prettierd ☆
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Description:
Prettier daemon
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.26.2@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 24, 2025
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Stars: 962  |  Forks: 31  |  Language: TypeScript  |  Category: Developer tools
Tags: prettier formatter daemon typescript javascript developer-tools
Install: brew install prettierd
About:
prettierd is a background daemon that runs Prettier, the popular code formatter, as a persistent service. It eliminates the startup overhead of Node.js and Prettier by keeping the formatter in memory, resulting in significantly faster formatting operations. This is particularly effective for on-the-fly formatting in code editors and pre-commit hooks.
Key Features:
  • Significantly faster formatting by eliminating Node.js startup time
  • Persistent background daemon process
  • Drop-in replacement for the standard prettier CLI
  • Reduces resource usage for frequent formatting tasks
Use Cases:
  • Accelerating code formatting in editor integrations (e.g., ALE, coc-prettier)
  • Speeding up git pre-commit hooks that run Prettier on multiple files
  • CI/CD pipelines requiring rapid code formatting checks
Alternatives:
  • Prettier (CLI) – The standard tool; prettierd offers significantly better performance for repeated calls by avoiding process startup costs.
  • dprint – A modern, extensible code formatter written in Rust that is inherently fast, but uses a different plugin ecosystem than Prettier.
Version History
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Dec 24, 2025 9:55pm 0.26.2 0 VERSION_BUMP 1e2b78c5
Jan 6, 2025 5:49am 0 VERSION_BUMP 657a34f7
Aug 24, 2024 7:11pm 0 VERSION_BUMP f046f7b1
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