# Fonts Like Ubuntu Sans Mono

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Ubuntu Sans Mono, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Ubuntu Sans Mono is Ubuntu Mono (similarity 98), then Noto Mono and DejaVu Mono. Ubuntu Mono is released under the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Ubuntu Mono** | 98 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu-mono/](/fonts/ubuntu-mono.md) |
| #2 | **Noto Mono** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-mono/](/fonts/noto-mono.md) |
| #3 | **DejaVu Mono** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dejavu-mono/](/fonts/dejavu-mono.md) |
| #4 | **Fira Code** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-code/](/fonts/fira-code.md) |
| #5 | **Noto Sans Mono** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-mono/](/fonts/noto-sans-mono.md) |
| #6 | **Oxygen Mono** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oxygen-mono/](/fonts/oxygen-mono.md) |
| #7 | **B612 Mono** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/b612-mono/](/fonts/b612-mono.md) |
| #8 | **Roboto Mono** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-mono/](/fonts/roboto-mono.md) |
| #9 | **Reddit Mono** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-mono/](/fonts/reddit-mono.md) |
| #10 | **Source Code Pro** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-code-pro/](/fonts/source-code-pro.md) |
| #11 | **Inconsolata** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inconsolata/](/fonts/inconsolata.md) |
| #12 | **Sometype Mono** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sometype-mono/](/fonts/sometype-mono.md) |

## Scoring Method

62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at 160px cap height on a 32x32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (15% weight). Scores are normalized so that 0 represents an average pair of fonts across the 1571 compared fonts, and 100 represents identical letter shapes. Computed on 2026-10-22 using glyph-shape + edge-texture v2.

## Machine API

JSON representation available at [/api/fonts-like/ubuntu-sans-mono.json](/api/fonts-like/ubuntu-sans-mono.json).