Favicon Generator
Create favicons from text, emoji, or images instantly.
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What is a Favicon?
A favicon (short for favorite icon) is a small, iconic image that represents your website. They appear in browser tabs, bookmarks lists, browser history, and on smartphone home screens when a user saves your site as a web app. A well-designed favicon helps users quickly identify your site among many open tabs and enhances brand recognition.
Essential Favicon Formats
Modern web development requires only a few favicon files to support nearly all devices and browsers:
- ICO (favicon.ico): The traditional format. A 32x32 `favicon.ico` at the root of your site is a reliable fallback for older browsers and some RSS readers.
- SVG (icon.svg): Scalable Vector Graphics are ideal for modern browsers. They look crisp at any size and can even support light/dark mode styling via CSS within the SVG.
- Apple Touch Icon: A 180x180 PNG file used by iOS and iPadOS when a user adds your site to their home screen. It should typically have a solid background without transparency.
- PNG (Android & Web App Manifest): High-resolution PNGs (typically 192x192 and 512x512) are defined in your `manifest.json` for Android devices and Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
How to add favicons to your HTML
Add the following tags to the <head> section of your HTML document:
<!-- Modern SVG favicon --> <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml"> <!-- PNG fallback --> <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.png" type="image/png"> <!-- Apple Touch Icon for iOS --> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
Note: Many modern browsers automatically look for a favicon.ico at the root of your domain if no tags are provided.
Client-Side Privacy
This generator runs entirely in your web browser. Any text, emojis, or images you use are processed locally using the HTML5 Canvas API and are never uploaded to our servers. This ensures maximum privacy, security, and instantaneous performance.