GitHub Profile Icon Generator
Create SVG icons for GitHub profiles, README files, tech stacks, and social links.
Multiple Icons Generator
NEWGenerate multiple icons in a single row with comma-separated names. Perfect for creating technology stacks, social media collections, or skill showcases.
Social Media
42 icons available
Code & Development
60 icons available
Utility
146 icons available
Symbol
86 icons available
GitHub README Icon Generator
Create SVG icons for your GitHub README, profile README, and project documentation. Browse hundreds of icons by category, search for a specific technology or platform, customize the appearance, and copy the generated markdown instantly. Each icon is served as an SVG image, making it lightweight, scalable, and easy to use in GitHub repositories. Unlike downloading image files manually, this tool generates ready-to-paste markdown that works directly in your README.
The generator includes icons for both social platforms and development tools. You can add icons for GitHub, LinkedIn, YouTube, Discord, Reddit, and other social networks, or showcase your technology stack with icons for React, Node.js, Python, Docker, MySQL, and hundreds of other technologies. These are the same GitHub README icons commonly used in profile READMEs, open-source projects, and developer portfolios to highlight skills, tools, and social links. All icons are powered by the Simple Icons library, which is also used by many popular GitHub profile generators and developer tools.
Social Media Icons for GitHub README
Add social media icons to your GitHub profile README to help visitors find your accounts and connect with you. The generator includes icons for GitHub, LinkedIn, YouTube, Discord, Reddit, Instagram, Twitter, and many other platforms. Each icon is available as an SVG and can be customized before generating the markdown code for your README.
Tech Stack Icons for GitHub README
Showcase your skills and tools with tech stack icons for GitHub README files. Popular technologies such as React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Docker, MongoDB, MySQL, and Next.js are available out of the box. These GitHub README icons help visitors quickly understand the technologies used in your projects and developer portfolio.
Social Media Icons for GitHub README
Add social media icons to your GitHub profile README to help visitors find your accounts and connect with you. The generator includes icons for GitHub, LinkedIn, YouTube, Discord, Reddit, Instagram, Twitter, and many other platforms. Each icon is available as an SVG and can be customized before generating the markdown code for your README.
Tech Stack Icons for GitHub README
Showcase your skills and tools with tech stack icons for GitHub README files. Popular technologies such as React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Docker, MongoDB, MySQL, and Next.js are available out of the box. These GitHub README icons help visitors quickly understand the technologies used in your projects and developer portfolio.
What Icons Are Available
The generator includes more than 400 SVG icons organized into easy-to-browse categories. You can find social media icons for platforms like GitHub, LinkedIn, YouTube, Discord, Reddit, and Instagram, along with technology icons covering frontend frameworks, programming languages, databases, cloud services, DevOps tools, and developer utilities. These GitHub README icons are commonly used in profile READMEs, project documentation, and developer portfolios.
Every icon is provided as an SVG, which means it stays sharp and scalable at any size without losing quality. Whether you use a small icon in a README section or a larger icon in your GitHub profile, the image remains crisp on desktop, mobile, light mode, and dark mode. This makes SVG the preferred format for GitHub README SVG icons.
Finding icons is simple. Search by technology, tool, platform, or category to instantly filter the library. For example, searching for "Docker" shows the Docker icon, while searching for "social" displays social media platforms. The complete GitHub README icons list includes hundreds of icons across frontend, backend, database, cloud, DevOps, AI, and social media categories.
Multiple Icons Generator
The Multiple Icons Generator helps you create an entire row of icons in seconds. Simply enter multiple icon names separated by commas, such as "react, typescript, nodejs, docker", and the tool generates them together as a single output. This is one of the easiest ways to build a GitHub tech stack icons section for your README or profile page.
Instead of generating icons one at a time, you can create a complete technology stack showcasing the languages, frameworks, databases, and tools you use. This is especially useful for GitHub profile READMEs where developers often display their skills using a clean row of GitHub README icons.
Example GitHub Tech Stack Icons Row
The preview below shows a typical tech stack section created with the Multiple Icons Generator. Developers often use rows like this in GitHub profile READMEs, portfolio repositories, and open-source projects to highlight the technologies they work with.
To make setup even faster, the generator includes quick presets for common combinations such as Frontend Stack, Backend Tools, and Social Media. Select a preset to instantly populate the generator with popular icons instead of searching for each one manually.
How to Customize GitHub README Icons
Every icon can be customized before you generate the final markdown code. Select an icon from the library to open the customization panel, where you can adjust colors, backgrounds, sizes, animations, and link settings. This makes it easy to create GitHub README icons that match your profile, project branding, or personal style.
