---
permalink: /icons/octicons/

title: "GitHub's Octicons"
excerpt: "Official SVG icons from GitHub."

sidebar:
  nav: icons
---

[LicenseOcticons]: https://github.com/primer/octicons/blob/main/LICENSE

> **Sources:**
> - https://github.com/primer/octicons
> 
> **Licenses:**
> - [MIT][LicenseOcticons]
>
> **Base-URL:** https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/
{: .notice--info }

Octicons are GitHubs official SVG icons which are used across their website but also in various software.  
We use the 16px variant of the icons and recoloured them to match their usual place of display.

## Issues
Icons related to Issues

| Name                                   | Placeholder[^1]             | Preview           | Notes                                         |
| -------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |:-----------------:| --------------------------------------------- |
| [`IssueClosed.svg`][IssueClosed]       | `{octicons/issueClosed}`    | ![IssueClosed]    |                                               |
| [`IssueClosedOld.svg`][IssueClosedOld] | `{octicons/issueClosedOld}` | ![IssueClosedOld] | The old icon used for closed issues.          |
| [`IssueDrafted.svg`][IssueDrafted]     | `{octicons/issueDrafted}`   | ![IssueDrafted]   | Icon used for issue drafts (Not yet used).    |
| [`IssueNeutral.svg`][IssueNeutral]     | `{octicons/issueNeutral}`   | ![IssueNeutral]   | Grey coloured issue icon.                     |
| [`IssueOpened.svg`][IssueOpened]       | `{octicons/issueOpened}`    | ![IssueOpened]    |                                               |
| [`IssueOpenedOld.svg`][IssueOpenedOld] | `{octicons/issueOpenedOld}` | ![IssueOpenedOld] | The old icon used for opened issues.          |
| [`IssueReopened.svg`][IssueReopened]   | `{octicons/issueReopened}`  | ![IssueReopened]  | Icon used for reopened issues (Not yet used). |

[IssueClosed]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/IssueClosed.svg
[IssueClosedOld]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/IssueClosedOld.svg
[IssueDrafted]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/IssueDrafted.svg
[IssueNeutral]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/IssueNeutral.svg
[IssueOpened]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/IssueOpened.svg
[IssueOpenedOld]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/IssueOpenedOld.svg
[IssueReopened]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/IssueReopened.svg

## Pull requests
Icons related to Pull requests

| Name                                             | Placeholder[^1]               | Preview                | Notes                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- |:----------------------:| ------------------------------------------------ |
| [`ApprovedChanges.svg`][ApprovedChanges]         | `{octicons/approved}`         | ![ApprovedChanges]     |                                                  |
| [`ApprovedChangesGrey.svg`][ApprovedChangesGrey] |                               | ![ApprovedChangesGrey] | Approved Changes icon for non-required reviewers |
| [`PullRequestClosed.svg`][PullRequestClosed]     | `{octicons/prClosed}`         | ![PullRequestClosed]   |                                                  |
| [`PullRequestDrafted.svg`][PullRequestDrafted]   | `{octicons/prDrafted}`        | ![PullRequestDrafted]  |                                                  |
| [`PullRequestMerged.svg`][PullRequestMerged]     | `{octicons/prMerged}`         | ![PullRequestMerged]   |                                                  |
| [`PullRequestNeutral.svg`][PullRequestNeutral]   | `{octicons/prNeutral}`        | ![PullRequestNeutral]  | Grey coloured Pull request icon.                 |
| [`PullRequestOpened.svg`][PullRequestOpened]     | `{octicons/prOpened}`         | ![PullRequestOpened]   |                                                  |
| [`RequestedChanges.svg`][RequestedChanges]       | `{octicons/requestedChanges}` | ![RequestedChanges]    |                                                  |

[ApprovedChanges]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/ApprovedChanges.svg
[ApprovedChangesGrey]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/ApprovedChangesGrey.svg
[PullRequestClosed]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/PullRequestClosed.svg
[PullRequestDrafted]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/PullRequestDrafted.svg
[PullRequestMerged]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/PullRequestMerged.svg
[PullRequestNeutral]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/PullRequestNeutral.svg
[PullRequestOpened]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/PullRequestOpened.svg
[RequestedChanges]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/RequestedChanges.svg

## Miscellaneous
Icons not matching any other category

| Name                                                     | Placeholder[^1]           | Preview                    | Notes                                            |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |:--------------------------:| ------------------------------------------------ |
| [`Comment.svg`][Comment]                                 | `{octicons/comment}`      | ![Comment]                 |                                                  |
| [`Discussions.svg`][Discussions]                         | `{octicons/discussions}`  | ![Discussions]             |                                                  |
| [`ForkedRepository.svg`][ForkedRepository]               | `{octicons/forkedRepo}`   | ![ForkedRepository]        |                                                  |
| [`People.svg`][People]                                   | `{octicons/people}`       | ![People]                  |                                                  |
| [`License.svg`][License]                                 | `{octicons/license}`      | ![License]                 |                                                  |
| [`Release.svg`][Release]                                 | `{octicons/release}`      | ![Release]                 |                                                  |
| [`Repository.svg`][Repository]                           | `{octicons/repo}`         | ![Repository]              |                                                  |
| [`StarredRepository.svg`][StarredRepository]             | `{octicons/star}`         | ![StarredRepository]       |                                                  |
| [`StarredRepositoryYellow.svg`][StarredRepositoryYellow] |                           | ![StarredRepositoryYellow] | Yellow variant displayed on the "Starred" button |
| [`UnwatchRepository.svg`][UnwatchRepository]             | `{octicons/unwatchRepo}`  | ![UnwatchRepository]       |                                                  |
| [`WatchRepository.svg`][WatchRepository]                 | `{octicons/watchRepo}`    | ![WatchRepository]         |                                                  |
| [`Wiki.svg`][Wiki]                                       | `{octicons/wiki}`         | ![Wiki]                    |                                                  |

[Comment]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/Comment.svg
[Discussions]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/Discussions.svg
[ForkedRepository]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/ForkedRepository.svg
[People]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/People.svg
[License]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/License.svg
[Release]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/Release.svg
[Repository]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/Repository.svg
[StarredRepository]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/StarredRepository.svg
[StarredRepositoryYellow]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/StarredRepositoryYellow.svg
[UnwatchRepository]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/UnwatchRepository.svg
[WatchRepository]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/WatchRepository.svg
[Wiki]: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Readme-Workflows/Readme-Icons@main/icons/octicons/Wiki.svg


[^1]: These placeholders are for the [Readme-Replacer Action](https://github.com/Readme-Workflows/readme-replacer).
