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24 alternatives to Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

This is a fun, new monospaced font that includes programming ligatures and is designed to enhance the modern look and feel of the Windows Terminal. - microsoft/cascadia-code

Cascadia Code is a monospace font designed for Windows Terminal and Visual Studio Code. It is built for developers and programmers who spend hours reading and writing code. The font features a clean, modern design with… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable▲209

   I always believe in using what one makes, which is unfortunate because I made Monocraft. For the past year I've been stuck looking at those pixels while I code, so over the weekend I tried my hand at making a version of Monocraft that was more legible. Introducing Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is actually usable! Using a custom algorithm, I've converted adjacent pixels from the original font into strokes, which allow for a more smooth look while maintaining that Minecraft-y look. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Visual Studio Code 1.0▲309

   Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers

   2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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   Original 8x16 ASCII Fixed Width Font: Classic Console Neue▲132

   Classic Console Neue TrueType Font ASCII 8x16 DOS Command Line Font

   2024 · webdraft.hu · its alternatives →

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   Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font▲443

   2021 · codingfont.com · its alternatives →

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   Dank Mono▲389

   The rather special coding font

   2018 · dank.sh · its alternatives →

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   Cascii – A portable ASCII diagram builder written in vanilla JavaScript▲238

   3 months ago I wanted to draw an ASCII diagram to include in some documentation at work. I found the few tools online to be insufficient, and was suprised there wasn't a more complete tool to get the job done. Since, I've built Cascii from scratch in vanilla Javascript (I'm not an FE dev, it might be obvious...). I hope it works alright. Please check out the live version at https://cascii.app, report problems, make diagrams to improve your code's documentation. Hope you enjoy using it.

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Google Sans Code▲392

   The new font meticulously crafted for coders from Google

   2025 · fonts.google.com · its alternatives →

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   JetBrains Mono▲256

   A free font that makes it easier for devs to read code 🛠️

   2020 · jetbrains.com · its alternatives →

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   Luculent, a new code/terminal font▲120

   2014 · eastfarthing.com · its alternatives →

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    VulnCost for Visual Studio Code▲126

    An open source security scanner for Visual Studio Code

    2020 · snyk.io · its alternatives →

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    Framer Syntax Theme▲145

    A beautiful VSCode & Atom theme, inspired by our code editor

    2018 · framer.com · its alternatives →

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    terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal▲108

    VS Code inside your terminal.

    Aug 2026 · terminal-code.com · its alternatives →

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    Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow▲261

    I got tired of open file.docx → wait 8 seconds → close Word just to read a document, so I built a terminal-native Word viewer! What it does: * View `.docx` files directly in your terminal with (mostly) proper formatting * Tables actually look like tables (with Unicode borders!) * Nested lists work correctly with indentation * Full-text search with highlighting * Copy content straight to clipboard with `c` * Export to markdown/CSV/JSON Why I made this: Working on servers over SSH, I constantly hit Word docs I needed to check quickly. The existing solutions I'm aware of either strip…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    vscode.dev▲305

    Bringing VS Code to the browser

    2021 · vscode.dev · its alternatives →

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    Fixel Font by MacPaw▲320

    Your new basic font, use it everywhere, adjust to your needs

    2023 · fixel.macpaw.com · its alternatives →

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    Hack▲239

    A typeface designed for source code

    2015 · sourcefoundry.org · its alternatives →

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    MonoLisa▲197

    Originally we (Andrey, Marcus, Juho) built MonoLisa in 2020 as we realised there's room for a better monospaced typeface for developers. The key insight was to make the glyphs slightly wider to make more room for design to make letters like m feel less cramped. Since then we've released a variable v2 (2022) and now we're happy to expand the typeface with a new family called MonoLisa Text. The reasoning was to cover *other* use cases beyond coding with this proportional font. We hope you give Monolisa a go as there's a free trial to try. We also welcome feedback!

    2020 · monolisa.dev · its alternatives →

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    Clean Clode▲154

    I’ve been impressed with Claude Code but one thing that sometimes gets in the way in my workflows is the messy, mangled text that is shown when pasting text from the Claude Code terminal sessions. So I built an open-source utility that cleans extraneous white space, pipes, and other characters from your CC/Codex pastes. For example, you can turn this: `How can I create a Claude Code script that │ │ cleans up extraneous characters and cleans up │ │ extra spaces, new lines, and other messiness │ when I copy from Claude Code terminal │ │ prompts or copy code from Claude Responses in │ │…

    Mar 2026 · cleanclode.com · its alternatives →

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    Building terminal dashboards using ASCII/ANSI art and JavaScript▲305

    Build terminal dashboards using ascii/ansi art and javascript - yaronn/blessed-contrib

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A custom font that displays Cistercian numerals using ligatures▲171

    A font that renders numbers as medieval Cistercian numerals

    Feb 2026 · bobbiec.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Tattoy – a text-based terminal compositor▲200

    Whereas this is mostly a terminal eye-candy project to get you street cred, it does have some serious aspects. Firstly it solves the age-old problem of low-contrast text, like when you `ls` a broken symlink and the red background colour is too near your current theme's foreground colour. Tattoy solves this by using none other than the web's WCAG 2.1 contrast algorithm for accessible text. Secondly, an explicit design goal is that Tattoy should be able to polyfill new terminal protocols, the `xwayland` of the TTY if you will. Say if we want to experiment with completely deprecating ANSI…

    2025 · tattoy.sh · its alternatives →

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    An ASCII 3D Rendering Engine▲211

    Render 3D models (OBJ, glTF, GLB, STL, .vox) as ASCII art — in the browser, in React or Vue, or straight in your terminal. A three.js-style API with no WebGL and no canvas: just text in a single <pre>.

    Jun 2026 · glyphcss.com · its alternatives →

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    Textual Markdown – a Markdown “browser” in the terminal▲254

    Hi HN, This is a TUI app which displays interactive Markdown documents. Interactive in the sense that you can scroll code fences &#x2F; tables &#x2F; and click links. There's a Table of Contents extracted from the MD, and a very rudimentary browser like forward + back. I'm thinking it could be the starting point for a variety of hypertext like applications in the terminal. Very much a work in progress.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ztext.js – JavaScript library that makes any font 3D▲257

    2020 · bennettfeely.com · its alternatives →

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