IBM Plex by IBM Corp.
Open-source typeface family (Sans, Serif, Mono, Condensed, Math) with multi-script support, released under the SIL Open Font License.
Fonts Open source
Price
Free
Free to download and use under the SIL OFL
Commercial use
Yes
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Credit the author
Not needed
No credit needed
Agent access
Package (npm/PyPI)
IBM Plex popularity
Downloads
95.7K
npm, last 7 days, @ibm/plex-sans · +15.1% in 4 weeks
Downloads from api.npmjs.org, stars and forks from GitHub, checked Oct 22, 2026. How the Gid Score is calculated.
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- IBM Plex (Fonts). Open-source typeface family (Sans, Serif, Mono, Condensed, Math) with multi-script support, released under the SIL Open Font License. Price: free; commercial use OK; no credit needed. Connect: npm @ibm/plex-sans. Get files: Download the zip files from the GitHub releases page, or npm install per family under the @ibm scope (@ibm/plex-sans, @ibm/plex-serif, @ibm/plex-mono, @ibm/plex-math and regional variants). Not allowed: Neither the Font Software nor any of its components may be sold by itself Not allowed: No modified version may use the Reserved Font Name without written permission Not allowed: Keep the copyright notice and OFL text with copies Rule: Keep the copyright notice and OFL license text with any fonts you ship. Rule: Do not sell the font files by themselves. Rule: Do not use the Reserved Font Name "Plex" for a modified version. Rule: Distribute the font files, original or modified, only under the OFL. License: https://github.com/IBM/plex/blob/HEAD/LICENSE.txt (checked 2026-10-12; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/ibm-plex/)
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License
| License | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
|---|---|
| Commercial use | Commercial use OK“Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify, redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies” github.com/IBM/plex/blob/HEAD/LICENSE.txt |
| Credit | No credit needed“may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license.” github.com/IBM/plex/blob/HEAD/LICENSE.txt |
| Inside your app or game | Can ship inside your app“The fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded, redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved names are not used by derivative works.” github.com/IBM/plex/blob/HEAD/LICENSE.txt |
| AI training | Not stated |
| Bots and bulk downloads | Not stated |
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Connect it to an agent
| How an agent gets files | Download the zip files from the GitHub releases page, or npm install per family under the @ibm scope (@ibm/plex-sans, @ibm/plex-serif, @ibm/plex-mono, @ibm/plex-math and regional variants). · no sign-in |
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| Not allowed |
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| MCP server | None found |
| API | No public API: download by hand |
| npm | npm install @ibm/plex-sans |
| GitHub | IBM/plex |
Use it in your stack
HTML/CSS README shows only the npm install, SCSS includes (@use '@ibm/plex-sans/scss' as PlexSans; @include PlexSans.all();) and this font-family rule; no CSS-import or Next.js example.
npm install @ibm/plex-sans
font-family: 'IBM Plex Sans';From the official docs: github.com/IBM/plex/blob/master/packages/plex-sans/README.md
Pricing
| Free | Free to download and use under the SIL OFL |
|---|---|
| Paid from | — |
| Usage price | — |
| Good to know | Added automatically: 11,685 GitHub stars. License read from the official pages. |
Sources
Read on Oct 12, 2026: ibm.com/plex, github.com/IBM/plex/blob/HEAD/LICENSE.txt, github.com/IBM/plex.
Not legal advice. Check the license page before you ship.
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