--- layout: docs title: Icons description: Guidance and suggestions for using external icon libraries with Bootstrap. group: extend --- Bootstrap Material Design is designed to work with the [Google Material icons](https://material.io/icons/) library, despite not including it by default. In our [Introduction docs]({{ site.baseurl }}/docs/{{ site.docs_version }}/getting-started/introduction) all our starter templates include by default this icon set. The code to include in your `` tag is: ```html ``` Additionally, we have a handful of recommendations for you to choose from. While most icon sets include multiple file formats, we prefer SVG implementations for their improved accessibility and vector support. ## Preferred We've tested and used these icon sets ourselves. - [Iconic](https://useiconic.com/open/) - [Octicons](https://octicons.github.com/) - [Entypo](http://www.entypo.com/) ## More options While we haven't tried these out, they do look promising and provide multiple formats—including SVG. - [Bytesize](https://github.com/danklammer/bytesize-icons) - [Ionicons](http://ionicons.com/) - [Feather](https://feathericons.com/) - [Dripicons](http://demo.amitjakhu.com/dripicons/) - [Ikons](http://ikons.piotrkwiatkowski.co.uk/) - [Glyph](http://glyph.smarticons.co/)