# Install smartypants with Homebrew, apk, apt Typography prettifier. Version 1.5.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:smartypants ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install smartypants ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add smartypants ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: smartypants from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install python3-smartypants ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: python3-smartypants from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:smartypants - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.5.1 - **Source summary:** Typography prettifier - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - smartypants (cli) - smartypants (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.5.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 - - input source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, and Ubuntu package names. ## 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:** smartypants - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - python3-smartypants - 2.0.0-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-smartypants from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | smart-quotes plugin for pyblosxom (Python 3 version) | https://github.com/justinmayer/smartypants.py - Ubuntu apt - python3-smartypants - 2.0.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-smartypants from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | smart-quotes plugin for pyblosxom (Python 3 version) | http://web.chad.org/projects/smartypants.py/ - apk - smartypants - 2.0.1-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: smartypants from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Translate plain ASCII punctuation characters into “smart” typographic punctuation HTML entities | https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py - apk - smartypants-doc - 2.0.1-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: smartypants-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Translate plain ASCII punctuation characters into “smart” typographic punctuation HTML entities (documentation) | https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py - apk - smartypants-pyc - 2.0.1-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: smartypants-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for smartypants | https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py ## 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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [tal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-filter, text-processing. - [titlecase](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/titlecase/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, perl, text-processing. - [align](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/align/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [bsdconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [cconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [cmigemo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmigemo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [decasify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/decasify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [desed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/desed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [smartypants](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/smartypants/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. 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