# Install gnu-indent

C code prettifier. Version 2.2.13 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gnu-indent
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gnu-indent
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gindent
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/gindent/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:gnu-indent
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gnu-indent>
- **Version:** 2.2.13
- **Source summary:** C code prettifier
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/indent/>
- **Repository:** <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/indent.git>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/indent/manual/indent.html>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/indent/indent-2.2.13.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- gindent (cli)
- gindent (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext

## Build Dependencies

- texinfo

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: GNU "indent" has been installed as "gindent". If you need to use it as "indent", you can add a "gnubin" directory to your PATH from your bashrc like: PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/gnu-indent/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.2.13
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.gnu.org/software/indent/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** gnu-indent
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - gindent: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/gindent/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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