled glyphs turn into blobs. For navigation bars and empty states above 32px, filled or duotone versions carry more visual weight and scan better.

Keep stroke weight consistent across every icon in a view. Mixing a 1.5px Lucide glyph with a 2px Tabler glyph in the same toolbar is the most common reason icon sets look unprofessional.

Accessibility

Decorative icons need aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip them. If the user icon is the only thing labelling a control — an icon-only button, for example — give the button an aria-label such as "User" and leave the SVG itself hidden.

Never rely on the icon alone to convey state. Pair it with a tooltip or visible text wherever the meaning is not already obvious from context.

Where can I download a free user icon?

IconStash indexes 17 free user icons from 17 open-source libraries, including Ant Design, Boxicons, Carbon, CSS.gg, Feather. Choose one on this page, set the exact size and colour, then copy the SVG markup or download a transparent PNG. No account and no login are required.

Are these user icons free for commercial use?

Yes. Every icon on this page comes from an open-source library published under a permissive licence (MIT, Apache-2.0, ISC, CC BY 4.0 and similar), all of which allow commercial use. The comparison table above lists the licence for each library so you can confirm the exact terms before shipping.

Can I download a user icon as a PNG?

Yes. Open any icon on this page, set an exact pixel size between 16px and 512px, choose any colour, and download a transparent PNG. Because every icon here is a vector, the exported PNG stays sharp at any resolution — IconStash also offers a ZIP pack containing 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256 and 512px files.

Which library has the best user icon?

It depends on the design system you are matching. Outline libraries such as Lucide, Tabler and Feather suit dense product interfaces; Material Symbols and Bootstrap Icons ship matched outline and filled variants of the same glyph; Phosphor and Solar add duotone, bold and broken weights. The grid above shows all 17 options side by side so you can judge them at real size.

How do I add a user icon to a React app?

Copy the SVG markup for any icon on this page and paste it directly into JSX, or install the official npm package for the library you picked — lucide-react, @tabler/icons-react, @phosphor-icons/react, react-bootstrap-icons and react-icons are the most common. Both approaches are shown in the code samples above.

What sizes and styles do user icons come in?

All 17 icons on this page are vector artwork, so they scale cleanly to any size. The libraries represented here render the user concept in fill, bold, outline styles, and IconStash can export PNGs at 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256 or 512px, or any custom value in between.

Can I change the colour of a user icon?

Yes. Icons are exported using currentColor, so they inherit the CSS colour of their parent element and follow your theme automatically. You can also pick an exact hex colour in the IconStash editor before downloading, or override the colour with a CSS rule such as .icon { color: #C1DD2D; }.