# Install latexindent with Homebrew, scoop Add indentation to LaTeX files. Version 4.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-06. Also installable with scoop: scoop install main/latexindent. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:latexindent ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install latexindent ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/latexindent ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/latexindent.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:latexindent - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.0.2 - **Source summary:** Add indentation to LaTeX files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-06T14:21:31Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - latexindent (cli) - latexindent (alias) ## Dependencies - perl ## 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: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 4.0.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-06 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/cmhughes/latexindent.pl - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage latexindent.pl is a Perl formatter for LaTeX, TeX-adjacent, and BibTeX-style source files. It adds indentation, aligns delimiters, modifies line breaks, wraps text, and supports user customization through YAML settings. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created on 2012-08-28. CTAN lists Chris Hughes as maintainer, and the project README identifies the package as `latexindent.pl`, a Perl script to beautify, tidy, format, and indent code within environments, commands, headings, and special code blocks. The project evolved from indentation into a broader source-formatting tool. The README documents delimiter alignment, line-break modification, text wrapping, one-sentence-per-line handling, string and regex replacements, Conda, Docker, and pre-commit support. The 2026 V4.0 changelog records a major overhaul of how `latexindent.pl` finds code blocks, with user-setting changes and performance and interaction improvements. CTAN records version 4.0.2 dated 2026-06-06. ### Adoption history latexindent.pl is distributed through CTAN and is included in TeX Live and MiKTeX. Homebrew packages it as `latexindent`, and the upstream README documents standalone executables for Windows, Ubuntu Linux, and macOS, along with Conda, Docker, and pre-commit workflows. Its adoption tracks the rise of formatter expectations in developer tooling: LaTeX authors increasingly want editor, CI, and pre-commit formatting support similar to language formatters such as gofmt, Black, or Prettier. ### How it is used Users run `latexindent.pl myfile.tex` for a default formatting pass, often with `-l` to load YAML settings, `-o` to write a separate output file, or pre-commit hooks to format files during Git workflows. The documentation emphasizes testing output carefully before overwriting important documents. ### Why package nerds care latexindent.pl is package-nerd significant because it brings modern formatter ergonomics to TeX source: reproducible layout, YAML configuration, editor integration, pre-commit hooks, and CI-friendly command-line behavior. It also has a packaging wrinkle maintainers care about: despite the Homebrew formula name `latexindent`, the upstream executable and documentation consistently center `latexindent.pl` and its Perl module/settings bundle. ### Timeline - 2012-08-28: GitHub repository created. - 2022-01-21: CTAN announcement recorded version 3.15. - 2026-03-15: V4.0 released as a major code-block-detection overhaul. - 2026-06-06: V4.0.2 released. - 2026-06-08: CTAN announced the 4.0.2 update. ### Related projects - Related projects and platforms include CTAN, TeX Live, MiKTeX, latexindent.pl's Read the Docs documentation, pre-commit, Conda, Docker, and editor or CI workflows that enforce TeX source formatting. ### Sources - - - - - - ## 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: ~/indentconfig.yaml, ~/.indentconfig.yaml, localSettings.yaml in the target file directory, current working directory ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** latexindent - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Scoop - main/latexindent: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/latexindent.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [perl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/perl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [enter-tex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enter-tex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latex, productivity, tex. - [latex2html](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/latex2html/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latex, productivity, tex. - [latex2rtf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/latex2rtf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latex, productivity, tex. - [latexdiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/latexdiff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latex, productivity, tex. - [opendetex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/opendetex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latex, productivity, tex. - [rtf2latex2e](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rtf2latex2e/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latex, productivity, tex. - [bib-tool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bib-tool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latex, productivity. - [bibclean](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bibclean/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, formatter, productivity. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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