# Font Awesome

Icon library and toolkit distributed as web fonts, SVG and CSS, with free icon styles and paid Pro styles.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/font-awesome/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-27
Updated: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-27

## Record

### Links

- home: https://fontawesome.com
- repository: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome
- docs: https://docs.fontawesome.com/
- pricing: https://fontawesome.com/plans
- x: https://x.com/fontawesome
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fontawesome.com

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Fonticons, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: graphics
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: CC-BY-4.0, OFL-1.1, MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 76998
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 3552179
- contributors: 5
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 1779611
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 160781
- dependentPackages: 3429

### Sources

- urls: https://fontawesome.com/ (read 2026-10-27)
- urls: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome (read 2026-10-27)
- urls: https://docs.fontawesome.com/ (read 2026-10-27)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/tree/2.0.0 (read 2026-10-27)
- maintainer: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/blob/7.x/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-27)
- language: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome (read 2026-10-27)
- category: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://docs.fontawesome.com/web/setup/packages (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://docs.fontawesome.com/web/setup/get-started (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://docs.fontawesome.com/web/setup/host-yourself/webfonts (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://docs.fontawesome.com/web/setup/host-yourself/svg-js (read 2026-10-27)
- license: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome (read 2026-10-27)
- license: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome (read 2026-10-27)
- license: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome (read 2026-10-27)
- urls: https://docs.fontawesome.com/ (read 2026-10-27)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/releases/tag/7.3.1 (read 2026-10-27)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/releases/tag/7.3.1 (read 2026-10-27)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome (read 2026-10-27)
- contributors: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome (read 2026-10-27)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/@fortawesome%2ffontawesome-free (read 2026-10-27)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/@fortawesome%2ffontawesome-free (read 2026-10-27)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-27)

## Notes

Font Awesome is an icon library that a page uses by adding a class for the style and the icon name to an HTML element, such as `fa-solid fa-user`. The icons are delivered as web fonts, SVG files and CSS, and the JavaScript packages place them as SVG. The quick start loads a Kit, a script that Font Awesome serves from its own domain, while the packages page recommends a Kit package for projects that use a package manager. The docs also describe hosting the files on the project's own server.

## Worth knowing

Some styles and icons need a Pro or Pro+ subscription. The docs say Pro+ icons reach a page only through a Kit package, so a project that wants them depends on the hosted Kit service or on a downloaded Kit package. The free icons and the core toolkit are available through npm and the other install routes without a subscription.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0