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Web Awesome

Name: Web Awesome
Brand: Font Awesome
SKU: 507565860

Build better with Web Awesome, the open source library of web components from Font Awesome. Upgrade to Pro and ship websites faster!

7.3kBackers

$786kPledged

$30kGoal

2620%Funded

About this project

Web Awesome is the second crowdfunding act from the Font Awesome team — the ones who set the record for the most-backed software Kickstarter ever (still unbroken), now graduating the open-source component library Shoelace into a formal product line. Its killer trait is framework-agnosticism: components are built on Web Components standards, working equally in React, Vue or plain HTML; switch your stack and the UI layer doesn't change a line. Version 3.0 upgrades accessibility, performance and the theming API. Why crowdfund an open-source project? To give the component library a sustainable business model instead of running on goodwill. The community answered generously.

Highlights

✓Standards as freedom: built on Web Components, usable from any framework
✓Switch frameworks without rewriting: UI layer decoupled from your stack
✓Theming API upgrade: 3.0 makes custom styling easier than ever
✓From Font Awesome: the icon kings crossing into component libraries

Specifications

Team	Font Awesome (most-backed software Kickstarter ever)
Origin	Shoelace (joined Font Awesome in 2022)
License	Free & open source
Version	3.0: a11y/perf/theming API upgrades
Position	Open-source Web Components library
Frameworks	Framework-agnostic, works with all stacks