# Install tfsort with Homebrew, Nix CLI to sort Terraform variables and outputs. Version 0.7.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tfsort ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tfsort ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tfsort ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tf/tfsort/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tfsort - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.7.1 - **Source summary:** CLI to sort Terraform variables and outputs - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - tfsort (cli) - tfsort (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.7.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/tfsort - Upstream latest detected: v0.7.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage tfsort is a small Terraform/HCL formatting utility. Its README describes a CLI for alphabetically sorting Terraform `variable`, `output`, `locals`, and `terraform` blocks, while also cleaning spacing and leading or trailing newlines. ### Project history The project was created by Alexander Nabokikh and is distributed as a Go-based command-line tool. Its release page shows continuing releases through v0.7.1 in July 2025. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through Homebrew, Nix, Chocolatey, Go install, binary releases, and source builds. The input metadata records Homebrew and Nix packaging. ### How it is used The package-nerd use case is local cleanup of Terraform repositories: run `tfsort` on a file, feed it stdin, or process a directory recursively. The README documents dry-run mode and recursive processing while skipping `.git`, `.terraform`, and `.terragrunt-cache`. ### Why package nerds care tfsort sits in the small-tool layer around Terraform: it does not replace `terraform fmt`, but gives users a packageable CLI for opinionated ordering of common HCL blocks in `.tf`, `.hcl`, and `.tofu` files. ### Timeline - 2023-02-24: The GitHub releases page lists tfsort v0.2.1. - 2025-07-14: The GitHub releases page lists tfsort v0.7.1. - 2026: The input metadata records tfsort in Homebrew and Nix. ### Related projects - tfsort is adjacent to Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, and other HCL formatting or linting tools used before review and CI. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## 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:** tfsort - **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 - Nix - tfsort: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tf/tfsort/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [iam-policy-json-to-terraform](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iam-policy-json-to-terraform/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [tfschema](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tfschema/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [tfstate-lookup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tfstate-lookup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [tfupdate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tfupdate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [k2tf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/k2tf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [terraform-inventory](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-inventory/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [terraform-module-versions](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-module-versions/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [terraform_landscape](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-landscape/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tfsort.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tfsort.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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