The more the web becomes an application source, icons become more and more important to make the software stand out and to improve its usability.

In this post, we’re listing the 10 greatest websites you can get your free icons to build your next web app, blog or corporate website for your clients – check it out.

1. IconFinder

Probably the best known source to find your free icons (most of them are Creative Commons licensed), IconFinder had to be first on this list. It works like a “Google for Icons”, you just need to search for the name or type of the icon you’re looking for and IconFinder brings you all the results and download links on a superb user interface.

2. IconsPedia

Very similar to IconFinder, IconsPedia is a search engine for free icons. With a simple and easy to understand user interface and a nice search engine, IconsPedia is a great source for your free icons.

3. FamFamFam

Those tiny and awesome images are probably the most used free icons on the internet. Anywhere you go, mainly in Open Source Applications, you will find FamFamFam’s icons. And there’s a reason for that: they are awesome!

4. IconEden

IconEden is an icon gallery created by Frexy Studio and besides their Premium Icons category, they also showcase a very nice free icon gallery that you can download and use.

5. iconPot

The guys at iconPot are doing a great job listing many sources of icons that are free for both personal and commercial use.

Yes, there are some links to icons that are very (really!) old fashioned, but the majority of links they post is great for your next web project!

6. Web Icon Set

This relatively new icon provider website features some great quality content! On this website you can download Application Icons, Blogging Icons, e-Commerce Icons and Mobile Icons for free!

We agree that there aren’t many options on this website yet, but the quality of teir content makes it worth to list them here!

7. Crystal Clear Icon Set

This set of icons created by Brazilian graphic designer Everaldo Coelho, is a great source of free icons (hosted at WikiMedia).

8. WooFunction: 178 Amazing Web Design Icons

With a ever growing list of Freebies, Woo Themes, also one of the biggest resources for premium WordPress themes, offer their visitors a great collection of icon sets you can download directly from their website!

9. Blueblots: 30 icons in PSD format

The guys at BlueBlots came with an awesome list of PSD icons that you can download for free an user in your projects! Because they are in PSD, you will be able to easily change their designs to suit your needs.

10. TheCSSAwards.com: 500 free icons for your web apps

Daniel Smith posted this awesome article at CSSAwards.com listing an impressive 500 free icons you can use for your projects, go check this list out ASAP! Thank you Daniel!

Hey, I have the money, where can I get paid icons?

Sometimes your client or yourself want a little more exclusive icons and a budget is available. If that’s the case, you should look into one of the options below, where you can buy whole icon sets for as low as USD 20.00.

Some great sources if you want quality commercial icons: ProfessionaIcons.com, StockIcons.com, IconDrawer.com, FastIcon.com, ShutterStock.com, SmallIcons.com, IconGalore.com and iStockPhoto.com

A little more about jwaldeck

Jan (which is more like "yawn" than "Jenn") has German citizenship (American too), was born in Colombia and raised in São Paulo, Brazil - where he spent most of his life. Jan has been a nerd forever. He strives for pixel perfect designs, great user interfaces & clean code, loves tennis and is currently exploring new pursuits such as blogging, photography and skiing.

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