getnf - Get Nerd Fonts

Easily install Nerd Fonts from the terminal.

Supported Platforms

getnf is supported on macOS and Linux.

Requirements

• curl
• fzf (optional)

Install

Make sure that ~/.local/bin is in your PATH.

Run

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getnf/getnf/main/install.sh | bash

to install the latest version of getnf, or install a specific release with its tag, e.g. v0.3.0:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getnf/getnf/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --tag=v0.3.0

You can suppress the installation output with the flag --silent or -s:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getnf/getnf/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --silent

Packages

getnf is available in the AUR as getnf and getnf-git. Debian and RPM packages are also published with the latest release.

Usage

Run getnf to show the font menu.

There are several flags available:

| Flag | Description | | ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | -h | Show the help message | | -k | Keep the downloaded font archives | | -a | Include installed Nerd Fonts in the menu | | -g | Install/Uninstall/List/Update Nerd Fonts for all users | | -l | List installed Nerd Fonts | | -L | List all available Nerd Fonts | | -f | Select and install Nerd Fonts using fzf | | -i <font> | Directly install a specified Nerd Font | | -i <name1>,<name2>,<br> -i "<name1> <name2>" | Directly install multiple Nerd Fonts | | -u <font> | Uninstall a specified Nerd Font | | -u <name1>,<name2>,<br> -u "<name1> <name2>" | Uninstall multiple Nerd Fonts | | -U | Update all installed Nerd Fonts | | -V | Print the current version of getnf |

You can get the exact names of the fonts to use with -i and -u from getnf -L.

Enjoy!

Notes

In case you can't see newly installed fonts in your application, you may need to update the font cache with

fc-cache -f

Uninstall

To remove getnf without deleting the installed fonts, run

rm -rf ~/.local/bin/getnf ~/.local/share/getnf

You can also remove the font archive directory from your Downloads folder with

rm -rf "$(command -v xdg-user-dir >/dev/null && xdg-user-dir DOWNLOAD || printf '%s\n' "$HOME/Downloads")/getnf"