# rootfont/rootfont

The native font manager for designers and programmers on macOS.

Repository: https://github.com/rootfont/rootfont
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rootfont
Homepage: https://rootfont.com
Language: Swift
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: font-manager, designers, macos, programmers
Last push: 2026-08-16T20:53:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4043, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": 78, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2659, forks 230 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:07.445233+00:00)

## What it is
rootfont is a native macOS font manager for designers and programmers, built in Swift. It lets users browse, preview, compare, score, and install fonts, with a dedicated workspace for monospaced programming fonts and one-click editor config export.

## Use cases
- manage fonts on macOS
- find the best monospaced font for coding
- compare programming fonts side by side
- preview fonts with ligatures and OpenType features
- export font settings to VS Code or terminal editors
- install and uninstall fonts from a GUI
- score fonts for code readability

## When to choose
- you're on macOS 14+ and want a native font manager
- you're a programmer choosing between coding fonts
- you want suitability scoring and comparison for monospaced fonts
- you want to sync font choices into editor configs like VS Code, Kitty, or Zed

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform font manager (macOS only)
- you need a stable, production-ready tool (still alpha)
- you're on Linux or Windows
- you need programmatic font management via CLI or API

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: gui, developer-tools, search-engine, data-visualization
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, web-design
- platform: -
- tags: font-manager, monospace-fonts, programming-fonts, opentype, font-preview, editor-config-export, native-app, macos, desktop, swift

## Member repositories
- rootfont/rootfont (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.445233+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 2026-08-30T02:18:25.139327+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rootfont/rootfont (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.445233+00:00, sha da16d56e29c7)
  - homepage: https://rootfont.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:01:14.158102+00:00, sha d17ae0b00b22)
  - site_page: https://rootfont.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:01:14.161035+00:00, sha 10bbcb82c66e)
  - site_page: https://rootfont.com/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T10:01:14.162777+00:00, sha 38d6e5432227)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.