Lucide vs Tabler
Both are stroked, MIT-or-ISC interface sets. Lucide is smaller and stricter. Tabler covers more dashboard actions.
- Choose Lucide when the product already uses shadcn/ui or you want a short, even set.
- Choose Tabler when you need many states of the same action, such as devices, files, and arrows.
- Do not mix them in one toolbar. Stroke width and corner radius will not match.
Which one to open
Open Lucide when the product already follows the shadcn/ui outline look, or when a short set with even padding is enough for toolbars and settings lists. Open Tabler when a dashboard needs many states of the same action: devices, files, arrows, and the small differences between them.
The cards above link to each collection. Those pages say when to skip the set, including logos, flags, and emoji.
Stroke, corners, and mixing
Lucide stays on one 24px stroke grid. Padding is even, so a row of actions stays aligned. Tabler is also stroked, but the grid, stroke width, and corner radius are not Lucide’s. A toolbar that mixes the two looks like two icon families.
Search Tabler before you draw a one-off. It is a large set. It is a poor default for a marketing page that only needs about twenty icons.
License
Lucide is ISC. Tabler is MIT. Both ask you to keep the notice with your other open-source licenses. Neither is CC BY, so neither asks for a credit line on the page. Follow the upstream license linked from each collection. This site is not legal advice.