@vmz/plugin-iconify

Use a broad icon vocabulary without owning every SVG

@vmz/plugin-iconify connects Iconify collections to VMZ applications. It is a practical choice for product interfaces, navigation, documentation, internal tools, and design systems that need consistent access to established icon sets.

What to consider

Icons improve scanning and recognition, but they are still product assets with delivery, licensing, and offline implications. Iconify is attractive when breadth and familiar collections matter. A project that needs strict offline builds, a locked visual language, or carefully audited assets may prefer to ship a selected local collection instead.

| Iconify is a good fit when... | Curated local assets are better when... | |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | You need broad, familiar icon coverage | Offline builds and audited assets are mandatory | | Product speed matters more than owning each SVG | Brand control and a narrow visual language are the priority |

VMZ keeps that decision at the asset boundary. Icons should not become an untracked runtime dependency that changes how the rest of the application compiles, renders, or deploys.

VMZ boundary

This plugin provides icon access. VMZ retains responsibility for page output, resource placement, SSR behavior, testing, and explainable application delivery.

A broad vocabulary, used deliberately ✨

• Product navigation can use familiar symbols instead of text-heavy controls.
• Documentation can distinguish notes, warnings, links, files, and actions at a glance.
• Operational tools can cover many domains without commissioning every utility icon.
• Design systems can prototype broadly before curating a final set.

The production question is not simply “does an icon exist?” It is how the application guarantees that icon in development, CI, SSR, offline use, and long-term design consistency. Iconify solves discovery and breadth; a mature product may then freeze the exact assets it depends on.