Icons are images specifically designed to deliver a message and good Icons are simply awesome to for that purpose. For that reason Icons can be really handsome when you’re designing a web site or a blog and can kick start or support the creative process. There are thousands of free Icons available which is very good but it can be hard to find the Icon Sets suitable for use in web design. This article gives you one of the largest compilations of Free Icon Resources and Icon Sets aimed for use in web design. Please let me know if any Resources or Icon packs that should have been included are missing. Always make sure you read the license before using any Icons as this may change rapidly.
This article is and update of 50+ Top Free Icon Resources and Icon Sets for Web Designers adding 20+ icon sets. Make sure you verify the license for any icons before using them in your designs.
The Webdesigner Sketchup Icons
Proxal Icon Set v2
Portal Icons
Weby
Pixelicious
Dropbox Aquaized
Characters so far
Glyphious
Social Icons hand drawned
Social Media Bookmark Icon
Scholny Univercitet icons
AllGN Robots Icons
Stack site icons
MICRO + NickelCobalt
32px mania iconset
Xiao Icon
Summer beach and seaworld set
Liquisoft Icons
Web Injection
Aa Free Icon Set for webmasters and web developers provided by tutorial9.net. The Icon Set has been created by Midtone Design Studio
The set includes 26 free icons at 48×48px size and in a Png format. This Free Icon Set is for use in your personal and commercial projects, and can be used without attribution.
ecqlipse 2
This packet contains 105 system replacement and 137 application icons.
Size is 128 x 128 px.
Token
-90+ 32×32 .ico files for use with Vista and Windows 7
-90+ 128×128 .png files for use with any ‘dock’ applications
+ White Versions of the above!
MannMitDerTarnjacke
Icon Set contains 27 .png dock icons and 25 .ico files.
Lucid: Icons
Contains over 250 .png dock icons in both black and white (+500 total!) of widely used applications, games, and system icons. PSD included
Random Jabber
3D Cartoon Icons Pack III
This pack has 205 icons with 3D effect.
Pinvoke
Fugue Icons: 2,225 icons are included in PNG format (16×16 pixel).
Diagona Icons: 400 icons are included in PNG format (10×10 and 16×16 pixel).
Free web development icons
Icojoy team’s new 24×24 free icon set in web 2.0 style
BacktoPixel
Icojoy team presents new free icon set in pixel style. These icons are free to use in any kind of project unlimited times.
Free web development icons #3
The subjects of this set are blogs, dating, player, social networks. These icons are free to use in any kind of project unlimited times.
Free web development icons #2
These icons are free to use in any kind of project unlimited times.
Free web development icons #1
These icons are free to use in any kind of project unlimited times.
Sweetie
Sweetie BasePack (182 icons)
Sweetie WebCommunication (37 icons)
Fam Fam Fam
4 free sets of mini size but good quality icons
Brand Spanking New
Here are 113 10×10 greyscale icons in .gif format
Graphic Push
Developpers Icons
105 icons (32×32) for your toolbar or anything. (.png, .ico, .icns, .icontainer)
Simplicio
The set contains 78 free icons in .png and .ico including AI which can be useful for both corporate and personal setting.
Ecommerce Icons
32 free e-commerce icons.
BS-Markup
Sanscons Icon Set
Exploding Boy
Greyscale
bwpx Icons
Vector Icon Set
“sketch’d up!” Icon Set
Facebook UI Icon Set
the facebook ui icons in a high res and vector form… with slight adherences to the tango specification
Small Arrow Icon Set
Irokez CMS Icon Set
Liquidicity Icon Set
165 vector icons x 5 colours = 825 icons.
Web Application Icons
Web-Icons-Pack
Ganato – Psd Icons
Web2.0 Icons Pack
Icon Repositories and Search Engines
IconFinder
IconDock – Free Icons
IconPot
IcoFree
IconStick
VistaIcons
IconBee
IconBulk
YellowIcon – Downloads
FastIcon – Freeware
Double-J Design – Free Icons
DryIcons
FreeIconsDownload
FreeIconsWeb
IconLook
IconFactory – Freeware
Iconspedia
IconBuffet – Free Delivery
AjaxLoad – Loading Animation Generator
IconArchive
BestFreeIcons
iconerz.com
Simplicio
The set contains 78 free icons in .png and .ico including AI which can be useful for both corporate and personal setting.
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September 13th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Wow what fabulous collection of useful icons. Many are really beautiful. Thanks.
September 13th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Very useful resource for web designers and definitely worthy of bookmarking! I like that you also included the Icon repositories and search engines… However you might could have broken it into multiple posts.
Thanks for this!
September 14th, 2009 at 12:13 am
These are great sets, I downloaded a couple. Thanks for sharing.
September 14th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Nice collection
September 14th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Great collections! I have downloaded few sets of them.
Thanks for sharing.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Hi, check my free icon set too
http://bevelandemboss.net/show-template.php?id=17
September 16th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Great icons. Thanks for sharing!
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:52 am
Unbelievable! A very NICE collection, thank you!
October 4th, 2009 at 1:12 am
Great collection!!
December 6th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
10Q man. Really useful
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:53 am
Love the free icon round-up! I have also made a few sets that can be found here: http://www.25icons.com. Would love them added to the list.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:51 am
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February 21st, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Great collection. Many thanks.