Choose an Icon Color
The Icon Color setting offers three different modes: Brand Color, Light Mode, and Dark Mode. Brand Color uses the official color of the selected technology or platform, while Light Mode and Dark Mode provide monochrome versions designed to work well with different GitHub themes. The example below shows how the same React icon appears in each mode.
Background Style lets you place icons on a solid background to better match your README design. Choose from common colors such as white, black, blue, green, red, purple, or keep the background transparent. You can also reverse the colors to quickly switch between light and dark styles.
Icon Size can be adjusted from 16px to 144px using the size slider or preset buttons. Smaller sizes work well inside text and compact sections, while larger sizes are often used for tech stacks, profile headers, and showcase sections.
Animation includes three styles: No Animation, Shake, and Rainbow. Shake adds a subtle hover effect, while Rainbow cycles through multiple colors. Because the icons are SVG-based, the animations work without any additional JavaScript.
Profile Link is optional. Add your GitHub profile URL to make the generated icon clickable. When someone clicks the icon in your README, they are taken directly to your profile or chosen destination.
How to Add Icons to Your GitHub README
Search for the icon you want. Click it. Adjust color, size, and style in the Customize panel. Switch between Markdown and HTML tabs on the right side of the panel to get the format you need. Click Copy. Paste it into your README.md.
To create a tech stack or social links section, generate multiple icons and place them on the same line. GitHub automatically renders the icons side by side, making it easy to showcase your skills, tools, and social profiles in a clean layout.
GitHub Profile Icon Generator vs Single Icons
A GitHub Profile Icon Generator is designed for creating complete icon rows that showcase your skills, tools, and technologies in a profile README. Instead of generating icons one at a time, you can build an entire tech stack section with popular tools such as React, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, and Docker in a single step.
Single icons are better when you only need a specific technology, social platform, or project badge. If you want to display a complete set of skills on your profile, the Multiple Icons Generator is usually the faster option.
Example profile README tech stack row
## Tech Stack
## Connect
For a project README you usually want individual icons — one for the framework, one for the database, one for the CI tool. Generate each separately and paste them in a row in your README's tech stack section.
readme logo vs readme icon
These two terms mean the same thing in practice. A readme logo, a github readme logo, and a readme icon all refer to the small SVG image that appears next to text or in a row at the top of a README. The difference is just what people call it. This tool generates all of them — you can use the output anywhere a markdown image tag is supported.
API Reference
You can use the API directly in your README files by constructing the URL manually. The endpoint is:
Here are the supported query parameters:
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| name | The icon name or a comma-separated list of names (required) | ?name=react,nodejs |
| size | Icon size in pixels (16 to 144, default: 48) | &size=64 |
| color | Hex color without #. Falls back to brand color if not provided | &color=ff0000 |
| theme | Color theme mode (light, dark, github, default: light) | &theme=dark |
| bg | Background color hex without # (default: transparent) | &bg=000000 |
| shape | Background shape (rect, circle, default: rect) | &shape=circle |
| reverseBackground | Swaps the icon color and background color (true, false) | &reverseBackground=true |
| animation | Animation effect (none, shake, rainbow, fade, default: none) | &animation=shake |
| animationDuration | Duration of the animation in seconds (0.2 to 5.0) | &animationDuration=2.5 |
| showText | Shows the icon name text below or beside the icon (true, false) | &showText=true |
| textAlignment | Alignment of the text (horizontal, vertical, default: vertical) | &textAlignment=horizontal |
Common Questions
How do I add tech stack icons to my GitHub README?
Use the Multiple Icons Generator tab. Type your stack as comma-separated names — "react, nodejs, postgresql, docker" — click Search Icons, then customize and copy the markdown. Paste it into your README.md under a Tech Stack heading.
What is the difference between brand color and custom color?
Brand Color uses the official color defined by the technology or platform. Custom color lets you override it with any hex value — useful when you want all icons to match a single color scheme in your README.
Do the icons work on both light and dark GitHub themes?
Use Brand Color mode for most cases — it works on both. If you need specific light or dark versions, the Light Mode and Dark Mode options switch the icon to black or white respectively.
Can I use these icons for GitHub readme svg images?
Yes. Every icon is served as an SVG. The markdown output uses a standard image tag so GitHub renders it natively. No external CDN, no broken image risk.
What is gprm.it and how is this different?
gprm.it is another GitHub profile README generator. This tool focuses specifically on individual SVG icons with per-icon customization — color, size, animation, background, and profile link. The Multiple Icons Generator also lets you combine icons into a single row image which gprm.it does not offer.