# Install swift-format with Homebrew Formatting technology for Swift source code. Version 603.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:swift-format ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install swift-format ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:swift-format - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 603.0.0 - **Source summary:** Formatting technology for Swift source code - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T13:43:35Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - swift-format (cli) - swift-format (alias) ## 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: 603.0.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-01 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-format - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage swift-format is the Swift project's formatter and linting technology for Swift source code. It is distributed as a command-line tool and as a Swift Package Manager dependency, making it part of both day-to-day CLI workflows and editor/build-tool integrations. ### Project history In February 2019, a Swift Forums pitch proposed that the Swift project adopt an official style guide and provide a formatting tool. The proposal described work on a swift-format tool and framed formatting as a way to reduce project-by-project style churn in the Swift ecosystem. ### Adoption history The official repository now describes swift-format as providing formatting technology for SourceKit-LSP and building blocks for code-formatting transformations. It also notes that the package can be used either as a command-line tool or linked into other applications through Swift Package Manager. ### How it is used CLI users run swift-format to check, lint, or rewrite Swift files, with project settings stored in a .swift-format file. Version matching matters: the README documents how Swift 5.8 and later changed swift-format's dependency relationship with SwiftSyntax after the parser was rewritten in Swift. ### Why package nerds care swift-format matters to package nerds because it sits at the intersection of language tooling, source formatting policy, and compiler-parser versioning. Packaging it is not just about shipping an executable; maintainers also need to track SwiftSyntax and Swift toolchain compatibility so formatter behavior matches the language users are writing. ### Timeline - 2019: Swift Forums pitch proposes an official Swift style guide and formatter. - 2019: Swift Evolution discussion of SE-0250 documents .swift-format configuration lookup behavior. - Swift 5.8 era: README documents the SwiftSyntax parser rewrite and new version-numbering alignment. - Current: Repository describes swift-format as used by SourceKit-LSP and usable as both CLI and package dependency. ### Related projects - SwiftSyntax provides syntax-tree infrastructure used by swift-format. - SourceKit-LSP uses swift-format formatting technology. - Swift Package Manager is a distribution and embedding route for the formatter. ### 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: .swift-format ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** swift-format - **Version Scheme:** 1 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Requirements:** xcode - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## 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. - [findent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/findent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter, source-code. - [hindent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hindent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter, source-code. - [scalariform](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scalariform/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter, source-code. - [swiftformat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/swiftformat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter, swift. - [air](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/air/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [alejandra](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alejandra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [astyle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/astyle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. - [black](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/black/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/swift-format.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/swift-format.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph