Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Glyph Engine

Find and Make new SF Symbols

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   SF Symbols 5▲240

   5K symbols designed to work with Apple's San Francisco font

   2023 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SF Symbols 3▲96

   600 new icons + hierarchical color customization + inspector

   2021 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Create Custom Symbols▲8

   Convert any icon SVG into SF Symbol

   2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Symbar▲76

   Quick access to SF Symbols from your menu bar

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Glyphfinder▲272

   The missing character search for designers, devs & writers

   2020 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   lllook▲128

   Customizable collection of emoji line icons

   2021 · fffuel.co · its alternatives →

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   Sfsym – Export Apple SF Symbols as Vector SVG/PDF/PNG▲29

   I found myself reaching for SF Symbols' 'Copy Image As…' quite often during agentic design sessions, so I made a command-line tool that the agent can use by itself. It exports Apple SF Symbols as SVG, PDF, or PNG. The vector paths come directly from macOS's symbol renderer. Internally it reaches a private ivar on NSSymbolImageRep to get the CUINamedVectorGlyph, draws into a CGPDFContext, then walks the PDF content stream back out as SVG `d` commands. The output matches what the system draws, rather than an approximation traced from rasters. A few things about it: - Every subcommand accepts…

   Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   iOS 11 icons: Glyphs▲254

   Most demanded iOS 11 icons for free by Icons8

   2017 · icons8.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Entity Pro▲115

   Ultimate glyph finder for macOS

   2020 · appahead.studio · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Special Symbols by Mumu X▲168

    30k+ unicodes and their synonyms to speed up symbols picking

    2022 · getmumu.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ✶ glyfs▲121

    Unicode characters & text tools for iPhone, iPad and Mac

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    LogoliveryAI▲148

    Free AI-powered logo generator in SVG format

    2023 · logolivery.ai · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Mojito▲162

    Type to search for any emoji, symbol, or gif in seconds

    May 2026 · mojito.wells.ee · its alternatives →

14. 14
    SF Feathers▲86

    Feather icons for all your Xcode projects

    2021 · nielsx.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SF Symbols▲11

    Over 1,500 configurable symbols from Apple.

    2019 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Craft:Glyphs▲76

    SVG icons library for everyone

    2022 · craftglyphs.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Typedetail.com – featuring Apple's new typeface San Francisco▲137

    2015 · typedetail.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Glyphs 3.0▲160

    Build, edit and manage fonts on your Mac

    2021 · glyphsapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Emoj▲165

    Find relevant emojis from text on the command-line

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Characters for iOS▲81

    Kaomoji library & keyboard for iOS

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Symbols for Sketch▲90

    A set of templates to make an icon font with Sketch (gulp)

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Glyphter▲66

    The SVG Font Machine

    2014 · glyphter.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Transformicons▲155

    Animated icons, symbols and buttons using SVG and CSS

    2015 · transformicons.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Emoji Key▲65

    Find emojis by sketching

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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