Shell

The shell icon represents a terminal or command-line interface, a crucial tool for interacting with computer systems. It originates from Unix-based systems and has become a staple in computing. The shell provides a way to execute commands, navigate directories, and manage files.

In real-world applications, the shell icon appears in software like GitHub's terminal, VS Code's integrated terminal, and Linux-based operating systems. It's also commonly used in developer tools, such as command-line interfaces for various programming languages.

From a UX perspective, the shell icon communicates a sense of power and control, allowing users to interact with the underlying system. It helps users understand that they can execute commands, manage files, and navigate directories.

Shell is one of 2,000 icons in Streamline color, made by Streamline and released under CC BY 4.0. It is drawn on a 14 × 14 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 ShellIcon to components/icons/streamline-color-shell.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 ShellIcon 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 Shell icon, or any of 2,000 Streamline color 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 14 × 14 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="Shell", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. ShellIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <ShellIcon 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, with credit: CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author (Streamline) where you use the icons. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Yes. CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author where you use the icons, for example "Icons by Streamline, CC BY 4.0" on an about or credits page.

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

7 other libraries draw an icon called Shell. 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 interface, development, linux, terminal, command and Unix. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Shell in another set.