# Install air with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget Fast and opinionated formatter for R code. Version 0.10.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:air ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install air ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install air ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/air/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#air ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ai/air/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/air ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/air.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Posit.Air -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Posit.Air from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:air - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.10.0 - **Source summary:** Fast and opinionated formatter for R code - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T20:43:13Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - air (cli) - air (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.10.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/posit-dev/air - Upstream latest detected: 0.10.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Air is Posit's Rust-written formatter and language server for R code. It packages a formatter-first workflow familiar from Prettier, Ruff, Biome, and rust-analyzer into the R ecosystem, with both CLI and editor/LSP entry points. ### Project history The project is developed under the posit-dev GitHub organization and its README describes it as an R formatter and language server written in Rust. The project documentation presents a small CLI surface, a configuration file, and editor integration rather than a broad framework. Air's own acknowledgements tie its design to earlier R and non-R tooling: styler for R style-guide formatting, rust-analyzer for language-server expectations, and Biome for language-agnostic syntax-tree and formatter infrastructure. ### Adoption history Air's installation story quickly grew beyond source builds: the README documents standalone installers for macOS, Linux, and Windows, plus uv, Homebrew, Pixi, conda-forge, and mise paths. The Homebrew and conda-forge packages are explicitly described as community-maintained, which is a useful signal that packaging arrived alongside broader R-tooling interest rather than only inside Posit's own installer channel. The public GitHub releases show active 0.x development through 2025 and 2026, including 0.10.0 published on 2026-06-19. In package-manager terms it is still a young tool, but it already has the familiar shape of a modern formatter binary: fast install scripts, a single `air` executable, and optional editor integration. ### How it is used Typical CLI use is `air format path/to/file.R`, either from a globally installed binary or via one-shot execution through uv, Pixi, or mise. For editor users, Air also runs as a language server, so the same package can serve both batch formatting and editor-on-save workflows. Configuration is intentionally local and simple: the documented names are `air.toml` and `.air.toml`, keeping it in the same mental category as formatter configs such as `.prettierrc`, `ruff.toml`, or `biome.json`. ### Why package nerds care Air matters to package nerds because it is part of the wider trend of single-purpose, native-speed formatter binaries replacing slower language-hosted developer tools. It brings that trend to R while still acknowledging the established styler/tidyverse style-guide lineage. The package is also interesting because Homebrew is not the sole distribution story: the official README calls out uv, Pixi, conda-forge, mise, and standalone installers. That makes it a compact example of a modern developer CLI trying to meet users across several package-manager cultures. ### Timeline - 2025: Public 0.x releases and Posit documentation establish Air as an R formatter and language server. - 2025-10-21: GitHub release 0.8.0 published. - 2026-06-19: GitHub release 0.10.0 published. ### Related projects - styler is the R formatter explicitly credited as prior art and inspiration. - Biome, rust-analyzer, Prettier, and Ruff are cited by Air as non-R influences for formatter and language-server design. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: air.toml, .air.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** air - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** go-air - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - air: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ai/air/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - air: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/air/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/air: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/air.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Posit.Air: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Posit.Air from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [alejandra](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alejandra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, code-quality, developer-tools, formatter. - [google-java-format](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/google-java-format/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, code-quality, developer-tools, formatter. - [astyle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/astyle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [black](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/black/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [cbfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cbfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [darker](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/darker/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [djhtml](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/djhtml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [findent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/findent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [php-cs-fixer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/php-cs-fixer/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, code, code-formatting, code-quality, developer. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/air.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/air.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph