Font Awesome
The iconic SVG, font, and CSS toolkit observed · 2026-10-14
Health v2 · maintenance only
84/100
- Activity 84
- Release rhythm 74
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 35.0
- age_days: 5359
- days_rel: 97
- days_push: 97
- n_releases_24m: 9
Adoption not part of the score
76960 stars · 12160 forks observed · 2026-10-14
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-21, confidence 0.97
Font Awesome is a widely used icon toolkit providing SVG, font, and CSS assets. It offers thousands of icons that can be integrated into web projects via CSS classes or SVG markup.
Use cases
- Add scalable vector icons to a website with minimal setup
- Include a comprehensive icon font in a web application for UI elements
- Use SVG sprites from Font Awesome in a React or Vue component library
- Style icons with CSS utilities for consistent design across a site
- Replace image assets with lightweight icon fonts for faster load times
When to choose
- You need a large, well‑maintained collection of icons with easy CSS integration
- Your project relies on web technologies and you want to avoid custom SVG handling
- You prefer a CDN‑hosted solution with versioned releases and LTS support
When to avoid
- You require highly custom or proprietary icons not covered by the library
- Bundle size is a critical constraint and you need a minimal icon set
- Your application is not web‑based (e.g., native mobile without web view)
Facets
library · maturity active
ui-components css-framework web-development web-design frontend browser svg-icons font-icons icon-font icon-set fa7 icon-library web nodejs
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome · fetched 2026-10-14 · 13bdbfefbd9e
- homepage: https://fontawesome.com · fetched 2026-09-07 · dff7089964f6
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/font-awesome · fetched 2026-09-07 · ae394c0d1abf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| FortAwesome/Font-Awesome | main | 84 |
| FortAwesome/vue-fontawesome | plugin | 93 |
| FortAwesome/angular-fontawesome | plugin | 82 |
| FortAwesome/ember-fontawesome | plugin | 88 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="FortAwesome/Font-Awesome")
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