App Icons
This directory contains the application icons for the AeThex Desktop app.
Required Files
File
Platform
Size
Format
icon.ico
Windows
256x256 (multi-size)
ICO
icon.icns
macOS
512x512 (multi-size)
ICNS
icon.png
Linux
512x512
PNG
Converting from SVG
The icon.svg file is the source icon. Use one of these methods to generate platform-specific icons:
Option 1: Online Converters
ICO: https://convertio.co/svg-ico/ or https://cloudconvert.com/svg-to-ico
ICNS: https://cloudconvert.com/svg-to-icns
PNG: Any image editor or https://svgtopng.com/
Option 2: Command Line (requires ImageMagick)
# Install ImageMagick
# macOS: brew install imagemagick
# Ubuntu: sudo apt install imagemagick
# Windows: choco install imagemagick
# Generate PNG
convert -background none -resize 512x512 icon.svg icon.png
# Generate ICO (Windows)
convert -background none icon.svg -define icon:auto-resize=256,128,64,48,32,16 icon.ico
# For ICNS (macOS), use iconutil:
mkdir icon.iconset
sips -z 16 16 icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_16x16.png
sips -z 32 32 icon.png --out icon.iconset/[email protected]
sips -z 32 32 icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_32x32.png
sips -z 64 64 icon.png --out icon.iconset/[email protected]
sips -z 128 128 icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_128x128.png
sips -z 256 256 icon.png --out icon.iconset/[email protected]
sips -z 256 256 icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_256x256.png
sips -z 512 512 icon.png --out icon.iconset/[email protected]
sips -z 512 512 icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_512x512.png
sips -z 1024 1024 icon.png --out icon.iconset/[email protected]
iconutil -c icns icon.iconset
rm -rf icon.iconsetOption 3: electron-icon-builder (Recommended)
Replacing the Default Icon
Create your custom icon as a 512x512 or larger PNG/SVG
Convert to all three formats using the methods above
Replace the files in this directory
Rebuild the desktop app:
npm run desktop:build
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