Commit Mono
Shares rank 15 of 25 monospace fonts by recommenders
A free monospace coding font that people like for its restrained design, smart kerning and no decorative ligatures, often compared favorably to paid alternatives like Berkeley Mono.
A free monospace coding font that people like for its restrained design, smart kerning and no decorative ligatures, often compared favorably to paid alternatives like Berkeley Mono.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Smart kerning adjusts character positions
“it has smart kerning , ie. character positions are subtly adjusted to compensate for different character widths”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “It hits all the right spots for me, is customizable, and does smart kerning which is neat.”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Some characters or quirks bother people
“there's a few characters or quirks that drive me bananas on certain days”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “Making Google Sans Flex”
Other monospace fonts people recommend
The four most recommended other monospace fonts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iosevka | 108 | 10 | 92% | 9 | 5 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Nordwand Mono | 40 | 4 | 91% | 1 | — | — |
| Myna | 29 | 10 | 74% | 1 | — | — |
| Berkeley Mono | 27 | 6 | 82% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Commit MonoThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it has smart kerning , ie. character positions are subtly adjusted to compensate for different character widths”
“it's my favorite monospace font”
“that's exactly the type of sensibility I personally prefer in a monospace”
“They use the ligatures only to adjust spacing and make it look better on a monospace grid. No stupid ligatures or anything else.”
“It hits all the right spots for me, is customizable, and does smart kerning which is neat.”
“basically a free version of Berkeley Mono”
“You might also like https://commitmono.com/”
“CommitMono looks to be a deserifed and thinned Google Sans Code, which now I think about it, is odd to have serifs”
“there's a few characters or quirks that drive me bananas on certain days”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.