Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

PremiumPixels has just released an uber handsome set of 41 Free Social Media Icons in both 16px and 32px in PNG format by Prekesh Chavda. We all love social media icons, no matter how many sets we have already got.

They are pretty useful if you would like to integrate some of the most popular social media sites to your site. And it includes the fast-growing Pinterest icon as well.

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Demo: http://www.premiumpixels.com/freebies/41-social-media-icons-png/
License: License Free

Foundation Icon Fonts is custom icon sets that are stored in a handy web font. A couple lines of CSS and the right markup will get you going in no time. You can use some awesome CSS techniques to start exploring different styles.

They designed the glyphs to be refined enough to stand alone as a simple icon, but left room for the imagination. Since you’ll be dealing with a font, the opportunities are nearly limitless. Now your icons can be any size, any color and any style available in CSS.

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Demo: http://www.zurb.com/playground/foundation-icons
License: MIT License

Entypo is a set of 100+ carefully crafted pictograms available as an OpenType font, vector EPS and web font. They work equally well in size 15, 20 or larger. It’s perfect for websites, apps and digital services.

Entypo Pictogram Suite is absolutely free. Even for commercial use. All released for free under the Creative Commons license CC BY-SA.

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Demo: http://www.entypo.com/
License: Creative Commons License

Smashing Magazine has just released fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set, which is available in transparent PNGs as well as Photoshop PSDs (128×128 px) and are perfect for any projects you have coming up for St. Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s icon set is completely free to use for commercial or personal applications without any restrictions.

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Demo: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/02/02/freebie-valentines…
License: License Free

Social media integration has become an important part of modern web design. Web Icon Set has just released a set of free social media stamp collection to brand your work. All of them are highly recognizable by people.

Social Media Stamp Collection contains 100 most favorite social services and applications. It includes PNG and PSD source file, so that you can change the color easily. You are allowed to use these icons in any type of project. And please don’t forget to share them with your awesome friends.

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Demo: http://www.webiconset.com/social-media-stamp-collection/
License: License Free

DefaultIcon is a repository of elegant, visually unified, minimal icons with crystal clear clarity, based on black color. It can be used for UI design on web, portable devices (iPhone, iPad, Android compatible devices, other smartphones etc) , desktop applications, and generally any kind of electronic or mechanic machinery interface.

The set is completely customizable as it is available in eps format. The package also includes a png format , in black color, and sizes 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, 128×128, 256×256. The icons are free for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as the license is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to interactivemania.

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Demo: http://www.defaulticon.com/
License: Creative Commons 3.0 License

Map Icons Collection is a set of more than 700 free icons to use as placemarks for your POI (Point of Interests) locations on your maps. You can use them on Google Maps with the “My maps / my places” feature or automatically by using the Google Maps API.

All of the map icons are organized into logical color coded categories, for better and quicker overview, you get a complete and diverse collection of unique markers for point of interests, for example cinemas, hotels, banks, restaurants and stores.

Requirements: Google Map
Demo: http://mapicons.nicolasmollet.com/
License: Creative Commons License

We have got a really nice collection of Free Web Icons for Different Purposes. So what if we just need more unique looking icons but cannot afford custom icons design? We may consider buying premium stock icons in this case.

Stock icons are usually the collections of specific icons, which stand for particular themes such as E-Commerce, Applications, Pictogram and etc. Some of our readers have asked where we can get quality premium stock icons at a very low price. Therefore, we have compiled a list of 20 Best Places to Buy Professional Stock Icons.

Please also stay tuned with our Free Icons section, which is updated regularly.

1. Seanau

2. Icon Jar

3. Stock Icons

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Cotyledon Mini Icons designed by Web Icon Set, released exclusively here at WebAppers, features 20 beautiful 16×16px icons. Each icon comes in PNG format. You can use them on both personal and commercial projects.

Cotyledon Mini Icons includes Email, Comment, Save, Load, Star, Favourite, Home, Chart, Calendar, RSS, Document, Edit, Delete, Printer, User, Picture, Shopping Cart, Media, Alert, Search. You should also check out their Free Icons Section for more free icons download.

Just to remind you that you can also download our Web Application Icons we have released long time ago. They are free for download as well. Enjoy!

Click Here to Download Cotyledon Mini Icons