# nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons

Provides Nerd Font icons (glyphs) for use by neovim plugins

Repository: https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nvim-web-devicons
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nerd-fonts, icons, lua, neovim, neovim-plugins
Last push: 2026-07-22T22:11:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2287, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2715, forks 238 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:12.071402+00:00)

## What it is
A Lua Neovim plugin that provides Nerd Font icons (glyphs) for file types and filenames, with colors and light/dark variants. It is a Lua fork of vim-devicons intended as a dependency for other Neovim plugins.

## Use cases
- show file type icons in neovim file explorer
- add nerd font glyphs to neovim statusline
- get icon for a file extension in lua
- colorize devicons in neovim
- replace vim-devicons with a lua plugin
- add custom icons to neovim plugin

## When to choose
- you are building or configuring a Neovim plugin that needs file icons
- you want a maintained Lua alternative to vim-devicons
- you need light/dark icon color variants tied to the background option

## When to avoid
- you are not using Neovim (e.g. plain Vim should use vim-devicons)
- you do not have a patched Nerd Font installed
- you need icons not yet available in Nerd Fonts and cannot wait for upstream

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: windows, editor-plugin
- tags: neovim, nerd-fonts, icons, lua, file-icons, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:12.071402+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 2026-08-30T02:15:31.346689+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:12.071402+00:00, sha b99394d36517)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.