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Consolas for Powerline vs Inconsolata-g for Powerline

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Consolas for Powerline

6.0
Developer Tools

Inconsolata-g for Powerline

7.0
Developer Tools

Metric Consolas for Powerline Inconsolata-g for Powerline
Category Developer Tools Developer Tools
AI Score 6.0 7.0
30-day Installs 61 15
90-day Installs 190 36
365-day Installs 765 205
Version latest latest
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 220 26.2K
GitHub Forks 34 3.2K
Open Issues 3 182
License BSD-2-Clause
Language Shell
Last GitHub Commit 10y ago 2y ago
First Seen May 15, 2024 May 15, 2024

Reviews

Consolas for Powerline

Consolas for Powerline is a specially patched font designed for use with Vim Powerline, offering regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic variants. It benefits developers who use Powerline in Vim for a consistent and visually appealing experience.

Provides a patched Consolas font optimized for Vim Powerline with multiple style variants.

Pros

  • + Tailored for Vim Powerline, enhancing the user experience.
  • + Comprehensive font variants including regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
  • + BSD-2-Clause license offers permissive open-source terms.

Cons

  • - No auto-update feature, requiring manual checks for updates.
  • - Inactive development since 2016 may lead to compatibility issues.

Inconsolata-g for Powerline

Inconsolata-g for Powerline is a font package designed for Powerline users, offering enhanced terminal experiences with symbols and colors. It is widely adopted among developers and terminal enthusiasts, though it faces compatibility issues with newer software.

Provides modified fonts optimized for use with Powerline, enhancing terminal appearance with symbols and colors.

Pros

  • + Highly popular and widely used among developers.
  • + Specifically designed for Powerline, enhancing terminal customization.
  • + Staple in many developer setups for terminal font needs.

Cons

  • - Compatibility issues with newer terminal emulators like the latest iTerm2.
  • - Lack of auto-update feature, requiring manual checks for updates.