FontBase alternatives for Mac
FontBase — Font manager — is installed 57 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask fontbase to install FontBase itself.- Glyphs2.6× smaller user base
- Blender548.9× the installs
- Sketch91 installs/mo
- ImageOptim11.2× the installs
- GIMP66.9× the installs
- Inkscape80.3× the installs
- Shottr44.8× the installs
- CleanShot9.0× the installs
Full comparison
| FontBase | Glyphs | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Design & Graphics | Design & Graphics |
| Open source | Not declared | Not declared |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 2026.7.0 | 4.2,4202 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 57 | 22 |
| Install command | brew install --cask fontbase | brew install --cask glyphs |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.