Bootstrap Icons are packaged up and published to npm. We only include the processed SVGs in this package—it's up to you and your team to implement. Read our docs for usage instructions.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start the Hugo server locally.
git clone https://github.com/twbs/icons/
cd icons
npm i
npm start
Then open http://localhost:4000 in your browser.
npm scripts
Here are some key scripts you'll use during development. Be sure to look to our package.json for a complete list of scripts.
Script
Description
start
Alias for running docs-serve
docs-serve
Starts a local Hugo server
pages
Generates permalink pages for each icon with template Markdown
icons
Processes and optimizes SVGs in icons directory
Adding SVGs
Icons are typically only added by @mdo, but exceptions can be made. New glyphs are designed in Figma first on a 16x16px grid, then exported as flattened SVGs with fill (no stroke). Once a new SVG icon has been added to the icons directory, we use an npm script to:
Optimize our SVGs with SVGO.
Modify the SVGs source HTML, removing all attributes before setting new attributes and values in our preferred order.
Use npm run icons to run the script, run npm run pages to build permalink pages, complete those pages, and, finally, commit the results in a new branch for updating.
Publishing
Documentation is published automatically when a new Git tag is published. See our GitHub Actions and package.json for more information.
