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Lucide vs Magic UI

Compare Lucide and Magic UI on pricing, free tier, open source, API, self-host, verdict and momentum.

Both are design tools. Lucide is free (ISC license) with open source, a free tier; Magic UI is free (MIT open source) with open source and a free tier. The catalog stamp is ship for Lucide and ship for Magic UI, last verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-01 respectively.

Auto-paired from catalog data — the verdicts are hand-set, the pairing is algorithmic.

Lucide

ship

Open-source icon library with clean, consistent SVG icons.

Magic UI

ship

Animated React components and effects for design engineers.

fieldLucideMagic UI
pricingfree · ISC licensefree · MIT open source
free tieryesyes
open sourceyesyes
apinono
self-hostnono
verdictshipship
momentumSteady momentumsteadyBlueshift — gaining momentumblueshift
last verified2026-09-012026-09-01
key limitationStyle is uniform; less useful if you need highly custom iconography.Effects can be overused; restraint is required.

The call

Pick Lucide for app chrome and marketing UI that should look like one famil…

Pick Magic UI for marketing pages that need a few strong effects, not a full…

Lucide sources

  1. 1lucide.dev
  2. 2github.com/lucide-icons/lucide

Magic UI sources

  1. 1magicui.design
  2. 2github.com/magicuidesign/magicui

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