# Install stylua with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Opinionated Lua code formatter. Version 2.5.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-16. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:stylua ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install stylua ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install stylua ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lua/stylua/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add stylua ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stylua from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#stylua ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/stylua/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S stylua ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: stylua from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install StyLua ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: StyLua from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/stylua ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/stylua.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:stylua - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.5.2 - **Source summary:** Opinionated Lua code formatter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MPL-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-16T18:32:04Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - stylua (cli) - stylua (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.5.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-16 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/JohnnyMorganz/StyLua - Upstream latest detected: v2.5.2 (current) ## Project history and usage StyLua is a deterministic Lua-family code formatter. Its README says it formats Lua 5.1 through 5.4, LuaJIT, Luau, and CfxLua/FiveM Lua by parsing code and printing it back out with a consistent style inspired by Prettier. ### Project history The official changelog begins with version 0.1.0 on 2020-12-30, adding CLI stdin support and formatting behavior for expanded tables. The project later grew from a Lua formatter into a multi-runtime tool with runtime syntax selection, language-server mode, prebuilt binaries, npm wrappers, Docker images, pre-commit hooks, and editor integrations. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through GitHub Releases, Cargo/crates.io, GitHub Actions, pre-commit, npm, Docker, Homebrew, pip/uv from Git, VS Code, Aftman, and community package repositories. The input package-manager facts also show packaging across APK, Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Pacman, Scoop, and zypper. ### How it is used The usual workflow is `stylua` over files or directories, with `--check` in CI, stdin support for editors, `.styluaignore` for filtering, and `stylua.toml` or `.stylua.toml` for project configuration. The README recommends a project-root `.stylua.toml` so teams share the same formatting behavior. ### Why package nerds care StyLua is interesting to package nerds because it crosses ecosystems: Rust crate, standalone GitHub binary, npm binary wrapper, Docker image, Homebrew formula, pre-commit hook, and editor formatter. Its 2.x history includes packaging details such as platform-specific npm optional packages and changed release artifact names, both of which directly affect downstream packaging. ### Timeline - 2020-12-30: StyLua 0.1.0 released with CLI stdin support. - 2024-11-17: StyLua 2.0.0 changed release artifact names and added runtime syntax configuration. - 2025-09-14: StyLua 2.2.0 added language server mode. - 2026-05-16: StyLua 2.5.0 changed npm binary packaging to platform-specific optional packages. ### Related projects - The README names full-moon as the parser foundation and Prettier as an inspiration, while also tying StyLua to Luau, Roblox style conventions, CfxLua/FiveM, pre-commit, GitHub Actions, Docker, npm, Cargo, Aftman, VS Code, Neovim, Sublime, and Zed. ### Sources - - - input source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for stylua. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: stylua.toml, .stylua.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/stylua, ~/.config/stylua - Windows: stylua.toml, .stylua.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** stylua - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - stylua: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/stylua/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - stylua - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stylua from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Opinionated Lua code formatter | https://github.com/JohnnyMorganz/StyLua - pacman - stylua - 2.5.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: stylua from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Deterministic code formatter for Lua | https://github.com/JohnnyMorganz/StyLua - zypper - StyLua - 2.0.2-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: StyLua from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Opinionated Lua code formatter | https://github.com/JohnnyMorganz/StyLua - MacPorts - stylua: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lua/stylua/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/stylua: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/stylua.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cljfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cljfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-style, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [gci](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gci/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-style, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [gnu-indent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnu-indent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-style, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [snakefmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/snakefmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-style, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [stylish-haskell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stylish-haskell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-style, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [yapf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yapf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-style, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [beautysh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/beautysh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. - [buildifier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/buildifier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatters. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/stylua.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/stylua.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