Favicon Helper is a comprehensive free online favicon toolset designed specifically for website developers, designers, and website owners. It integrates five core favicon tools into one platform for easy creation, conversion, inspection, and management of website icons.
Main Uses
- Generate professional favicons for websites, mobile apps, and PWAs
- Convert favicons between different formats (ICO, PNG, SVG, WEBP)
- Create favicons from text
- Check whether a website's favicon configuration is correct
- Download favicons from any website
Main Capabilities
- Favicon Generator: Generate professional favicons in multiple sizes and formats from images. Supports uploading PNG, JPG, and SVG files (up to 10MB). Can generate standard sizes (16x16, 32x32, 48x48), mobile sizes (180x180 for iOS, 192x192 for Android), and PWA size (512x512), and provides ICO and PNG formats.
- Favicon Converter: Convert favicons between formats such as ICO, PNG, SVG, and WEBP. Supports uploading ICO, PNG, JPG, SVG, and WEBP formats.
- Favicon Creator (Text): Create professional favicons from text using 1-3 characters (such as a company's initials). Provides 16 fonts, adjustable font size (20px-80px), color or transparent background, and 6 shape options (including hexagon, diamond, and shield).
- Favicon Checker: Check whether a website's favicon is configured correctly and works properly on all platforms. Tests HTML tags, file accessibility, and format compatibility, and provides improvement suggestions.
- Favicon Downloader: Download favicons in different sizes and formats from any website.
How to Use
- Choose a tool according to your needs (generate, create, convert, check, download).
- Upload an image or enter text/URL. The generator accepts PNG, JPG, SVG, and GIF (up to 10MB), and square images of at least 260x260 pixels are recommended. The creator requires 1-3 characters. The checker and downloader require a website URL (including https:// or http://)。
- Customize settings: choose size (16x16, 32x32, 180x180, 192x192, 512x512) and output format (ICO or PNG).
- Generate and download the result: you can download a single file or a ZIP package containing all sizes, along with HTML code that can be copied directly into the website head section.
- Upload the favicon file to the website root directory, and copy the provided HTML meta tags into the website's
<head>section. Use the checker tool to test, and clear the browser cache if necessary.
Applicable Scenarios
- Web Developers: Generate a complete favicon package and the HTML code needed for implementation.
- Graphic Designers: Convert high-resolution logos into pixel-perfect favicons and test different variants.
- Small Business Owners: Without design experience, use the text creator to generate branded icons with the company's initials.
- Digital Agencies: Simplify favicon creation for multiple client projects, check compliance, and download competitors' favicons for reference.
- E-commerce Stores: Ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints.
- Bloggers and Content Creators: Stand out among numerous tabs and bookmarks.
Limitations
- The generator has a maximum file size of 10MB and supports PNG, JPG, and SVG formats (the official text also mentions GIF).
- The text creator only supports 1-3 characters.
- The checker and downloader require a complete website URL.
- SVG favicons are not supported by Internet Explorer.
- The ICO format can contain multiple sizes, but PNG requires a separate file for each size.
- All processing is mainly performed in the browser, and uploaded images are not stored.
- Completely free, with no hidden fees, registration requirements, or watermarks.
- No other limitation information is currently provided.