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.

Install the latest version with:

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

To pass options to the installer, use:

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

Installer options:

• --tag=<tag>: Install a specific release, e.g. --tag=v0.3.0
• --silent, -s: Suppress installation output

Examples:

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

Packages

getnf is available in following packages:

Source	Name	How to install	Notes
AUR	getnf	paru -S getnf	Stable Arch package
AUR	getnf-git	paru -S getnf-git	Development version
Homebrew	getnf/getnf	brew install getnf/getnf/getnf	macOS / Homebrew users
Release assets	Latest release	Download .deb or .rpm	Debian and RPM packages

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>, -i "<name1> <name2>"	Directly install multiple Nerd Fonts
-u <font>	Uninstall a specified Nerd Font
-u <name1>,<name2>, -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"