SFSymbolKit

Type-safe, availability-aware SF Symbols.

The goal of this package is to:

• check symbol availabilities
• avoid accidental symbol name typos

All at compile-time.

Requirements

• iOS 13.0+
• macOS 10.15+
• tvOS 13.0+
• watchOS 6.0+
• visionOS 1.0+

Getting Started

Add SFSymbolKit to your Swift Package Manager manifest.

.package(url: "https://github.com/LiYanan2004/SFSymbolKit.git", branch: "main"),

Include SFSymbolKit in any targets that need it.

.target(
    name: "MyTarget",
    dependencies: [
        .product(name: "SFSymbolKit", package: "SFSymbolKit"),
    ]
),

Pick an SF Symbol

You still uses familiar APIs -- for example: Image(systemName:) -- but instead of manually typing the symbol name, you can use .sfSymbol(_:).

import SwiftUI
import SFSymbolKit

struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Image(systemName: .sfSymbol(.globe))
                .imageScale(.large)
                .foregroundStyle(.tint)
            Text("Hello, Symbols!")
        }
        .padding()
    }
}

This unlocks the same safety for UIKit/AppKit apps.

let identifier = String.sfSymbol(.sparkles)
let image = UIImage(systemName: identifier)
imageView.preferredSymbolConfiguration = .init(scale: .large)
imageView.image = image

Availability-Aware

Every generated SFSymbol member carries the same @available attributes Apple assigns to the original glyph, so you get compiler guidance instead of runtime surprises.

Now, when you usage a symbol, the compiler will help you check the availability -- say your app needs to macOS 15 -- if you use new symbol that does not support on certain OS, you will see an error.

Image(systemName: .sfSymbol(.suitcase_rolling_and_suitcase)) // ❌ 'suitcase_rolling_and_suitcase' is only available in OS 26.0 or newer

You can fix that by selecting another symbol for unsupported platforms.

if #available(iOS 26.0, macOS 26.0, *) {
    Label("Onboarding", systemImage: .sfSymbol(.suitcase_rolling_and_suitcase))
} else {
    Label("Onboarding", systemImage: .sfSymbol(.airplane))
}

Update SFSymbolKit

All static members of SFSymbol is generated using SFSymbolMemberGenTool

Basically, it retrieves all available symbols from Apple's SFSymbolFramework

Tip

located at /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SFSymbols.framework

Don't worry, this package does NOT touch any private APIs.

You can update the SFSymbol of this package by running ./update_symbols.sh if I don't get a chance to update this package!