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Ant Design Icons vs Histoire
Ant Design Icons leads on 0 checks, Histoire on 0, and 3 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 3 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.
Our verdict
- Highest scoreAnt Design Icons · 7.9/10
- Free planboth
- Most featuresHistoire · 2 of 3
Ant Design Icons scores higher on our rubric for component libraries software: 7.9 against 7.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #8.
Ant Design Icons is the better fit for teams needing reusable icons across frontend platforms. Histoire is the better fit for vue or Svelte teams creating interactive stories.
- Ant Design Icons fits best
Teams needing reusable icons across frontend platforms
- Histoire fits best
Vue or Svelte teams creating interactive stories
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Side by side
| Feature | Ant Design Icons 7.9/10 Visit ↗ | Histoire 7.6/10 Visit ↗ |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editor score | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Ranking | #3 in Component Libraries Software | #8 in Component Libraries Software |
| Best for | Teams needing reusable icons across frontend platforms | Vue or Svelte teams creating interactive stories |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Starting price | Free plan | Free plan |
| Free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Deployment | Cloud, Mobile | Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web |
| Support | Community, Docs | Docs, Community |
| Built for | Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise | Solo, Small business, Mid-market |
| Features Ant Design Icons 0/3 · Histoire 2/3 | ||
| Component documentation | Not checked yet | ✓ (best) |
| Visual workbench | Not checked yet | ✓ (best) |
| Version history | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| Specs | ||
| Framework support | Not checked yet | Vue 3, Svelte 3 |
| Deployment options | Not checked yet | Self-hosted |
| Access controls | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
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| Our verdict | For teams building Ant Design interfaces or other web and mobile applications, Ant Design Icons provides reusable SVG assets and rendering components. The open-source library offers outlined, filled, and two-tone themes, with packages for… Read the review → |
Histoire is an open-source tool for building browser-based stories around UI components, aimed at teams creating component libraries or design systems with Vue 3 or Svelte 3. Developers can show components across use cases, work on them in… Read the review → |
Strengths and trade-offs
Ant Design Icons — where it wins
- Packages cover React, React Native, Angular, and Vue.
- Outlined, filled, and two-tone themes support varied interface styles.
- Icons work offline and can be customized as SVG components.
Where it doesn't
- Focused on icons rather than a broader component-library workbench.
- Integration packages are oriented toward Ant Design interfaces.
- Support is through community and documentation.
Histoire — where it wins
- Isolate components and organize interactive variants in grids
- Add Markdown docs, controls, and copyable source examples
- Support CI visual snapshots with Percy and Lost Pixel
Where it doesn't
- Framework support is limited to Vue 3 and Svelte 3
- Requires installation and serving within a project
- Self-hosted deployment with docs and community support
- Ant Design Icons7.9/10 · Free plan
A free, open-source SVG icon library with packages for major frontend frameworks.
Try Ant Design IconsFull verdict → - Histoire7.6/10 · Free plan
A free, open-source story tool for documenting and previewing Vue 3 and Svelte 3 components.
Visit HistoireFull verdict →
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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