Emoji Artwork Licenses & Attribution
On our emoji pages we display artwork from open-source emoji sets only — each under a commercially compatible license. We use no proprietary Apple, Samsung, WhatsApp or Google Emoji Kitchen artwork. Details below.
Noto Emoji
Publisher: Google (Google Fonts project)
License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 — license text
Source: github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji
Free to use, modify and redistribute — including commercial use. No attribution required by the license.
Twemoji
Publisher: Twemoji project (jdecked/twemoji, based on Twitter's open emoji project)
License: CC BY 4.0 (graphics) — license text
Source: github.com/jdecked/twemoji
Free for commercial use with attribution: credit must be given to the Twemoji project, and changes must be indicated.
OpenMoji
Publisher: OpenMoji project (HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd)
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — license text
Source: github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji
Free for commercial use with attribution and share-alike: derivatives must carry the same license.
Fluent Emoji
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
License: MIT License — license text
Source: github.com/microsoft/fluentui-emoji
Free for commercial use; the copyright notice and permission notice must be included in copies.
Twemoji attribution: graphics © Twemoji project (Jason Sofonia & Justine De Caires; originally Twitter), licensed CC BY 4.0. OpenMoji: © OpenMoji — HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, CC BY-SA 4.0. Fluent Emoji: Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation — MIT. Noto Emoji files from Google Fonts — SIL OFL 1.1.