Iconic

Iconic is a Linux desktop utility from Youpie whose single function is to place an icon on top of a folder, so that a directory can be told apart from its neighbours by sight rather than by reading its name. The folder keeps its usual shape and carries an additional symbol drawn over it.

The tool suits people who keep large numbers of directories in a file manager and want a visual shorthand for categories such as projects, clients, or media types. Because the change concerns how a folder is presented, the folder's contents, name, and location are left as they were.

Distribution is limited to Linux; no Windows or macOS build is listed. The source is released under GPL-3.0-or-later, which allows study, modification, and redistribution of derivative copies under the same licence. Details the publisher does not state — supported file managers, accepted image formats, how the icon is stored — are not documented in this entry and should be checked against the project's own materials.