Black vs Laravel Pint
Black
black.readthedocs.ioLaravel Pint
laravel.comSide by side
| Figure | Black | Laravel Pint |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Code Formatting Tools | 8.7 (#1) | 8.3 (#5) |
| CI integration | Black provides a GitHub Actions integration that supports GitHub-hosted runner operating systems. | Laravel documents configuring GitHub Actions to run Pint when code is pushed to GitHub. |
| Installation | Black installs with pip or pipx and requires Python 3.10 or later to run. | Pint is included in recent Laravel framework releases; older applications can install it with Composer. |
| License | Black is licensed under the MIT license. | The Laravel Pint repository identifies Pint as open-source software licensed under the MIT license. |
| Purpose | Black is an opinionated formatter for Python code that follows PEP 8. | Laravel Pint is an opinionated PHP code style fixer built on PHP CS Fixer. |
Plans
In their own words
Black
Black is a free, MIT-licensed formatter for Python code that follows PEP 8. It reformats whole files in place and uses a default line length of 88 characters. Its limited style choices are intended to keep code consistent across projects; indentation style cannot be configured. After formatting, Black checks whether the abstract syntax tree remains effectively equivalent and raises an error if the check fails. Install it with pip; it requires Python 3.10 or newer. The documentation lists editor integrations including Emacs, PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA, Vim, Neovim, Visual Studio Code and Sublime Text, as well as GitHub Actions and doctest workflows. Notebook formatting is available with the jupyter extra, though Black skips cells containing certain magics or invalid syntax. It also includes blackd, an HTTP server that binds to localhost by default. Black is primarily a command-line tool and does not provide a Python interface. Stable releases preserve formatting within the same calendar year when the options match.
Laravel Pint
Laravel Pint has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.