Unicon — one concept, three icon names

An app names the idea, each client draws it

A house is house in Bootstrap Icons, house in SF Symbols and home in Material Symbols. Say the concept once and hand each client the key it needs.

Unicon.fetch :house
=> { bootstrap: 'house', ios: 'house', android: 'home' }

Unicon[:contact]
=> { bootstrap: 'person-rolodex', ios: 'person.crop.circle', android: 'contacts' }

Unicon[] and Unicon.fetch are the same method. Every concept carries exactly three keys, and a concept is only listed when all three design systems have a sensible icon for it.

132distinct icons
140model names that borrow one
43actions a toolbar draws
315names a lookup answers to

Anything unknown draws a circle

Unicon.fetch :nonsense
=> { bootstrap: 'circle', ios: 'circle', android: 'circle' }

No nil, no blank cell, no check before rendering. A table that draws an icon for every row gets an icon for every row, and a string works as well as a symbol, so Unicon[model.name.underscore] is a whole integration.

Three lists, and which one you want

Unicon.icons
=> [:account, :airplane, :alarm, :archive, :award, :badge, ...]

Unicon.names
=> [:account, :add, :add_member, :address, :agent, ...]

Unicon.actions
=> [:add, :add_member, :close, :confirm, ...]

Unicon.icons: One name per distinct picture — 132 of them. No two entries draw the same thing, which is what makes this the list to show somebody choosing an icon.
Unicon.names: The union of all three groups — the icons, the actions and the model synonyms — and so every name that resolves. Ask for it to find out whether a name draws something; ask for icons when somebody is choosing one.
Unicon.actions: The doing words: close, edit, every move. A toolbar needs them and Unicon[:close] answers, but nobody has a Close model, so they are never offered as a choice.

All of them

Every icon the gem holds, all three systems drawn side by side — the same set the README tables. Hover an icon for the name that system calls it by; the small print under a card is the model names that borrow it, and typing one of those finds the card. A dashed circle is a symbol the Mac that drew this page could not put an outline to: newer than the SF Symbols 5 set it knows, or one it draws but the tracer would name no glyph for. It resolves in an app all the same.

Filter by model or icon

Showing every concept.

:account author · avatar · profile
:airplane
:alarm deadline
:archive
:award specialty
:badge agent · employee · role
:bag
:bank
:bar_chart vertical
:barcode
:battery
:bell notification · reminder
:bicycle
:bolt boost
:book
:bookmark
:bookmarked
:box inventory · item · package · product
:brand
:briefcase provider
:brush
:building business · city · company · office · organization
:bus
:calendar event · plan · schedule
:calendar_check appointment · booking
:camera
:car ride · vehicle
:cart order · purchase
:cash cost
:chat comment · conversation · message
:check_circle
:checklist pick
:circle
:clipboard assessment · survey
:clock history · session · shift
:close_circle
:cloud backup
:compass
:contact
:credit_card charge · payment · transaction
:display screen
:document file · form · page · post · summary
:droplet
:envelope email
:eye view
:filter
:fingerprint
:fire
:flag milestone
:folder project
:franchise
:gear configuration · setting
:gift coupon · offer
:globe country · site
:grid
:hammer job
:headphones
:heart
:hospital
:hourglass
:house home
:image banner · photo · picture
:inbox
:infinity
:info
:invoice bill
:key credential · permission · token
:keyboard
:laptop
:lightbulb
:link
:list log
:lock password
:map area · county · region · state · territory · trip
:megaphone announcement · campaign
:microphone recording
:mobile
:moon
:music track
:note memo
:palette
:paperclip attachment
:people group · staff · team
:percent discount
:person client · customer · lead · member · user
:phone call
:pie_chart sector
:pin address · destination · location · zip
:playlist episode
:puzzle integration · platform · plugin
:qr_code
:question answer
:rain
:receipt
:reply
:ruler
:search
:server
:shield
:shop market · vendor
:signature contract
:signpost route · source
:sliders optimization · preference
:smiley feedback
:snow
:speedometer dashboard · evaluation
:square
:star rating · review
:stopwatch
:sun
:table
:tag category · label · price
:task todo
:terminal api · prompt
:thumbs_down
:thumbs_up
:ticket
:toolbox
:train
:tree
:trending_up
:trophy goal
:truck delivery · fleet · shipment · supplier
:video movie
:volume
:wallet
:wand inquiry · prediction · reading
:warning alert · issue
:waveform audio · echo
:wifi
:window app
:wrench

Install

gem 'unicon'

Ruby 3.2 or newer, and no dependencies at all — the gem is a frozen hash and two readers.