Legal
This is the trademark, copyright, and brand-asset policy for StackIcons.dev. It is not legal advice.
It applies if you clone this repository, fork it, self-host it, or use
stackicons.dev — including copying embed code or
hotlinking /icons. Displaying a mark is the act that needs clearance, not
cloning the repo.
Software is MIT. The catalog is not.
The application — editor, /icons renderer, scripts, tests, and
documentation — is licensed under MIT. See LICENSE.
StackIcons does not license the brand marks in assets/icons/. It does
not grant trademark rights. Upstream copyright licenses, where they exist,
still apply and are not recorded per icon. Padding, flattening, tinting, or
knockout does not create a new license and does not improve your rights.
GitHub may badge the repository as MIT because of LICENSE. That badge describes the software. It does not describe the catalog.
| Layer | What StackIcons grants |
|---|---|
| App code, scripts, docs | MIT (LICENSE) |
| Our edits to an SVG file | No separate license |
| Logo design | Nothing. Copyright stays with the designer or brand. |
| Name, logo, and other trademarks | Nothing. Trademarks stay with their owners. |
| The names “StackIcons” and stackicons.dev | Identify this project. Not licensed for impersonation. |
Copyright
Copyright in the application — editor, /icons renderer, scripts, tests,
documentation, and original site copy — is held by
raul.one (2026). That work is licensed under MIT. See
LICENSE.
StackIcons does not claim copyright in the logos, wordmarks, or other brand
designs in assets/icons/. Those remain with their designers and brand
owners. Padding, flattening, tinting, or knockout does not create a new
copyright for StackIcons.
Copyright notices on this site cover the software and original copy only. They do not cover brand marks, and they do not change the MIT grant.
Your responsibility
You are responsible for checking each brand’s guidelines and any upstream copyright license before you display, redistribute, embed, or otherwise use a mark.
That includes:
- pasting generated HTML or Markdown into a README or site
- hotlinking an image on stackicons.dev
- copying files from
assets/icons/ - running a fork or self-hosted
/icons
StackIcons does not clear those rights for you.
No trademark or patent rights are licensed by this project.
The files, the generated images, and the embed code are provided as-is. StackIcons does not warrant that a given asset is the current official mark, that the owner permits redistribution, that an upstream license was recorded, or that your use is lawful.
Brand marks
Every icon in the catalog is a third-party logo, wordmark, or similar. Brand names, logos, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. StackIcons is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by those owners.
The catalog exists so a README or HTML page can identify a technology: “this project uses TypeScript and PostgreSQL.” It does not exist so anyone can imply endorsement, ship merch, or rebrand a product.
If a brand forbids a treatment (recoloring, lockup, spacing), that restriction still applies when the mark arrives via StackIcons.
Where the assets come from
Icons are vendored into this repository. They are fetched, at seeding time,
from public collections and then padded or flattened by
scripts/add-icon.mjs. Typical sources:
- svgl — MIT collection; trademarks remain with owners
- Simple Icons — CC0 files; trademarks remain with owners. Read their disclaimer.
- devicon and devicons.io
A source collection’s license covers that collection’s files, not the underlying design or trademark. Seeding through StackIcons does not relicense the mark.
The registry (lib/icons/registry.ts) does not store per-icon source URLs or
SPDX licenses. Provenance for an existing icon is git history. New seeds
should record the source URL in the pull request or commit message.
Generated images and the hosted service
Using images or embed code from stackicons.dev is the same as using the marks directly. Identification is the intended case; implying sponsorship is not.
Forks and self-hosted deployments may run the software under MIT. They must not present themselves as StackIcons or as stackicons.dev.
Updates and takedowns
Brand owners (or someone who can show they act for the owner) can ask us to update or remove a mark.
Open a GitHub issue titled Takedown: <brand> or Update: <brand>. Include:
- the brand name and the slug in this repo, if you know it
- your affiliation with the owner
- what you want changed or removed, and why
If the request must stay private, use private vulnerability reporting and state clearly that it is a trademark request, not a security bug.
We will remove or replace a mark when the request is genuine. We do not promise a timeline. Security reports belong in SECURITY.md, not here.
Contributions
Code you submit is licensed under MIT, same as the rest of the software. Icon assets you submit are not: you are pointing us at a source, not granting trademark rights and not relicensing the mark. See CONTRIBUTING.md.