fontawesomefree

What it is and what it does

Font Awesome Free is a package that bundles the Font Awesome icon font library for distribution via pip. It downloads the font assets into your Python environment's site-packages, making them available for web projects. The package is designed with Django in mind, leveraging Django's static file system to serve the fonts, but can be installed in any Python project provided you manually configure how to access the downloaded files.

The package itself contains no runtime dependencies and carries low installation friction. It is actively maintained and receives regular updates to track Font Awesome's free icon releases. The primary use case is simplifying icon font distribution in web applications without requiring separate CDN or manual font downloads.

Use it for:

• Add Font Awesome icons to a Django web application by installing the package and referencing icons in templates.
• Bundle icon fonts with a Python-based static site generator or web framework that needs offline access to Font Awesome.
• Simplify deployment of web projects that depend on Font Awesome by including the fonts in a pip-installable package.
• Avoid external CDN dependencies by hosting Font Awesome fonts locally via a Python package in air-gapped or restricted environments.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Distributes Font Awesome Free icon fonts and assets as a Python package for use in web projects, particularly with Django's static file handling.

Yes, if you need Font Awesome icons in a Django project or can manually configure font serving in another framework. The package has low friction, no runtime dependencies, and active maintenance. However, verify the free license terms match your use case first, since license treatment is unclear and commercial use may have restrictions.

Install

fontawesomefree on PyPI

pip install fontawesomefree

uv add fontawesomefree

poetry add fontawesomefree

Installing fontawesomefree

Before you install

Low install friction with no runtime dependencies. Actively maintained as of 2026-07-15 with regular releases; the repository shows substantial community engagement (76839 stars).

License in practice

License treatment is unclear—the package points to https://fontawesome.com/license/free but does not declare a standard SPDX identifier. Review Font Awesome's free license terms directly before use in proprietary or commercial projects.

Quickstart

pip install fontawesomefree==6.6.0

# In Django settings, add to INSTALLED_APPS:
# 'fontawesomefree'

# Then reference icons in templates via Font Awesome's web syntax

Designed for Django; non-Django projects must manually configure how to serve the downloaded font files from site-packages.

Verify before relying

• Whether the free license permits use in closed-source or commercial applications without attribution or other restrictions.
• Python version compatibility (requires_python is unspecified in the fact sheet).
• Whether the package includes icon metadata or only the font files themselves.

Package facts

Evidence: fontawesomefree-6.6.0-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: pip, font, awesome

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