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24 alternatives to SF Viewer

View, compare and export 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. SF Viewer launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   SF Symbols 5▲240

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

   2023 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SF Symbols 3▲96

   600 new icons + hierarchical color customization + inspector

   2021 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   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 →

4. 4
   Symbar▲76

   Quick access to SF Symbols from your menu bar

   2021 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Create Custom Symbols▲8

   Convert any icon SVG into SF Symbol

   2024 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Shape.so▲290

   1350+ icons, illustrations exportable to SVG, React & Lottie

   2019 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SF Feathers▲86

   Feather icons for all your Xcode projects

   2021 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Symbolizer▲63

   easily convert vector icons to bitmaps

   2022 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Penguin Icon Manager▲112

   Recolor icons and export the SVG files to PNGs

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Shape 2▲546

    5000+ fully customizable assets for your web design projects

    2020 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    iOS icons converter▲72

    SVG -> PNGs for all app icon sizes, for free.

    2018 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Potlab Icons▲302

    Animated SVG icons for web projects

    2019 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Transformicons▲155

    Animated icons, symbols and buttons using SVG and CSS

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ICONSVG▲219

    Customize & generate common SVG icons

    2019 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    img2icns▲215

    Convert images to macOS icons, for free

    2024 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    SF Symbols▲11

    Over 1,500 configurable symbols from Apple.

    2019 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Glyph Engine▲7

    Find and Make new SF Symbols

    Jun 2026 · glyphengine.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Symbol.so▲7

    Copy hard-to-type symbols, or customize and export as image

    2025 · symbol.so · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Symbol Master: SF & SVG Icons▲2

    SF Symbols & SVG Icons – Fast Search, Easy Customization

    2024 · figma.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Symbols for Sketch▲90

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

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Squircle▲81

    Create icons from images by resizing and rounding corners

    2021 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Symbol Pad▲86

    Easily copy/paste special symbols and characters on iOS

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    SVG Icon▲185

    Hand drawn free SVG icons

    2023 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Glance▲86

    A VSCode extension for viewing SVG sprites easy-peasy

    2021 · its alternatives →

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