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virtualwonders/yii2-fontawesome
===============================

An asset bundle for Font Awesome icons with Bootstrap 4.

1.0.0(6y ago)03.9k↓100%1MITPHPPHP >=7.1.0

Since Jul 3Pushed 6y agoCompare

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Font Awesome
============

[](#font-awesome)

An asset bundle for Font Awesome icons with Bootstrap 4.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist virtualwonders/yii2-fontawesome "*"

```

or add

```
"virtualwonders/yii2-fontawesome": "*"

```

to the require section of your `composer.json` file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add in the view as follows:

```
use virtualwonders\fontawesome\FontAwesomeAsset;

FontAwesomeAsset::register($this);
```

Or, use the minified version:

```
use virtualwonders\fontawesome\FontAwesomeMinifiedAsset;

FontAwesomeMinifiedAsset::register($this);
```

It can also be added as a dependency on your **AppAsset**, as follows:

```
public $depends = [
    'yii\web\YiiAsset',
    'yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapAsset',
    'yii\bootstrap4\BootstrapPluginAsset',
    'virtualwonders\fontawesome\FontAwesomeAsset'
];
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2506d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a7010e1753ada316fac42605142206d81f211ec82957723cb98244514883b432?d=identicon)[virtualwonders](/maintainers/virtualwonders)

---

Top Contributors

[![yourfreedomproject](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2081826?v=4)](https://github.com/yourfreedomproject "yourfreedomproject (1 commits)")

---

Tags

iconsyii2extensionassetsbootstrapfont-awesomebootstrap 4fontsasset bundle

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