bokmann/font-awesome-rails
the font-awesome font bundled as an asset for the rails asset pipeline observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- 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: 5292
- days_rel: 661
- days_push: 608
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1852 stars · 237 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Rails engine that bundles the Font Awesome icon font and stylesheets for use with the Rails asset pipeline. It also provides view helpers like fa_icon and fa_stacked_icon for generating icon markup.
Use cases
- add font awesome icons to a rails app
- use scalable vector icons in rails views
- bundle icon fonts with the rails asset pipeline
- generate icon html with rails helpers
- include font awesome via sass in rails
When to choose
- you are on a Rails app using the asset pipeline and need Font Awesome 4 icons
- you want simple view helpers for rendering icons
When to avoid
- you need Font Awesome 5 or 6 (use font-awesome-sass instead)
- you are not using Ruby on Rails
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
ui-components css-framework plugin-system web-development frontend ruby font-awesome rails asset-pipeline icons rubygems web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/bokmann/font-awesome-rails · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1e4ce767ce42
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bokmann/font-awesome-rails | main | 23 |
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