favicon
Get a website's favicon.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need favicon extraction and can tolerate dormant maintenance. The library is stable and has no known vulnerabilities, but it hasn't been updated since 2019—verify that its favicon discovery logic still covers your target websites. Low install friction and permissive licensing make it a low-risk addition.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Low install friction with two common dependencies (requests and beautifulsoup4).
- Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2019-08-31, though the repository remains unarchived.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions.
last release 2019-08-31 (2540 days) · last repo commit 2023-12-05 · 59 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 406,639 downloads/mo, #6,895 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install favicon
import favicon
icons = favicon.get('https://www.python.org/')
for icon in icons:
print(icon.url, icon.width, icon.height, icon.format)- Whether the package handles modern favicon discovery methods (e.g., webmanifest.json, SVG favicons) added after 2019
- Current compatibility with recent versions of beautifulsoup4 and requests, given the dormant maintenance status
What it is and what it does
favicon is a Python library that discovers and extracts favicon metadata from websites. It fetches a website's HTML, parses link and meta tags to locate favicon references, and returns a list of Icon objects containing the URL, dimensions, and format of each icon found. The library wraps requests and beautifulsoup4 to handle the HTTP fetching and HTML parsing.
You use it by calling favicon.get() with a URL, optionally passing request parameters like headers or timeout. The function returns Icon objects you can iterate over or filter by size. It's designed for scenarios where you need to programmatically retrieve favicon URLs for display, caching, or analysis—for example, building a bookmark manager, website metadata aggregator, or favicon cache.
Use it for
- Bulk-download favicons for a list of URLs to build a local icon cache for a web application
- Extract favicon URLs from bookmarks or website directories for display in a custom browser or dashboard
- Analyze favicon metadata (dimensions, format) to identify high-resolution icons for archival or comparison
- Populate website metadata in a content aggregator or link-sharing tool with visual branding
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need favicon extraction and can tolerate dormant maintenance.
The library is stable and has no known vulnerabilities, but it hasn't been updated since 2019—verify that its favicon discovery logic still covers your target websites. Low install friction and permissive licensing make it a low-risk addition.
Install
favicon on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with two common dependencies (requests and beautifulsoup4). Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2019-08-31, though the repository remains unarchived.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install favicon
import favicon
icons = favicon.get('https://www.python.org/')
for icon in icons:
print(icon.url, icon.width, icon.height, icon.format)Verify before relying
- Whether the package handles modern favicon discovery methods (e.g., webmanifest.json, SVG favicons) added after 2019
- Current compatibility with recent versions of beautifulsoup4 and requests, given the dormant maintenance status
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesrequestsbeautifulsoup4 |
| Maintenance | Dormant 2,540 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 406,639 / month, #6,895 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: Microsoft :: WindowsOperating System :: POSIXOperating System :: UnixProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPyTopic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTPTopic :: Utilities |
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