# alfredxing/brick

Open-source webfont service

Repository: https://github.com/alfredxing/brick
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/alfredxing-brick
Homepage: http://brick.im
Language: HTML
License Family: other
Topics: font, web-fonts
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-04-11T07:04:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4653, "days_push": 3066, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2839, forks 95 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:24.678232+00:00)

## What it is
Brick is an open-source webfont serving service that delivers unmodified, full-character-set fonts as WOFF files via a Fastly CDN, similar to Google Fonts but with higher fidelity rendering. The repository contains the font catalog and site, while the hosted service has been inactive since 2018.

## Use cases
- serve high-quality webfonts without subsetting
- alternative to Google Fonts with full character sets
- load fonts via CSS stylesheet URL
- improve font rendering with ligatures and kerning
- self-host an open-source webfont service

## When to choose
- you need unmodified fonts with complete character sets
- you want a free open-source alternative to Google Fonts
- typographic quality like ligatures and kerning matters

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained service (last release 2018)
- you require desktop font files rather than webfonts
- you need a license-guaranteed dependency (no license file)

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, http-server, caching
- domain: web-development, web-design, frontend
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: webfonts, typography, cdn, fonts, css, web-server

## Member repositories
- alfredxing/brick (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.678232+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:37:18.315477+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alfredxing/brick (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.678232+00:00, sha 6984425dbef5)
  - homepage: http://brick.im (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:54.848107+00:00, sha bfcde4fd4cf0)
  - site_page: https://brick.im/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:54.850544+00:00, sha 8a8615b3725c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.