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Been working on an icon search website recently and I genuinely want some honest opinions before I launch it publicly.

The idea is simple:
Search 100k+ icons from multiple icon packs/libraries in one place instead of opening 10 different sites.

You can:

  • search icons instantly
  • customize stroke/color/size
  • copy SVG with one click
  • download instantly
  • paste directly into Figma/code
  • no login
  • no paywalls
  • no "sign up to continue"

I got the idea because I was wasting so much time jumping between different icon libraries trying to find one specific icon.
Most sites either:

  • have terrible search
  • feel bloated
  • push premium constantly
  • or make simple things weirdly difficult

So I wanted to build something that feels:

  • insanely fast
  • minimal
  • frictionless
  • almost "Google-like" for icons

The interesting part is the SEO strategy behind it.
Instead of only having a homepage, I'm building thousands of highly targeted pages around searches people actually make, like:

  • "calendar icon svg"
  • "arrow right icon"
  • "heart icon transparent"
  • "settings icon for figma"
  • "user icon react svg"
  • etc.

Basically programmatic SEO at scale.
The site is mostly statically generated/pre-rendered because I wanted:

  • near instant load times
  • good indexing
  • low server costs
  • scalability without needing a huge backend

A few things I'm wondering:

  1. Would you actually use a site like this over individual icon libraries?
  2. What would make you bookmark it permanently?
  3. What's the MOST annoying thing about current icon websites?
  4. Do developers/designers actually care about:
  5. one-click copy SVG
  6. Figma integration
  7. React/Vue exports
  8. icon customization
  9. Do you think programmatic SEO for resource sites still works today or is Google killing it?

I'm trying to make this feel less like a "startup product" and more like a genuinely useful utility people naturally share around.

Would love brutally honest feedback before I launch.

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