# Install align with Homebrew, Nix Text column alignment filter. Version 1.7.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:align ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install align ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#align ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/al/align/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:align - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.7.5 - **Source summary:** Text column alignment filter - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - width (cli) - width (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.7.5 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://kinzler.com/me/align/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage align is a small Unix-style text filter by Stephen B. Kinzler for vertically aligning columns in separated text, distributed with the companion width utility. ### Project history The official page dates align to the 2000-2001 copyright period and the bundled width tool to 1993-2001. The page itself is dated December 2001 and advertises align 1.7.5 as a downloadable tarball rather than a public source-control repository. The implementation is presented as installable Perl scripts: users can put align and width directly on PATH or use the supplied Makefile. ### Adoption history The input package-manager facts show align remains packaged by Homebrew and Nix, but the official project page does not document wider adoption beyond its Unix filter audience. ### How it is used Typical use is in pipelines over logs or tables. With whitespace-separated columns, align can infer separators and print aligned output; options can control input separators, output joiners, and left, right, center, numeric, or zero-padded numeric alignment. The companion width utility reports line widths and longest lines. ### Why package nerds care align is the kind of small, durable command-line filter package managers preserve because it composes with pipes and solves a narrow formatting job without a larger table-processing dependency. ### Timeline - 1993: width companion utility copyright period begins. - 2000-2001: align copyright period. - 2001: Official page dated December 2001 advertises align 1.7.5. ### Related projects - width: bundled companion utility for measuring printable line width. ### Sources - Official align homepage: https://kinzler.com/me/align - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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:** align - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** speech-tools - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - align: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/al/align/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [titlecase](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/titlecase/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatting, text-processing. - [bsdconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [cconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [cmigemo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmigemo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [decasify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/decasify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [desed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/desed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [enca](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enca/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [enscript](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enscript/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [tal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tal/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: align, alignment, cli, developer, developer-tools. - [nkf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nkf/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, filter, processing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/align.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/align.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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