tonsky/FiraCode
Free monospaced font with programming ligatures observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
65/100
- Activity 94
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4313
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 36
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
81951 stars · 3189 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Fira Code is a free, open-source monospaced font designed for programming, featuring ligatures for common multi-character operator sequences like ->, <=, and :=. It is a font rendering feature only, keeping code ASCII-compatible while improving readability, and includes character variants, stylistic sets, and console/box-drawing glyph support.
Use cases
- make code easier to read with ligatures for operators like -> and ==
- find a good monospaced font for my code editor
- render arrows and box-drawing characters nicely in the terminal
- customize glyph appearance with stylistic sets and character variants
- display progress bars in terminal UIs with a programming font
When to choose
- you want a mature, widely-adopted programming font with extensive ligature support
- you need ASCII-compatible rendering with no changes to your source code
- you work with console UIs, powerline, or box-drawing characters
When to avoid
- you dislike ligatures or prefer each character rendered separately
- your editor or terminal does not support font ligatures
- you need a proportional (non-monospaced) font for prose or UI text
Facets
application · maturity stable
developer-tools developer-tools text-editors cross-platform font monospaced-font programming-ligatures typography ofl-license
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode · fetched 2026-08-28 · f615b5330f1f
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/firacode · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2e12556ce814
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tonsky/FiraCode | main | 65 |
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