Thiings
Charlie Clark · Image
Thiings is a library of 10,000+ AI-generated 3D icons with transparent backgrounds. You can download single PNGs free or unlock the full collection for commercial work with a one-time license.
About Thiings
What Is Thiings
Thiings is a 3D icon library built around AI-generated artwork rather than a stock photo catalog. Every icon is a single object rendered in the same soft, clay-like style, from coffee cups and keyboards to rockets and shopping carts. That shared look is the point: drop a few Thiings into a slide, a landing page, or an app mockup and they read as one family instead of a pile of mismatched downloads.
The catalog has passed 10,000 icons and keeps growing. You browse by theme, open any icon to preview it at full size, and download it as a PNG with a transparent background. The free tier covers single downloads for personal, non-commercial use, as long as you credit thiings.co. Commercial use and bulk downloads sit behind a one-time license, which sets this apart from the subscription model most icon services use.
The main catch is how the license splits. Free downloads need visible attribution and can't go into paid work, so freelancers and studios have to buy a license before shipping anything client-facing. The license tier is also tied to revenue, not seat count, which means the price you pay depends on how much your company or your client earns in a year.
Getting Started
- Open thiings.co and browse the grid or filter by theme to find a style that fits your project.
- Click any icon to preview it at full resolution and confirm the look before you commit.
- Download the PNG free for personal use, or pick the Indie or Business license if you need commercial rights.
- After purchase, pull the full collection in one download, with JSON metadata included.
- If you need something the library doesn't have, generate a custom icon through My:Thiings using the credit system.
Product Information
A quick look at Thiings's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.
Best for
The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.
Users
- Product designers
- Developers and indie makers
- Freelancers and small studios
- Marketing teams
Tasks
- Building a landing page with a unified icon set
- Filling empty states and onboarding screens
- Assembling a pitch deck or report
- Commissioning a custom icon
Scenarios
- A solo designer exploring styles for a new brand
- A studio delivering a client app
- A company running paid campaigns
- A team that needs a specific object the collection lacks
Key features
10,000+ Icons in One Style
The catalog holds more than 10,000 AI-generated 3D icons, all rendered in the same rounded, isometric style. Because they share a lighting model and material look, you can mix icons from different themes and still get a set that feels deliberate. New icons land regularly, and the collection download includes everything added after your purchase.
AI-Generated Icon Library
Each icon starts as AI artwork rather than a hand-drawn vector, which is what gives the collection its uniform surface and soft shading. The result is a look that's hard to reproduce with flat line icons, and it suits titles, hero images, and feature callouts where a plain symbol would feel thin. You don't manage prompts or models, you just browse the finished set.
Free Personal Downloads
Single icons download free for personal and non-commercial projects. The trade-off is attribution: free downloads require a visible credit to thiings.co, and they can't be used in anything you're paid for. For early exploration, class projects, or a personal site, that's enough. For client work, it isn't, and that's where the licenses come in.
Lifetime Commercial Licenses
The Indie license costs $49 once and covers commercial use for businesses under $200k a year. The Business license costs $199 once and covers companies above that line, up to $2M. Both are one-time payments with no subscription, both include the full collection and JSON metadata, and both honor all future updates. Enterprise terms exist for larger teams.
Full Collection Download and Metadata
A paid license unlocks the entire set in one download instead of icon by icon. The bundle ships with JSON metadata, so you can wire icons into a build script, tag them by theme, or search them programmatically. For teams that treat assets as data, that turns the library into something a workflow can consume, not just a folder of files.
Custom Icon Generation
My:Thiings lets you request icons that aren't in the collection. You upload reference images to set a style guide, name the object you want, and the AI produces it to match. Generation runs on a pay-as-you-go credit system, and you can submit finished icons back to the public collection. It's the feature that keeps a fixed library from running out of options.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Over 10,000 icons in a consistent 3D style, so sets look unified without extra work.
- Free single downloads with transparent PNGs cover personal projects and early prototypes.
- One-time license pricing instead of a recurring subscription.
- Full collection download includes JSON metadata for automated workflows.
- Custom icon generation fills gaps when the library doesn't have what you need.
Cons
- Free downloads need visible attribution and bar any commercial use, so paid work requires a license.
- Revenue-based tiers mean the right license depends on your company's or your client's annual income, which takes some sorting out.
- No icon may be resold as a standalone asset, so you can't repackage them into your own icon pack.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, for personal and non-commercial projects. Single icons download free as transparent PNGs, but you must credit thiings.co visibly, and free downloads can't go into anything you're paid for.
Related content
Explore related tools, skills, and articles for Thiings.
Thiings Alternatives
Tractionwave
TractionWave · Image · MarketingTractionWave is an AI attention heatmap tool for static ads. Upload a PNG or JPG and it returns predicted attention, ranked hotspots, and fixes before you spend budget.
Imejis.io
Imejis.io · Image · MarketingImejis.io is an AI design studio for agents and marketing teams. Describe an image in plain words, and it writes the copy, builds the layout, reflows it to every size, then exports a finished file.
Layoutr
Van Dijk Ontwikkeling · Image · China AILayoutr is a browser floor plan tool that scales your own plan, places furniture at true size, shows the room in 3D and renders it with AI.