Favicon Generator
Create favicons from text, emoji, or uploaded images. All sizes, HTML tags, and webmanifest included.
What Is a Favicon Generator?
A favicon generator creates the small icon that appears in browser tabs, bookmarks, and mobile home screens for your website. Favicons are a fundamental part of web branding — they help users identify your site among dozens of open tabs and give your web application a polished, professional appearance.
Modern browsers and devices require favicons in multiple sizes and formats: 16×16 and 32×32 for browser tabs, 48×48 for Windows taskbar, 180×180 for Apple Touch icons, and 192×192 and 512×512 for Progressive Web App (PWA) manifests. Creating all these sizes manually in an image editor is tedious and error-prone — especially when you need to maintain consistent quality across resolutions.
Our favicon generator creates all required sizes from a single emoji, text, or uploaded image. It generates the traditional favicon.ico file (containing 16×16 and 32×32 images), individual PNG files for every standard size, the HTML <link> tags for your <head>, and a site.webmanifest file for PWA support. Everything is generated entirely in your browser using the Canvas API — no uploads, no server processing.
How to Create a Favicon
- Choose your source — Select the "From Text/Emoji" tab to use an emoji (like 🚀) or text character, or the "From Upload" tab to use an existing image (PNG, JPG, or SVG).
- Customize the design — For text/emoji mode: adjust the background color, text color, font size, and border radius. For uploads: adjust the border radius. The live preview updates in real-time.
- Click "Generate All Sizes" — The tool generates your favicon in all standard sizes: 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 180×180, 192×192, and 512×512 pixels, plus a favicon.ico file.
- Download your files — Download individual PNG files for each size, or download the combined favicon.ico. Each file is properly sized and optimized.
- Copy the HTML tags — Copy the generated
<link>tags and paste them into your HTML<head>. Copy the webmanifest JSON for PWA support.
Key Features
- Emoji and text support — Create favicons from any emoji (🚀, ⚡, 🎯) or text characters with customizable colors, font size, and background.
- Image upload — Upload a PNG, JPG, or SVG image and the tool automatically center-crops it to square and generates all favicon sizes.
- All standard sizes — Generates 16×16, 32×32, 48×48 (browser), 180×180 (Apple Touch), 192×192 and 512×512 (PWA) in one click.
- ICO file generation — Creates a proper
favicon.icofile containing both 16×16 and 32×32 images in the ICO format — the format browsers have supported for decades. - Adjustable border radius — Control corner rounding from sharp squares (0%) to perfect circles (100%) to match your brand style.
- Ready-to-use HTML and manifest — Generates the complete HTML
<link>tags andsite.webmanifestJSON — just copy and paste into your project. - 100% client-side — All image processing happens in your browser using the Canvas API. No files are uploaded to any server.
Common Use Cases
- Quick project branding — Instantly create a recognizable favicon for a new project using an emoji or initials, without needing a designer or image editor.
- PWA icon generation — Generate all icon sizes required for Progressive Web Apps, including the 192×192 and 512×512 images referenced in the webmanifest.
- Apple Touch icon — Create the 180×180 Apple Touch icon that appears when users add your site to their iPhone or iPad home screen.
- Favicon refresh — Quickly regenerate favicons when rebranding — update colors, text, or images and download all sizes at once.
- Prototyping and MVPs — Get a professional-looking favicon in seconds for prototypes, hackathon projects, or side projects without any design work.
Frequently Asked Questions
🔒 This tool runs entirely in your browser. No data is sent to any server.