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How to Favicon in 2025: Three files that fit most needs—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog

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It’s time to rethink how we cook a set of favicons for modern browsers and stop the icon generator madness. Frontend developers currently have to deal with 20+ static PNG files just to display a tiny website logo in a browser tab or on a touchscreen. Read on to see how to take a smarter approach and adopt a minimal set of icons that fits most modern needs. Irina Nazarova CEO at Evil Martians We built open source projects PostCSS and Autoprefixer, used by millions of engineers. Hire us to build your developer product! Editor’s note 2022: With the arrival of the new year, this post has been slightly modified to reflect the fact that this content is still relevant! Editor’s note 2023: Once again, we’ve made sure we’ve got up-to-date info here! Editor’s note 2024: We’ve verified everything’s still up-to-date! Editor’s note 2025: Checked and still relevant! Go forth confidently with favicons. The topic of favicons has proven to be more exhaustive than anyone could’ve ever wished, so I’ve al

It’s time to rethink how we cook a set of favicons for modern browsers and stop the icon generator madness. Frontend developers currently have to deal with 20+ static PNG files just to display a tiny website logo in a browser tab or on a touchscreen. Read on to see how to take a smarter approach and adopt a minimal set of icons that fits most modern needs. Irina Nazarova CEO at Evil Martians Book a call The topic of favicons has proven to be more exhaustive than anyone could’ve ever wished, so I’ve also summarized the entire article in just two code snippets for those who’ve already…

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