---
id: faicons
version: "0.2.2"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: dormant
---

# faicons — An interface to Font-Awesome for use in Shiny.

License: permissive · Maintenance: dormant · Downloads: 651.8K/mo

## 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?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Font Awesome 6.2.0 icons as SVG elements for use in Shiny for Python applications.

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

pip install faicons
uv add faicons
poetry add faicons

## Installing faicons

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_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: dormant
- Downloads: 651.8K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

font awesome icons shiny python, svg icon library shiny, fontawesome python interface, icon rendering shiny, html icon elements python, font awesome svg generator, shiny-integration, icon-library

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