FontGet is a command-line utility designed to simplify discovering, installing, and managing fonts directly from the terminal. It provides a convenient way to search for fonts, install them, remove them, and maintain font collections without manually downloading files or navigating graphical interfaces. By offering a straightforward CLI workflow, FontGet helps streamline font management for developers, designers, and system administrators.
The tool integrates with several popular online font repositories and allows users to quickly locate fonts and install them with a single command. FontGet also supports listing installed fonts, exporting and importing font manifests, and backing up font collections, making it useful for reproducible setups and automated environments where fonts need to be deployed consistently across multiple systems.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports multiple font sources including Google Fonts, Nerd Fonts, and Font Squirrel.
- Search fonts directly from the terminal.
- Install one or multiple fonts using a simple command.
- Remove installed fonts from the system.
- List installed fonts and filter results.
- Export and import font manifests for reproducible setups.
- Create backups of installed fonts.
- Cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- Distributed as a single binary with no external dependencies.
Website: github.com/Graphixa/FontGet
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Developer: Graphixa
License: MIT License
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