josdejong/svelte-awesome — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2022-12-01
Add professional icons like refresh, camera, or warning symbols to a Svelte app
Keep icon styling consistent across an interface using one icon set
Customize icon appearance by scaling, flipping, or adding labels
| josdejong/svelte-awesome | 0xkinno/neuralvault | 0xmayurrr/ai-contractauditor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Language | — | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last pushed | 2022-12-01 | — | — |
| Maintenance | Dormant | — | — |
| Setup difficulty | easy | hard | easy |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 4/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Svelte-Awesome is a library that makes it easy to add icons to websites built with Svelte, a popular JavaScript framework for building user interfaces. Instead of having to create or import icons yourself, this package gives you access to thousands of Font Awesome icons, a well-known set of professional-looking symbols, ready to drop into your project. The basic idea is simple: you import an icon by name, then use a component called Icon to display it on your page. For example, if you want a beer icon, you'd import it and write something like <Icon data={beer}/>. You can also customize how icons appear by scaling them up, flipping them, or adding labels. The library comes with Font Awesome version 4.7 icons built in, so you can use them right away without extra setup. If you want newer icons from Font Awesome version 5, you can install those separately and use them the same way. Someone building a web app in Svelte would use this if they need icons throughout their interface, things like refresh buttons, fork symbols, camera icons, or warning signs. Instead of hunting down icon files or writing custom SVG code, they just pick an icon from Font Awesome and add one line of code. It's faster and keeps designs consistent because all the icons come from the same professional set. The project is small and focused: it wraps Font Awesome icons in a Svelte component so they work naturally within Svelte's design philosophy. The code quality is monitored through automated tests and code reviews, as shown by the badges in the README. It's also lightweight, the bundle size is optimized so it doesn't bloat your final website.
Svelte-Awesome wraps thousands of Font Awesome icons in a Svelte component, letting you drop professional icons into your app with one line of code.
Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2022-12-01).
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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