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Favicon & Desktop Icon Generator

Create web favicons, a multi-resolution Windows ICO or a Linux PNG icon package locally.

About Favicon & Desktop Icon Generator

Create web favicons, a multi-resolution Windows ICO or a Linux PNG icon package locally.

Fit or center-crop an image onto a square canvas. The ZIP includes 16, 32 and 48 pixel favicons, a 180 pixel Apple touch icon, 192 and 512 pixel web icons, an ICO, a manifest and HTML integration markup.

How to use it

  1. Choose a PNG, JPG or WebP, preferably at least 512 × 512 pixels.
  2. Choose Web, Windows or Linux, then fit or crop, background color and transparency.
  3. Preview and download: Web ZIP with HTML, Windows ICO directly, or Linux ZIP with installation notes.

Common use cases

  • Prepare a logo for browser tabs, Windows shortcuts or GNOME/KDE application launchers.

Worked example

Fit a wide logo on a white square to preserve the complete mark in every exported size.

Limitations and responsible use

  • Up to 25 MB and 40 megapixels. Small sources are enlarged and can look blurred. Icons are not maskable. The generated manifest references root paths; adjust them for subdirectory hosting.

Frequently asked questions

What resolutions are included for desktop systems?

Windows includes 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128 and 256 pixels inside one PNG-backed ICO for modern Windows. Linux includes those sizes plus 512 pixels as separate PNGs under hicolor/{size}x{size}/apps/app-icon.png, with localized installation notes. No SVG vectorization or automatic installation is performed.