Fetch Favicons from any website

A free & simple API to get favicons from any website. Open-source, easy to use, and self-hostable.

https://favicon.vemetric.com/

Error Loading Favicon

{
  "url": "http://favicon.vemetric.com/snappify.com",
  "sourceUrl": "https://snappify.com/images/favicon-196.png",
  "width": 196,
  "height": 196,
  "format": "png",
  "bytes": 3894,
  "source": "link-tag"
}

Why use our Favicon API?

Simple API

Just one endpoint. Pass a domain, get a favicon. No auth required.

100% Free

No API keys, no rate limits, no hidden costs. Free for everyone.

Open Source

Source code available on GitHub. Contribute, fork, or learn from it.

Self-Hostable

Easy to deploy on your own infrastructure with Docker or Bun.

How to use

Basic Usage

Simply make a GET request to our API with the domain parameter:

https://favicon.vemetric.com/snappify.com

HTML

<img src="https://favicon.vemetric.com/google.com" alt="Google Favicon">

Query Parameters

Optional

size

Desired favicon size in pixels. The API will resize the image to the requested size.

Default: 64

Example:

https://favicon.vemetric.com/github.com?size=128

Optional

format

Desired image format for the favicon. Supported formats are png, jpg, and webp.

Default: png

Example:

https://favicon.vemetric.com/github.com?format=ico

Optional

default

Fallback icon URL to use when the favicon cannot be found. Provide a fully qualified URL to your custom default icon.

Default: none

Example:

https://favicon.vemetric.com/invalid-domain.xyz?default=https://example.com/fallback.png

Optional

response

Controls the response of the API. Available values are image and json.

Default: image

Example:

https://favicon.vemetric.com/github.com?response=json

Self-Hosting

Want to run your own instance? It's super easy.

$ docker run -p 3000:3000 vemetric/favicon-api

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