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Black

black.readthedocs.io

swift-format

github.com

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FigureBlackswift-format
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYes—
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOS—Yes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published11
Spec score · Code Formatting Tools8.7 (#1)7.4 (#27)
Spec score · Code formatters8.7 (#1)7.3 (#15)
FormattingBlack reformats whole files in place and uses a default line length of 88 characters.Its format command formats one or more Swift source files or source code read from standard input.
IntegrationsThe documentation lists editor and IDE, GitHub Actions, source version control, and doctest formatting integrations.swift-format provides formatting technology for SourceKit-LSP.
LicenseBlack is licensed under the MIT license.The repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0.
PurposeBlack is an opinionated formatter for Python code that follows PEP 8.swift-format provides formatting technology for Swift source code and building blocks for code formatting transformations.

Plans

Black

  • BlackFree

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swift-format

  • swift-formatFree

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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.

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swift-format

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