faicons
An interface to Font-Awesome for use in Shiny.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are building a Shiny for Python application and need Font Awesome icons. Installation is frictionless, the license is permissive, and there are no known vulnerabilities. The main caveat is dormant maintenance—no updates since 2024-01-16—so it is suitable for stable use but not for projects requiring active support or newer Font Awesome versions.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Low friction installation with a single runtime dependency.
- Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2024-01-16 with no updates since—so expect no active bug fixes or feature development, though the package remains functional for its stated purpose.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions.
last release 2024-01-16 (941 days) · last repo commit 2024-01-16 · 9 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 651,752 downloads/mo, #5,548 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install faicons
from faicons import icon_svg
icon_svg("play")- Whether Font Awesome 6.2.0 is current enough for your icon needs or if newer versions are required.
- Whether dormant maintenance status affects compatibility with future Shiny for Python releases.
What it is and what it does
faicons wraps Font Awesome 6.2.0 and exposes its icons as SVG elements that integrate directly into Shiny for Python applications. It provides a single main function, icon_svg(), that converts an icon name (like "play") into an SVG representation suitable for use in UI components such as buttons and action elements.
The package is lightweight and designed specifically for Shiny developers who need to embed Font Awesome icons in their web applications. It depends only on htmltools for SVG generation and supports Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11. Development is dormant—no updates since 2024-01-16—so it is stable but not actively maintained.
Use it for
- Add Font Awesome icons to Shiny action buttons and other UI controls.
- Embed SVG icon representations directly in Shiny layouts without external image files.
- Quickly render common Font Awesome glyphs (play, pause, settings, etc.) in Python web apps.
- Build icon-based navigation or status indicators in Shiny dashboards.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are building a Shiny for Python application and need Font Awesome icons.
Installation is frictionless, the license is permissive, and there are no known vulnerabilities. The main caveat is dormant maintenance—no updates since 2024-01-16—so it is suitable for stable use but not for projects requiring active support or newer Font Awesome versions.
Install
faicons on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction installation with a single runtime dependency. Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2024-01-16 with no updates since—so expect no active bug fixes or feature development, though the package remains functional for its stated purpose.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install faicons
from faicons import icon_svg
icon_svg("play")Verify before relying
- Whether Font Awesome 6.2.0 is current enough for your icon needs or if newer versions are required.
- Whether dormant maintenance status affects compatibility with future Shiny for Python releases.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagehtmltools |
| Maintenance | Dormant 941 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 651,752 / month, #5,548 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 2 - Pre-AlphaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML |
Evidence: faicons-0.2.2-py3-none-any.whl
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