# Install dfmt with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Formatter for D source code. Version 0.15.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dfmt
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dfmt
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dfmt
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/df/dfmt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S dfmt
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dfmt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dfmt
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dfmt>
- **Version:** 0.15.2
- **Source summary:** Formatter for D source code
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt#readme>
- **License:** BSL-1.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt.git>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- dfmt (cli)
- dfmt (alias)

## Build dependencies

- ldc

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.15.2
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Project history and usage

dfmt is a formatter for D source code. It can read from stdin or a file, write formatted output to stdout, edit files in place, and use EditorConfig files for formatting settings.

### Project history

The official tag history begins in 2015 with the 0.1.x series. The README describes the tool as beta quality and documents both DUB and source builds, reflecting its role inside the D language tooling ecosystem.

### Adoption history

dfmt follows the formatter pattern familiar from other language communities: a small command-line tool that can be invoked directly, integrated into editors, or run by project scripts while reading shared formatting policy from `.editorconfig`.

### How it is used

By default dfmt reads D source from stdin and writes to stdout. When given a file and `--inplace`, it rewrites that file, while command-line options can override settings discovered through applicable `.editorconfig` files.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, dfmt is the D ecosystem's conventional formatting binary: packaging it gives editors and build scripts a reproducible formatter without requiring each project to vendor the formatter itself.

### Timeline

- 2015: v0.1.0 appears in the official tag history.
- 2023: v0.15.0 is tagged after beta releases.
- 2024: v0.15.2 is tagged.

### Related projects

- dfmt is related to DUB, D compiler toolchains such as DMD and LDC, EditorConfig, and libdparse.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt#readme>
- <https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt/blob/master/dub.json>
- <https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt/tags>


## 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: .editorconfig
## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - dfmt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/df/dfmt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - dfmt - 0.15.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dfmt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Dfmt is a formatter for D source code | https://github.com/dlang-community/dfmt


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- [ldc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ldc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dfmt.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dfmt.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