🔍 Extract Favicons from Any Website

A favicon scraper is a tool that automatically extracts the small website icons—commonly known as favicons—that are displayed in browser tabs, bookmarks, and search engine results. These icons might seem like a minor detail, but they play an important role in brand recognition and visual consistency across the web.

A favicon scraper, such as the one you are building, makes it easy to quickly collect these icons from any website without needing to manually inspect source code or hunt through files. When someone provides a URL to your scraper, it works by analyzing the site’s HTML structure and searching for standard favicon references. Typically, websites include a<link rel='icon'> or similar tag in the head section that points to the favicon file. However, because favicons come in different formats and sizes—such as .ico, .png, .svg, or even Apple Touch icons—your scraper intelligently checks multiple possibilities.

If no explicit reference is found, it can fall back to the default location (/favicon.ico) at the root of the domain.