Favicon Generator
Generate a complete favicon package for any website
🔒 100% free · no signup · files never leave your device
A favicon is the smallest image on your website and the one people see most often: in browser tabs, bookmark lists, history, taskbar pins and mobile home screens. The catch is that no single file covers every context. Browser tabs ask for 16×16 and 32×32, Windows wants a multi-size favicon.ico, iOS looks for a 180×180 apple-touch-icon, and Android Chrome reads icons from a site.webmanifest. Hand-making each file means launching an editor half a dozen times and remembering conventions that change per platform.
This favicon generator builds the complete package from one image in a single pass. Upload a logo or any graphic, optionally set a background color and padding, and get favicon.ico (with 16, 32 and 48 px embedded), PNG icons at 16, 32, 180, 192 and 512 px, plus a ready-made site.webmanifest — all generated locally in your browser with the Canvas API, so your artwork never leaves your device. Download everything as one ZIP, drop it into your site root, paste the provided HTML snippet, and every browser, phone and desktop picks the sharpest icon it supports.
Why use Favicon Generator
Launching a new website or side project
One logo upload produces every icon modern platforms expect — no design tool, no manual resizing, nothing forgotten before launch.
Replacing the default framework favicon
Fresh Next.js, Vite or Rails apps ship with a stock icon that every visitor recognizes. Swapping in your own branded package takes two minutes.
Making a PWA installable
Install prompts on Android require 192×192 and 512×512 icons declared in a web app manifest — both files and the manifest itself are generated for you.
Giving a client a clean handover
Send one ZIP with every favicon file plus the exact HTML tags to paste — no back-and-forth about which sizes modern browsers need.
Pro tips
- Start from a square source image of at least 512×512 px; the tool downscales with high-quality smoothing, but it cannot invent detail for the 512 px icon.
- Keep the design simple: tiny icons are read at 16 px, where thin lines and small text turn to mush — favicons are logos, not illustrations.
- If your logo is wide or tall, add 10–20% padding so the icon doesn't touch the edges on rounded iOS and Android home-screen masks.
- Test the transparent version against both light and dark browser themes; a dark glyph on transparency disappears in dark mode, so a solid background is often safer.
How to use Favicon Generator
- 1Upload one image or logo (square works best)
- 2Pick a background color and padding
- 3Preview every generated icon size
- 4Download all as a ZIP or individual files
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I need multiple favicon sizes?▾
Browsers, taskbars, bookmarks and mobile home screens each request a different size (16 to 512 px). The generated package covers them all, so every device picks a sharp icon instead of blurry scaling.
What is an apple-touch-icon?▾
A 180×180 PNG that iOS uses when someone saves your site to their home screen. Without it, iOS falls back to a scaled page screenshot, which usually looks broken.
Should I use PNG or ICO for my favicon?▾
Use both. Modern browsers prefer PNG icons declared with link tags, while a multi-size favicon.ico (16/32/48 px inside) guarantees legacy browsers and tools still find an icon.