FiraCode is a monospaced programming font with extensive programming ligatures, built and maintained primarily by Nikita Prokopov. The repository contains the source design file (FiraCode.glyphs, Glyphs.app format), a Clojure-based pipeline that programmatically generates OpenType contextual alternates (calt) substitution rules from a list of ligature sequences, and a comprehensive build system (Makefile, shell scripts, Dockerfile) that orchestrates font production (OTF, TTF, variable, WOFF2, WOFF) using modern font tooling (fontmake, glyphsLib, gftools, fontbakery). The project also includes extensive OpenType feature files (stylistic sets, character variants), a Google Fonts QA workflow, and distribution packages for npm, Homebrew, and direct download. The architecture is a font development pipeline: source → Clojure ligature generator → fontmake compilation → hinting → packaging. It does not run as a service; its production output is the font files delivered to users via package managers or CDN. External dependencies include Python font libraries, a Clojure runtime, and Glyphs.app (proprietary) for editing the source file. The repository is actively maintained with recent commits and an extensive changelog, though some Google Fonts compliance items remain unresolved and the build chain is sensitive to upstream library changes.