Command-line tool

prettier

brew/prettier

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC · Still published on npm

Code formatter for JavaScript, CSS, JSON, GraphQL, Markdown, YAML

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC

Install it

Windows

npm install -g prettier

macOS

brew install prettier
npm install -g prettier

Linux

npm install -g prettier

Format a file and print the result to `stdout`

prettier path/to/file

Check if a specific file has been formatted

prettier --check path/to/file

Run with a specific configuration file

prettier --config path/to/config_file path/to/file

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• Converting to Markdown

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