# tonsky/FiraCode

Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

Repository: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/firacode
Language: Clojure
License: OFL-1.1
License Family: other
Topics: programming-ligatures, font, ligatures
Last push: 2026-07-28T17:02:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4313, "days_push": 36, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 81951, forks 3189 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:21.938699+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: font, monospaced-font, programming-ligatures, typography, ofl-license

## Member repositories
- tonsky/FiraCode (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.938699+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 2026-08-29T16:13:55.995479+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.938699+00:00, sha f615b5330f1f)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/firacode (fetched 2026-08-28T17:40:44.583570+00:00, sha 2e12556ce814)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.