Bug

The bug icon represents software errors and debugging functionality in development and testing applications. Featuring a stylized insect design reminiscent of the classic programming term for software defects, this debugging symbol has become the universal standard for indicating code errors, software issues, and troubleshooting activities across development environments and quality assurance platforms.

In modern platforms like VS Code's debugger or bug tracking systems like Jira, you'll see this icon when developers encounter software errors or need to identify code issues. It appears in development interfaces during debugging sessions, or in testing applications where users report software defects, track bug resolution, or manage quality assurance processes requiring systematic error identification and resolution.

From a software development perspective, the insect design communicates more than just 'problem' - it specifically indicates software defects that require systematic investigation and technical resolution rather than user errors or design issues. This technical debugging emphasis helps in development workflows where users need to distinguish between actual code defects and user interface problems or feature requests requiring different resolution approaches.

Bug is one of 1,655 icons in Lucide, made by Lucide Contributors and released under ISC. It is drawn on a 24 × 24 grid with a 2 stroke.

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds BugIcon to components/icons/lucide-bug.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 BugIcon 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.

Yes, if your project has lucide-react: Bug is `BugIcon` there, used as <BugIcon />. The shadcn.io MCP server answers with that import when it finds the package. Without it, copy the icon from here.

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 Bug icon, or any of 1,655 Lucide icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 24 × 24 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation, and its stroke.

Bug is a line icon drawn with a stroke width of 2. Change it in Customize before you copy, or pass strokeWidth to the installed component when all of its strokes share one width.

Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. 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="Bug", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. BugIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <BugIcon 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.

Yes. ISC allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

No visible credit is required: ISC only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming Lucide, Lucide Contributors 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 Bug. 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, error, testing, issue, problem and debugging. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Bug in another set.