github.com · Captured October 9, 2026
What font does GitHub use?Mona Sans
GitHub's homepage uses Mona Sans for 96.8% of its text. Captured from github.com on October 9, 2026. GitHub serves Mona Sans itself with @font-face. Check the font's licence before using it — self-hosted fonts are often commercial or custom.
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Mona Sans
Self-hosted (@font-face) · weights 400, 425, 440, 460, 480, 500, 600, 800
96.8% of text
Mona Sans Mono
Self-hosted (@font-face) · weights 400, 480, 500
3.2% of text
Mona Sans VF
Installed / fallback · weights 400, 600
0% of text
GitHub's type scale.
Each text style on the homepage, set in its own size and weight on the page's own copy. Shown in your fallback font if you don't have it installed.
Heading 1
Mona Sans · 425
64px / 69.12px · -2.24px
The future of building happens together
Display
Mona Sans · 800
48px / 48px
“
Heading 2
Mona Sans · 460
40px / 48px
Work together, achieve more
Heading 3
Mona Sans · 600
22px / 30.8px
Apply fixes in seconds.
Quote
Mona Sans · 425
22px / 26.4px
It helps us onboard new software engineers and get them prod
Body
Mona Sans · 400
18px / 27px · 0.18px
View all solutions
Button
Mona Sans · 500
16px / 24px · 0.24px
Code
Caption
Mona Sans Mono · 400
16px / 24px · 0.24px
Fabian Faulhaber
Link
Mona Sans · 500
14px / 21px · 0.21px
AI
Code
Mona Sans Mono · 400
11px / 10px · 0.21px
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The Mona Sans font stack.
The exact font-family stack the page sets, as plain CSS and as a Tailwind v4 theme.
body {
font-family: "Mona Sans", MonaSansFallback, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji";
}@theme {
--font-sans: "Mona Sans", MonaSansFallback, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji";
}Captured from github.com on October 9, 2026 by Xtractly's Design System scanner, at 1440px wide in light mode. Sites change — run the extension on the live page for today's values. Xtractly isn't affiliated with GitHub; names and marks belong to their owners.
Questions
What font does GitHub use?
GitHub's homepage uses Mona Sans for 96.8% of its text. Captured from github.com on October 9, 2026.
Is Mona Sans free?
GitHub serves Mona Sans itself with @font-face. Check the font's licence before using it — self-hosted fonts are often commercial or custom.
What font size does GitHub use?
Its main headings are Mona Sans at 64px, weight 425. Body text is Mona Sans at 18px with a 27px line height.
How can I find the font on any website?
Install the Xtractly extension, open any page and press Alt+F: it lists every font in use with its source, weights and the full type scale, and copies the CSS to load it.