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A superfamily of five monospaced code fonts with texture healing, ligatures and variable axes, free under the SIL OFL.

Fonts Open source

Is Monaspace free for commercial use? Yes →

Website License

Price

Free

Free to download and use under the SIL Open Font License

Commercial use

Yes

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Credit the author

Not needed

No credit needed

Agent access

Download only

Monaspace popularity

Gid Score

41 /100

same scale as developer tools

GitHub stars

19.7K

325 forks · githubnext/monaspace

Downloads

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PyPI, last 7 days, None

Monaspace: GitHub starsgithubnext/monaspace 19,741

Downloads from the package registry, stars and forks from GitHub, checked Oct 22, 2026. How the Gid Score is calculated.

Rules for your agent

- Monaspace (Fonts). A superfamily of five monospaced code fonts with texture healing, ligatures and variable axes, free under the SIL OFL. Price: free; commercial use OK; no credit needed.
  Connect: download from https://monaspace.githubnext.com (no API).
  Get files: Download the latest release from https://github.com/githubnext/monaspace/releases/latest; web builds are the .woff/.woff2 files (otf, ttf, woff, woff2).
  Not allowed: Do not sell the font files by themselves.
  Not allowed: Keep the copyright notice and OFL license text in each copy you bundle or redistribute.
  Not allowed: Reserved Font Name "Monaspace" may not be used for modified versions.
  Rule: Keep the copyright notice and the OFL license text with every copy of the fonts you ship.
  Rule: Do not sell the font files by themselves; bundling them with software is allowed.
  Rule: Do not use the Reserved Font Name "Monaspace" for a modified version of the fonts.
  Rule: Download the .woff/.woff2 files and self-host them in the project.
  License: https://github.com/githubnext/monaspace/blob/HEAD/LICENSE (checked 2026-10-15; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/monaspace/)

Paste it into your prompt or AGENTS.md. It is built from the license and API terms below.

License

License	SIL Open Font License 1.1
Commercial use	Commercial use OK “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/githubnext/monaspace/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
Credit	No credit needed “provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license.” github.com/githubnext/monaspace/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
Inside your app or game	Can ship inside your app “Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software” github.com/githubnext/monaspace/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
AI training	Not stated
Bots and bulk downloads	Not stated
Rules	Keep the copyright notice and the OFL license text with every copy of the fonts you ship. Do not sell the font files by themselves; bundling them with software is allowed. Do not use the Reserved Font Name "Monaspace" for a modified version of the fonts. Download the .woff/.woff2 files and self-host them in the project.

Connect it to an agent

How an agent gets files	Download the latest release from https://github.com/githubnext/monaspace/releases/latest; web builds are the .woff/.woff2 files · no sign-in
File formats	otf, ttf, woff, woff2
Not allowed	Do not sell the font files by themselves. Keep the copyright notice and OFL license text in each copy you bundle or redistribute. Reserved Font Name "Monaspace" may not be used for modified versions.
MCP server	None found
API	No public API: download by hand
GitHub	githubnext/monaspace

Pricing

Free	Free to download and use under the SIL Open Font License
Paid from	—
Usage price	—
Good to know	Added automatically: 19,704 GitHub stars. License read from the official pages.

Sources

Read on Oct 15, 2026: monaspace.githubnext.com, github.com/githubnext/monaspace/blob/HEAD/LICENSE, github.com/githubnext/monaspace.

Not legal advice. Check the license page before you ship.

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