Github

The github icon represents a social network and community platform for software developers, specifically GitHub, which is a popular platform for version control and collaboration. The github icon is commonly used in the software development industry to symbolize collaboration and community.

In the software development industry, the github icon appears in various software and platforms, such as GitHub itself, developer communities, and open-source projects. It is often used to promote collaboration and community among developers.

From a UX perspective, the github icon communicates a sense of community and collaboration, helping users understand that they can connect with other developers and work together on software projects. The icon's design should be clear and recognizable, conveying a sense of development and coding.

Github is one of 2,063 icons in SVG Logos, made by Gil Barbara and released under CC0. It is drawn on a 512 × 139 grid.

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds GithubIcon to components/icons/logos-github.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed GithubIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Github icon, or any of 2,063 SVG Logos icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's multicolor, so it keeps its own colors.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 512 × 139 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Yes. It keeps its own colors in light and dark mode, so check it against both backgrounds. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Github", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. GithubIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <GithubIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

CC0 puts the icons in the public domain: use them anywhere, with no conditions. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

No. CC0 gives the icons to the public domain, so no credit and no notice is required. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI still start with a comment naming SVG Logos, Gil Barbara and the license.

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

8 other libraries draw an icon called Github. The Other libraries section on this page shows each one, so you can compare them and open the one that fits your style.

Its tags are development, software, social, network and community. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Github in another set.