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Best Code Formatting Tools 2026
Consistent formatting can make code easier to work with across projects and languages. Accessibility Test Framework for Android, swift-format, and Black are among the tools to compare. Consider supported languages and platforms, editor integration, and library API access when assessing how a formatter might fit your development environment. Changed-lines formatting and ignore files are also useful workflow distinctions. The entries are compared on free-plan availability, license model, and paid-from pricing, so you can weigh access and cost against the languages, editors, and formatting features you need.
Prettier
Prettier suits developers and teams seeking consistent code formatting across supported languages and editors.
WebWindowsMac+4Ruff
WebWindowsMac+2Black
Black suits Python developers and teams who want a shared formatting style with limited configuration.
WindowsMacLinux+1Fourmolu
Fourmolu suits Haskell developers who want configurable formatting in command-line, browser, editor, or CI workflows.
WebWindowsLinuxRust developers who want consistent formatting in files, Cargo projects, or editor workflows may find rustfmt useful.
Spotless suits development teams that want automated formatting checks or fixes inside build workflows.
Zig fmt suits Zig developers who want consistent formatting or a check that flags files outside the canonical style.
It suits shell developers and teams maintaining POSIX Shell, Bash, Zsh, mksh, or Bats code.
Taplo suits developers who work with TOML and want command-line validation, formatting, conversion, queries, or editor support.
Biome suits people maintaining web projects who want formatting, linting, and import organization in one toolchain.
dprint suits developers who want configurable code formatting in projects spanning its supported languages.
gofmt suits Go developers who want a command-line formatter or editor and version-control integrations.
Scalafmt suits Scala developers who want consistent formatting across a team and use an editor, build tool, or terminal workflow.
CSharpier suits developers who want opinionated C# and XML formatting in projects, editors, builds, or CI pipelines.
pgFormatter suits developers who want to format PostgreSQL SQL or PL/pgSQL from a console, CGI setup, editor, or pre-commit workflow.
Pint suits PHP developers, especially teams working in Laravel projects, who want a consistent code style.