# Font Awesome, release history and status.

An icon set for the web, available as a web font or SVG. The free version has thousands of icons, the paid Pro version adds more styles.

- **Status:** Stable. Actively developed, Font Awesome 6 and 7.
- **Category:** [UI Libraries](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui)
- **First release:** 2012
- **License:** Icons CC BY 4.0, fonts OFL, code MIT
- **Latest version:** 7.3.1 (15 Jul 2026)
- **Official website:** https://fontawesome.com
- **Documentation:** https://docs.fontawesome.com
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/font-awesome

## Font Awesome in our audits

Tech Stack checks every audited website for Font Awesome, but web fonts are not part of our public usage statistics yet.

## Font Awesome versions and release history

3 release lines since 2018, as listed by the npm registry. The latest version is 7.3.1, released 15 Jul 2026.

| Version | Released | Latest release | Releases |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7 | 22 Jul 2025 | 7.3.1 (15 Jul 2026) | 6 |
| 6 | 7 Feb 2022 | 6.7.2 (16 Dec 2024) | 16 |
| 5 | 20 Jun 2018 | 5.15.4 (4 Aug 2021) | 36 |

Sources: [npm registry, package @fortawesome/fontawesome-free](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free), checked 8 Nov 2026.

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- [shadcn/ui](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/shadcn-ui): 7.7% of websites
- [Radix UI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/radix-ui): 6.6% of websites
- [React Hook Form](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/react-hook-form): 5.6% of websites
- [React Router](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/react-router): 5.0% of websites
- [Redux](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/redux): 2.3% of websites
- [TanStack Query](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/tanstack-query): 1.9% of websites
- [Emotion](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/emotion): 1.9% of websites
- [Three.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/three-js): 1.7% of websites
- [Styled Components](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/styled-components): 1.5% of websites
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- [Zod](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/zod): 1.3% of websites

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## Questions about Font Awesome

### What is Font Awesome?

An icon set for the web, available as a web font or SVG. The free version has thousands of icons, the paid Pro version adds more styles. The be1st catalog lists Font Awesome under UI Libraries. License of Font Awesome: Icons CC BY 4.0, fonts OFL, code MIT.

### What is the latest version of Font Awesome?

The latest version of Font Awesome is 7.3.1, released 15 Jul 2026 (source: npm registry, package @fortawesome/fontawesome-free).

### When was Font Awesome first released?

Font Awesome was first released in 2012; the oldest version listed by the npm registry dates from 2018.

### Is Font Awesome still a modern choice?

Font Awesome is a stable, mature choice rather than a new one. Actively developed, Font Awesome 6 and 7.

### What are the alternatives to Font Awesome?

Technologies that do the same job as Font Awesome include Lucide and Heroicons.