Nerd Fonts by Ryan L McIntyre

agent.md for AI agents

Developer fonts patched with over 10,000 icon glyphs, plus a FontForge script for patching your own fonts.

Fonts Open source

Is Nerd Fonts free for commercial use? Yes →

Website License

Price

Free

All fonts, glyphs and the patcher are free to download and use

Commercial use

Yes

SIL Open Font License 1.1 (fonts); MIT (source code)

Credit the author

Not needed

No credit needed

Agent access

Download only

Nerd Fonts popularity

Gid Score

54 /100

same scale as developer tools

GitHub stars

65K

3,957 forks · ryanoasis/nerd-fonts

Downloads

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PyPI, last 7 days, None

Nerd Fonts: GitHub starsryanoasis/nerd-fonts 64,956

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

Rules for your agent

- Nerd Fonts (Fonts). Developer fonts patched with over 10,000 icon glyphs, plus a FontForge script for patching your own fonts. Price: free; commercial use OK; no credit needed.
  Connect: download from https://NerdFonts.com (no API).
  Get files: curl -OL https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/JetBrainsMono.tar.xz (replace the font name); or brew install font-<name>-nerd-font (ttf, otf).
  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: Some source fonts carry other licenses; see the License Audit in the repo.
  Rule: Keep the copyright notice and OFL license text with any fonts you ship.
  Rule: Do not sell the font files by themselves; bundling them with software is allowed.
  Rule: Do not use a Reserved Font Name for a modified version of a font.
  Rule: Distribute fonts and derivatives under the OFL; individual source fonts may carry other licenses, so check the License Audit.
  License: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/blob/HEAD/LICENSE (checked 2026-10-17; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/nerd-fonts/)

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 (fonts); MIT (source code)
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” github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
Credit	No credit needed “provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license” github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/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/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
AI training	Not stated
Bots and bulk downloads	Not stated
Rules	Keep the copyright notice and OFL license text with any fonts you ship. Do not sell the font files by themselves; bundling them with software is allowed. Do not use a Reserved Font Name for a modified version of a font. Distribute fonts and derivatives under the OFL; individual source fonts may carry other licenses, so check the License Audit.

Connect it to an agent

How an agent gets files	curl -OL https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/JetBrainsMono.tar.xz (replace the font name); or brew install font-<name>-nerd-font · no sign-in
File formats	ttf, otf
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. Some source fonts carry other licenses; see the License Audit in the repo.
MCP server	None found
API	No public API: download by hand
GitHub	ryanoasis/nerd-fonts

Pricing

Free	All fonts, glyphs and the patcher are free to download and use
Paid from	—
Usage price	—
Good to know	Added automatically: 64,861 GitHub stars. License read from the official pages.

Sources

Read on Oct 17, 2026: NerdFonts.com, github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/blob/HEAD/LICENSE.

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

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