macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install smartypantslocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install smartypants with Homebrew, apk, apt
Typography prettifier. Version 1.5.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add smartypantsAlpine Linux edge package indexes · smartypants · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install python3-smartypantsDebian stable package indexes · python3-smartypants · source: deb.debian.org
overview
Package summary
Typography prettifier
Project links
Commands and aliases
- smartypants
history
Project history and usage
SmartyPants is John Gruber's typography filter for turning plain ASCII punctuation into typographic HTML entities. In package-manager culture it is a small but durable text-processing command, tied to early weblog tooling and the same Daring Fireball ecosystem that produced Markdown.
Project history
The official project page records SmartyPants 1.0 as released on November 13, 2002. It began as a free web publishing plug-in for Movable Type and later supported Blosxom, BBEdit, and Unix-style command-line use.
Adoption history
SmartyPants became useful wherever plain text was converted to web output. The official history added Blosxom, BBEdit, command-line use, and automatic integration with Markdown in Movable Type; the supplied package metadata shows later packaging in Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, and Ubuntu variants.
How it is used
The tool converts straight quotes, backtick quote notation, dash sequences, and three dots into smart quote, dash, and ellipsis HTML entities while avoiding code-like HTML blocks such as `pre`, `code`, `kbd`, and `script`.
Why package nerds care
Package maintainers care because SmartyPants is a classic tiny text filter: old Perl, web-publishing conventions, command-line use, and compatibility behavior all matter more than churn. It is also historically adjacent to Markdown, which makes it familiar to documentation and static-site toolchains.
Timeline
- 2002: SmartyPants 1.0 initial release.
- 2003: Version 1.2 became a combination plug-in for Movable Type, Blosxom, BBEdit, and standalone command-line use.
- 2004: Version 1.5 added automatic Markdown integration for Movable Type.
- 2004: Version 1.5.1 was published as the downloadable release on the official page.
Related projects
- The official page discusses Movable Type, Blosxom, BBEdit, MT-Textile, Textile, and Markdown integration.
Sources
- https://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/: official description, version history, supported tools, command-line note, and release dates.
- input source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, and Ubuntu package names.
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 1 platform targets.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
smartypants | 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 version1.5.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:smartypants |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/smartypants |
| Homepage | https://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/ |
| Upstream docs | https://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://daringfireball.net/projects/downloads/SmartyPants_1.5.1.zip |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | smartypants |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
python3-smartypants 2.0.0-4
smart-quotes plugin for pyblosxom (Python 3 version)
https://github.com/justinmayer/smartypants.py
sudo apt install python3-smartypants- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: smartypants
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Smartypants
Ubuntu apt95%
python3-smartypants 2.0.0-3
smart-quotes plugin for pyblosxom (Python 3 version)
http://web.chad.org/projects/smartypants.py/
sudo apt install python3-smartypants- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: smartypants
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Smartypants
apk95%
smartypants 2.0.1-r6
Translate plain ASCII punctuation characters into “smart” typographic punctuation HTML entities
https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py
sudo apk add smartypants- License: BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: smartypants
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Smartypants
apk95%
smartypants-doc 2.0.1-r6
Translate plain ASCII punctuation characters into “smart” typographic punctuation HTML entities (documentation)
https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py
sudo apk add smartypants-doc- License: BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: smartypants
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Smartypants
apk95%
smartypants-pyc 2.0.1-r6
Precompiled Python bytecode for smartypants
https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py
sudo apk add smartypants-pyc- License: BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: smartypants
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Smartypants
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 package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment