Recently, we wrote an article on icons repositories, and we just realized that we forgot to mention a major one: Iconfinder. It's time to fill the gap.

Iconfinder, the icon search engine

Iconfinder is a search engine that searches only for icons, that are free for download and licensed under GPL or BSD licenses (most of them). Search results are developer oriented (searching for “pirate” icons will get you no results, but searching for “database” icons will get you many).

Iconfinder search example

Iconfinder is very easy to use and results come with icon previews, links to download and information about licenses. All icons are provided as PNG files with transparency support. This service is still in beta, but works pretty well. A search cloud is also provided to tell you whats popular, and a blog informs you about what's going on in the labs.

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