Heroicons is a collection of hand-crafted, scalable vector icons designed for use in web interfaces and digital product design systems. These graphical symbols are provided as a library of vector assets that integrate directly into user interface code to support visual communication and navigation.
The icons are defined as vector paths, allowing them to be embedded directly into the document object model. This approach enables the use of standard style rules to control appearance properties such as color and stroke width, ensuring visual consistency across different parts of an application.
The library supports a range of design and development workflows, including frontend prototyping, the maintenance of centralized design systems, and the creation of reusable web components. The assets are distributed as modular units compatible with modern web frameworks and build pipelines.