# Install tex-fmt with Homebrew, apt, Nix, scoop Extremely fast LaTeX formatter written in Rust. Version 0.5.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tex-fmt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tex-fmt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install tex-fmt ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: tex-fmt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tex-fmt ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/tex-fmt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/tex-fmt ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tex-fmt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tex-fmt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.7 - **Source summary:** Extremely fast LaTeX formatter written in Rust - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - tex-fmt (cli) - tex-fmt (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: 0.5.7 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/WGUNDERWOOD/tex-fmt - Upstream latest detected: v0.5.7 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage tex-fmt is a Rust command-line formatter for LaTeX-related source files, focused on fast indentation, line wrapping, table formatting, and editor or CI integration. ### Project history The WGUNDERWOOD/tex-fmt repository was created in April 2024. Its README describes tex-fmt as an extremely fast LaTeX formatter written in safe Rust, handling .tex, .bib, .cls, and .sty files. The release list shows rapid early iteration through 2024, from v0.2.0 in May to v0.5.0 in December, followed by v0.5.x releases in 2025. The README also documents a browser demo, configuration files, shell completion, and common CLI modes such as --check, --print, --recursive, --stdin, and --fail-on-change. ### Adoption history Official README installation notes show adoption across Cargo, Nix, Arch/AUR, Debian, Homebrew, GitHub releases, VS Code through LaTeX Workshop, Neovim through mason.nvim, a GitHub Action, and a CTAN package named latex-formatter. That distribution pattern places tex-fmt in the formatter niche alongside rustfmt, prettier, and language-specific formatters: the package is valuable when an editor, CI job, or repository hook needs a reproducible formatting binary. ### How it is used Typical use is direct file formatting, check-only CI mode, recursive formatting of a repository, stdin/stdout formatting for editor integrations, disabling formatting with in-source comments, and reading options from tex-fmt.toml. The documented config search order is explicit: a named --config path, tex-fmt.toml in the current working directory, tex-fmt.toml at the git root, then a user configuration directory that differs across Linux, macOS, and Windows. ### Why package nerds care tex-fmt is interesting to package maintainers because LaTeX historically had fewer fast, conventional formatters than mainstream programming languages. A small Rust binary with package-manager and editor integration gives TeX projects a familiar formatting workflow. Its presence in Homebrew, Debian, Nix, and editor package ecosystems makes it useful for reproducible academic, documentation, and publishing repositories that want formatting checks in CI without custom scripts. ### Timeline - 2024: WGUNDERWOOD/tex-fmt repository created. - 2024: v0.2.0 released in May and v0.5.0 released in December. - 2025: v0.5.x releases continue, with v0.5.5 published in July. - 2026: Repository metadata shows continued maintenance activity into 2026. ### Related projects - LaTeX Workshop, mason.nvim, treefmt-nix, Cargo, Nix, Debian packaging, Homebrew, CTAN latex-formatter, and formatter-oriented CI workflows. ### Sources - - input.source_facts.package-manager - official GitHub release list for WGUNDERWOOD/tex-fmt ## 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 - Linux: tex-fmt.toml, ./tex-fmt.toml, /tex-fmt.toml, ~/.config/tex-fmt/tex-fmt.toml - macOS: tex-fmt.toml, ./tex-fmt.toml, /tex-fmt.toml, /Users//Library/Application Support/tex-fmt/tex-fmt.toml - Windows: tex-fmt.toml, .\tex-fmt.toml, \tex-fmt.toml, C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\tex-fmt\tex-fmt.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tex-fmt - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - tex-fmt - 0.5.2+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tex-fmt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | fast LaTeX formatter | https://github.com/WGUNDERWOOD/tex-fmt - Nix - tex-fmt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/tex-fmt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/tex-fmt: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tex-fmt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/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. - [bcpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bcpp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. - [golines](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/golines/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. - [keep-sorted](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/keep-sorted/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. - [sqlfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sqlfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. - [treefmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/treefmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. - [latexml](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/latexml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, latex, tex. - [oxfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/oxfmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, rust. - [python-tabulate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-tabulate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatting. - [dprint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dprint/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tex-fmt.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tex-fmt.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