Command-line tool

stylua

brew/stylua

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Opinionated Lua code formatter hacktoberfest printer formatter lua luau luaformatter pretty-printer stylua

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id JohnnyMorganz.StyLua -e
scoop install stylua
cargo install stylua

macOS

brew install stylua
cargo install stylua

Linux

brew install stylua
cargo install stylua

Auto-format a file or an entire directory

stylua path/to/file_or_directory

Check if a specific file has been formatted

stylua --check path/to/file

Run with a specific configuration file

stylua --config-path path/to/config_file path/to/file

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