# qlementine-icons
**Repository Path**: anold/qlementine-icons
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: qlementine-icons
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
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- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2026-07-31
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-31
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## README
# Qlementine Icons
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| `master` | [](https://github.com/oclero/qlementine-icons/actions/workflows/linux.yml) [](https://github.com/oclero/qlementine-icons/actions/workflows/windows.yml) [](https://github.com/oclero/qlementine-icons/actions/workflows/macos.yml) |
| `dev` | [](https://github.com/oclero/qlementine-icons/actions/workflows/linux.yml) [](https://github.com/oclero/qlementine-icons/actions/workflows/windows.yml) [](https://github.com/oclero/qlementine-icons/actions/workflows/macos.yml) |
Vector icon set for modern desktop Qt5/Qt6 applications. Browse the 350+ icons on the [project's website](https://oclero.github.io/qlementine-icons).
> **Need more icons?** Commissions for new icons (free or commercial) are possible. See below.
---
### Table of Contents
- [Features](#features)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Scripts](#scripts)
- [Website](#website)
- [Author](#author)
- [License](#license)
---
## Features
- This repository is an icon set aimed to be used in conjunction with my Qt library named [Qlementine](https://github.com/oclero/qlementine).
- This icon set provides icons as requested by the [Freedesktop standard](http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html), and vastly expands it, in `16`×`16` pixels.
> **Note:** Freedesktop coverage is a work in progress. Follow the progress [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lwPe_WPdQkgOCCKtCJghRR6EkeCQXrv96WzCUMdAfRE/edit?usp=sharing).
- The icons are in SVG format, so can be scaled to any size without loosing any quality. However, they've been designed to be used in `16`×`16` pixels, to be pixel-perfect.
- The icons are visible on the [project's website](https://oclero.github.io/qlementine-icons). Search among the library, and click on the icon to download the SVG file.
- Commissions are possible if you need some icons. See [License](#license) below for more details.
## Usage
1. Add the library as a dependency with CMake FetchContent.
```bash
include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(qlementine-icons GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/oclero/qlementine-icons.git")
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(qlementine-icons)
```
2. Link with the library in CMake.
```cmake
target_link_libraries(your_project qlementine-icons)
```
3. Initialize the library.
```c++
#include
oclero::qlementine::icons::initializeIconTheme();
```
4. Define the **icon theme** on your `QApplication`.
```c++
QIcon::setThemeName("qlementine");
```
5. When you want to retrieve an icon, you can use one of these methods:
1. With `QIcon::fromTheme()`, by using the icon name.
```c++
const auto icon = QIcon::fromTheme("action/redo");
const auto pixmap = icon.pixmap(QSize(16, 16));
```
2. With `QIcon::fromTheme()`, by using the Freedesktop standard identifier, **if the icon has one**.
```c++
const auto iconName = fromFreeDesktop("edit-redo");
const auto icon = QIcon::fromTheme(iconName);
const auto pixmap = icon.pixmap(QSize(16, 16));
```
3. With `QPixmap`. Note that the resulting image will be `16`×`16` _physical_ pixels, so not adapted to High-Resolution screens.
```c++
const auto pixmap = QPixmap(":/qlementine/icons/16/action/redo.svg");
```
4. With `QIcon`, to get any size, and ensure it will have the correct pixel ratio to be displayed on the scree.
```c++
const auto icon = QIcon(":/qlementine/icons/16/action/redo.svg");
const auto pixmap = icon.pixmap(QSize(64, 64));
```
5. You can also get the path from the icon identifier, in the enum `IconId`.
**This is the recommended way because it avoids making typo mistakes**.
```c++
const auto icon = QIcon(iconPath(Icons16::Action_Undo));
const auto pixmap = icon.pixmap(QSize(16, 16));
```
## Scripts
Some Python scripts are in the `scripts` folder and are useful to manage the huge icon list.
### Updating the project files: `update.py`
```sh
update.py
```
This script will update the various files that depend on the icon list:
- **Qt files**
1. The script creates the `.qrc` files based on the folder structure.
2. In `sources/CMakeLists.txt`, cmake uses the `glob` function to get all the `.qrc` files, and will generate the appropriate C++ lines in `sources/src/icons/QlementineIcons.cpp`.
- **Hugo files**
- The script keeps up-to-date the `docs/data/icons.yml` metadata file.
- This file is used to generate at compile-time the HTML table.
### Optimizing the SVG files: `optimize_svg_files.py`
#### Usage
Put the SVG files you want to optimize in a `tmp` folder, then:
```sh
optimize_svg_files.py
```
This script will use the `scour` library to optimize SVG: stripping all unnecessary data and reducing the decimal count.
Please do not run it on already optimized files, because the rounding will change the decimal count, and Git will see a modification.
## Website
The documentation/showcase website is made with `hugo`. You can see a local preview at by executing:
```bash
hugo server --source ./docs
```
## Author
**Olivier Cléro** | [email](mailto:oclero@pm.me) | [website](https://www.olivierclero.com) | [github](https://www.github.com/oclero) | [gitlab](https://www.gitlab.com/oclero)
## License
**Qlementine Icons** is available under the MIT license. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for more info.
If you or your company wants to use Qlementine Icons, but found out some icons are missing, here are some common cases:
1. **Free icons:** If the icons are general-purpose enough, I can made them **for free** and add them to this MIT-licensed icon library. **Please create a Github issue**, describing precisely your needs.
2. **Commercial icons:** If you want icons in this very same style, but don't want to add them to Qlementine Icons, **I can work as a freelance artist for you**, and make these icons. Feel free to contact me by email to talk about details.