# Install google-java-format with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop Reformats Java source code to comply with Google Java Style. Version 1.35.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:google-java-format ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install google-java-format ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install google-java-format ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: java/google-java-format/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#google-java-format ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/google-java-format/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/google-java-format ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/google-java-format.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:google-java-format - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.35.0 - **Source summary:** Reformats Java source code to comply with Google Java Style - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - google-java-format (cli) - google-java-format-diff (cli) - google-java-format (alias) - google-java-format-diff (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Uses from macOS - python ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.35.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/google/google-java-format - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage google-java-format is Google's command-line and library implementation of the Google Java Style formatter. The project deliberately avoids user-configurable formatting rules so Java code can be normalized to one Google style across editors, builds, and scripts. ### Project history Google opened the GitHub repository in May 2015 and published a 0.1 Alpha release in November 2015. The 1.0 release followed in April 2016, establishing the formatter as a packaged tool rather than only an internal style convention. The README describes several integration surfaces around the same formatter engine: a command-line jar or native binary, a diff-oriented helper script, JetBrains and Eclipse plugins, and use as a Java library from Maven or Gradle builds. That shape made the project useful both for individual developer machines and for automated formatting checks. ### Adoption history Adoption grew through the Java tooling ecosystem because the formatter is intentionally prescriptive. The official README lists third-party integrations for Visual Studio Code, Gradle, Maven, SBT, and GitHub Actions, showing how package maintainers and build-tool authors wrapped the same formatter for their own workflows. Package-manager adoption followed the CLI packaging model: Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop package the formatter so users can run `google-java-format` or `google-java-format-diff` without hand-managing the release jar. ### How it is used The common package-manager use is formatting whole Java files from the shell, rewriting files in place with `--replace`, checking changed lines with the diff helper, or enforcing style in CI with a nonzero exit when files differ. The library mode supports code generators and build tools that need formatted Java output. The formatter depends on javac internals through the `jdk.compiler` module, so editor and library integrations document extra JVM export flags on strongly encapsulated JDKs. ### Why package nerds care google-java-format matters to package nerds because it packages a style guide as executable policy. It is a canonical example of a formatter with almost no bikeshed surface: installation, editor integration, and CI wiring matter more than local configuration. It also sits at the intersection of Java release engineering and package distribution: jars, native binaries, IDE plugins, Maven artifacts, and OS package-manager formulae all expose the same opinionated formatting behavior. ### Timeline - 2015: GitHub repository created under google/google-java-format. - 2015: 0.1 Alpha published on GitHub Releases. - 2016: 1.0 release published on GitHub Releases. - 2017: 1.x releases added a steady release cadence for package managers and editor integrations. - 2021: JDK strong encapsulation made the documented `--add-exports` flags important for plugin and library users. ### Related projects - The README points to Google Java Style, the IntelliJ and Eclipse plugins, google-java-format-diff, Spotless Gradle and Maven integrations, fmt-maven-plugin, sbt-java-formatter, and GitHub Actions wrappers. ### Sources - - - - ## 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:** google-java-format - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - google-java-format: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/google-java-format/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - google-java-format: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: java/google-java-format/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/google-java-format: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/google-java-format.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [air](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/air/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, code-quality, developer-tools, formatter. - [alejandra](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alejandra/) - 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, java. - [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. - [scalariform](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scalariform/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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