# A Gulp-Based External SVG Symbol Sprite Icon System

DevFeed: [A Gulp-Based External SVG Symbol Sprite Icon System](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-gulp-based-external-svg-symbol-sprite-icon-system-28847.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://una.im/svg-icons/>)

Published: 2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Una Kravets](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/una-kravets.md>)

Topics: [SVG](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/svg.md>), [Gulp](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gulp.md>), [Design system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/design-system.md>), [SVG animations in CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/svg-animations-in-css.md>), [web design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-design.md>)

Tags: [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [design-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-systems.md>), [icons](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/icons.md>), [svg](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/svg.md>), [web-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-design.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents a Gulp-based external SVG symbol sprite system for flexible web icon management. It explains why SVG icons are suitable for scalable, cacheable assets that can be restyled and edited with CSS, and describes the benefits and security constraints of using an external sprite.

## Source excerpt

Icons are essential to most pattern libraries and web design systems. Let's take a look at a scalable approach!