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Apply Black formatting only in regions changed since last commit. Version 3.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Apply Black formatting only in regions changed since last commit
Project links
Commands and aliases
- darker
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Project history and usage
Darker is a Python formatting tool that applies Black-style formatting only to regions changed between Git revisions or in a working tree.
Project history
The README explains Darker as a response to a common adoption problem for Black: teams often want consistent formatting without one large repository-wide reformat. Darker compares revisions, formats with Black or another supported formatter, and writes back only the changed regions.
Adoption history
Darker's official docs document installation from PyPI, conda-forge availability, editor integrations, pre-commit usage, and a GitHub Action. The changelog records early 2020 releases, a 1.0.0 release in July 2020, conda-forge availability in 1.2.2, support for plain directories in 1.4.0, and a 3.0.0 release that added Ruff formatter support while moving linting to Graylint.
How it is used
Users typically run darker on files or directories inside a Git repository, optionally selecting a revision range, showing a diff, or configuring behavior through pyproject.toml under tool.darker.
Why package nerds care
Darker matters to Python package maintainers because it is about incremental formatter adoption: it reduces formatting churn in old codebases while still letting projects standardize on tools such as Black, Ruff, isort, flynt, and pyupgrade.
Timeline
- 2020: 0.1.0 and 1.0.0 were released.
- 2020: 1.2.2 added conda-forge availability.
- 2022: 1.4.0 added support for plain directories outside Git repositories.
- 2025: 3.0.0 added Ruff formatter support and changed default formatter dependencies.
Related projects
- The README points to Black, Ruff, isort, flynt, pyupgrade, pytest-darker, Graylint, pre-commit, and the Darker GitHub Action as adjacent tools and integrations.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
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Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
pyproject.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
darker | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version3.0.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/akaihola/darker
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/akaihola/darkernone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:darker |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/darker |
| Homepage | https://github.com/akaihola/darker |
| Repository | https://github.com/akaihola/darker |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/akaihola/darker |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/df/78/ad6af1661c2eca0ec69b7ff7c99d95dcae29c5e0071c7ebc98e6670f4663/darker-3.0.0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | darker |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment