FontManager/font-manager
None observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
53/100
- Activity 43
- Release rhythm 40
- 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: 6
- age_days: 4114
- days_rel: 544
- days_push: 343
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
1079 stars · 63 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Font Manager is a simple GTK-based desktop application for managing fonts on Linux, letting users preview, install, remove, activate, and organize font families without command-line tools. It is designed primarily for GNOME but works with other GTK desktop environments, and explicitly is not a professional-grade font solution.
Use cases
- preview and compare font files before installing
- install and remove user fonts without editing config files
- activate and deactivate installed font families
- browse and install Google Fonts
- organize fonts into user collections
- view a character map for a font
- manage desktop font settings on GNOME
When to choose
- you are an average Linux/GTK desktop user who wants easy font management
- you want a GUI alternative to manually copying font files and running fc-cache
- you want to preview and compare fonts before installing them
- you want to install fonts from the Google Fonts catalog
When to avoid
- you need professional-grade font management with advanced typographic features
- you are not on a GTK-based Linux desktop environment
- you need cross-platform font management on Windows or macOS
- you rely on Flatpak, where some features are unavailable
Facets
application · maturity active
gui file-system desktop-applications developer-tools graphics fonts font-management font-preview typography google-fonts vala gnome linux gtk desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/FontManager/font-manager · fetched 2026-08-28 · 694ecc54ecd8
- homepage: http://fontmanager.github.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c97dc6df845b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| FontManager/font-manager | main | 53 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="FontManager/font-manager")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem