Typed, autocompletable access to every Nerd Fonts glyph — generated from a pinned glyphnames.json snapshot.
Attribute access · exact lookups · fuzzy search · interactive terminal browser.

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Installation

pip install nf-icons

Configure a Nerd Font in your terminal to render the glyphs.

Python API

from nerdicons import icons

# Attribute access — fully typed and autocompletable
print(icons.fa.github)
print(icons.md.home.unicode())  # U+F015

# Exact lookup: by canonical name, raw glyph, or codepoint
icon = icons.get("fa-github")
icon = icons["fa-github"]  # subscript is equivalent
icon = icons.from_codepoint("f09b")

# Fuzzy search
results = icons.search("rust", limit=5)

# Membership test
assert "fa-github" in icons

# Iterate all icons
for icon in icons:
    print(icon.namespace, icon.name)

# List available namespaces
print(icons.namespaces())  # ('cod', 'custom', 'dev', ...)

Icon fields

Field	Type	Example
name	str	"github"
glyph	str	""
codepoint	str	"f09b"
icon_set	str	"Font Awesome"
namespace	str	"fa"

str(icon) returns the glyph. icon.unicode() returns "U+F09B".

IconRegistry (the icons object)

Method / operator	Description
icons.get(query)	Exact lookup by name, glyph, or codepoint. Raises IconNotFoundError.
icons[query]	Subscript — delegates to get.
icons.from_codepoint(cp)	Lookup by hex codepoint (with or without U+).
icons.search(query, limit=10)	Fuzzy-ranked list of matching icons.
icons.namespaces()	Sorted tuple of available namespace keys.
query in icons	Membership test (name, glyph, or codepoint).
for icon in icons	Iterate all icons.
len(icons)	Total icon count.

CLI

$ nerdicons search rust
$ nerdicons search rust --limit 5
$ nerdicons search rust --json
$ nerdicons search rust --format "{glyph}  {codepoint}"
$ nerdicons search rust --interactive

$ nerdicons get fa-github
$ nerdicons get fa-github --json

$ nerdicons browse
$ nerdicons browse rust

$ nerdicons copy fa-github

$ nerdicons stats
$ nerdicons doctor
$ nerdicons --version

Interactive browser

browse and search --interactive open a centered terminal UI with no extra dependencies:

Key	Action
Type	Filter results
↑ / ↓ or k / j	Move selection
Enter	Copy selected glyph to clipboard
Esc or q	Quit
Mouse wheel	Scroll
Double-click	Copy

Clipboard support uses wl-copy, pbcopy, or xclip — whichever is on PATH. Respects the NO_COLOR environment variable.

Namespaces

Key	Icon set	Count
md	Material Design Icons	6,896
fa	Font Awesome	1,818
dev	Devicons	613
cod	Codicons	540
oct	Octicons	310
weather	Weather Icons	228
fae	Font Awesome Extension	170
seti	Seti UI	167
linux	Font Linux	134
custom	Custom	45
ple	Powerline Extra	34
extra	Extra Symbols	12
pom	Pomodoro	11
pl	Powerline	9
iec	IEC Power Symbols	5
indent	Indentation	2
indentation	Indentation	1

Pinned to Nerd Fonts 3.5.0 — 10,995 icons total.

Updating upstream

python generator/generate.py            # regenerate from checked-in snapshot
python generator/generate.py --refresh   # fetch pinned tag first
python generator/generate.py --check     # verify files are current (CI mode)

Change PINNED_VERSION in generator/generate.py to target a new Nerd Fonts release. Review the manifest diff carefully — codepoints can change between releases.

Examples

Runnable examples in examples/:

python examples/basic.py
python examples/lookup.py

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. Quick start:

python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e '.[dev]'
ruff format . && ruff check . && mypy src generator tests && pyright && pytest

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