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Is font-awesome ESM-only? Can you require() it?

The iconic font and CSS framework

Last verified Sep 9, 2026 against font-awesome@4.7.0. Markdown · JSON

No JS entry point No JavaScript entry point

font-awesome does not expose a JavaScript entry point in package.json. It is likely a CLI, a stylesheet, a type-definition package, or an asset bundle, so require() and import are not the way to use it.

What to do

  1. Do not require() or import font-awesome: it has no JavaScript entry point. Use it as a CLI (npx font-awesome), a stylesheet, an asset, or a type-definition package as its README describes.
  2. TypeScript: no types are available for font-awesome; declare the module yourself if you need them.
Latest
4.7.0 (Oct 24, 2016)
Module format
No JS entry point
Last CommonJS version
3.2.1
TypeScript types
None
Node engines
>=0.10.3
Weekly downloads
700K
License
(OFL-1.1 AND MIT)

Does font-awesome@4.7.0 actually load? Runtime test results

Installed and executed on Sep 9, 2026 with require("font-awesome") from a CommonJS file and import "font-awesome" from an ES module.

Runtimerequire("font-awesome")import "font-awesome"
Node.js 18✗ failsMODULE_NOT_FOUND✗ failsERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND
Node.js 20✗ failsMODULE_NOT_FOUND✗ failsERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND
Node.js 22✗ failsMODULE_NOT_FOUND✗ failsERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND
Node.js 24✗ failsMODULE_NOT_FOUND✗ failsERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND
Node.js 26✗ failsMODULE_NOT_FOUND✗ failsERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND
Bun 1.4.0✗ failsError✗ failsError

A failing require() on a CommonJS package usually means the package needs a browser/DOM global, a peer dependency, or a native binary that is not available in a bare Node.js process.

How to import font-awesome

ES modules (import)

import * as fontAwesome from "font-awesome";

CommonJS (require)

Not applicable.

Module format by version

Derived from the type, main and exports fields of every stable release on npm, corrected where a runtime test of that version contradicted them (10 versions; the newest 10 shown).

VersionsFormatFirst published
4.0.3 – 4.7.0No JS entry pointJan 13, 2014
3.2.1CommonJSJul 2, 2013

Frequently asked

Is font-awesome ESM-only?

font-awesome@4.7.0 has no importable main entry. font-awesome does not expose a JavaScript entry point in package.json. It is likely a CLI, a stylesheet, a type-definition package, or an asset bundle, so require() and import are not the way to use it.

Does font-awesome work in Bun?

Importing font-awesome failed in Bun 1.4.0 on Sep 9, 2026: error: Cannot find package 'font-awesome' from '/Users/boat/Projects/top-seo/data/probe-work/font-awesome/imp.mjs'

Does font-awesome ship TypeScript types?

No. font-awesome ships no type declarations and there is no @types package for it.

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