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Description:
One code quality tool to rule them all

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: linter formatter developer-tools code-quality cli

Install: brew install precious

About:
Precious is a unified command-line interface that aggregates multiple code quality tools into a single, cohesive workflow. It acts as a wrapper for linters and formatters like ripgrep, typos, and various language-specific tools, providing consistent execution and output. The main value proposition is simplifying complex CI setups and local development by replacing dozens of individual tool invocations with one configurable system.

Key Features:

Unified CLI for multiple code quality tools
Declarative configuration via a single precious.toml file
Built-in support for parallel execution and caching
CI-friendly output with machine-readable formats

Use Cases:

Consolidating dozens of linting/formatting tools in a monorepo
Standardizing pre-commit hooks and CI pipelines
Running consistent code quality checks across different programming languages

Alternatives:

pre-commit – Precious focuses on being a single unified CLI, while pre-commit manages git hooks and tool installation separately
mega-linter – Precious is lightweight and language-agnostic, whereas mega-linter provides pre-configured Docker images with many built-in tools

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2025 5:24pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	197d6a85