# Install clang-format with Homebrew, apt, dnf Formatting tools for C, C++, Obj-C, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript. Version 22.1.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-16. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:clang-format ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install clang-format ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install clang-format ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: clang-format from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install git-clang-format ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: git-clang-format from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:clang-format - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 22.1.8 - **Source summary:** Formatting tools for C, C++, Obj-C, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-16T19:45:28Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - clang-format (cli) - git-clang-format (cli) - clang-format (alias) - git-clang-format (alias) ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Uses from macOS - python ## 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: 22.1.8 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-16 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage clang-format is LLVM/Clang's source formatter and editor-integration tool for C-family and several adjacent languages. It became a standard package-manager dependency because teams can install one CLI and enforce formatting locally, in editors, in Git workflows, and in CI. ### Project history LLVM's Clang 3.3 documentation already described ClangFormat as tools built on LibFormat, with a standalone clang-format binary under clang/tools/clang-format. Later documentation expanded language coverage, configuration files, ignore files, and editor integrations. ### Adoption history The supplied package-manager data shows Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/DNF, and Ubuntu packaging. Its adoption is reinforced by direct editor integration in Vim, Emacs, BBEdit, CLion, Visual Studio, and similar tooling documented by LLVM. ### How it is used Users run clang-format over files or standard input, often with -i for in-place edits. Project style is commonly stored in .clang-format or _clang-format, generated with -dump-config, and found by using -style=file. ### Why package nerds care clang-format is significant because it decouples source formatting policy from any one IDE. Package managers provide a pinned binary that projects can call from hooks, CI jobs, editor plugins, and language-server-style workflows, making formatting reproducible across operating systems. ### Timeline - 2013: Clang 3.3 documentation included clang-format for C/C++/Obj-C. - 2014: Clang 3.4 documentation documented multi-file formatting and dump-config support. - 2020: LLVM 11 release notes continued adding clang-format style options such as IndentExternBlock. - 2026: Current LLVM documentation lists broader language support including Java, JavaScript, JSON, TypeScript, C#, Protobuf, and Objective-C. ### Related projects - Related projects include LLVM, Clang, LibFormat, git-clang-format, clang-format editor plugins, clangd, and language-specific formatters such as gofmt, rustfmt, black, and prettier. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for clang-format. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: .clang-format, _clang-format ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** clang-format - **Aliases:** clang-format@22 - **Version Scheme:** 1 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - clang-format - 1:19.0-63: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: clang-format from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool to format C/C++/Obj-C code - Ubuntu apt - clang-format - 1:18.0-59~exp2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: clang-format from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tool to format C/C++/Obj-C code - dnf - git-clang-format - 22.1.7-1.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: git-clang-format from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Integration of clang-format for git | http://llvm.org ## Related links - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Documentation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/documentation-tools/) - Matched documentation, manual, or publishing metadata. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [clang-format@11](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-format-11/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [flang](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flang/) - Shares the same upstream source repository. - [lld](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lld/) - Shares the same upstream source repository. - [clang-format](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/clang-format/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: clang, clang-format, format, git, git-clang-format. - [clang-build-analyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-build-analyzer/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: clang. - [clang-format](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/clang-format/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/clang-format.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/clang-format.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph