tabulate ☆

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Description:
Table Maker for Modern C++

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: c++ library table ascii header-only formatting

Install: brew install tabulate

About:
Tabulate is a header-only C++ library for creating beautiful ASCII tables. It provides a simple, fluent API for formatting text into tables with features like cell merging, text alignment, and automatic content wrapping. The library requires no external dependencies and integrates easily into modern C++ projects.

Key Features:

Header-only library with no dependencies
Fluent, easy-to-use API for table construction
Supports cell styling, alignment, and merging
Automatic column width calculation and text wrapping
Output to console, string, or markdown formats

Use Cases:

Formatting command-line tool output for better readability
Displaying tabular data in C++ console applications
Generating ASCII reports and logs

Alternatives:

cpp-pretty-print – cpp-pretty-print is another C++ library for printing containers, but Tabulate focuses specifically on structured tabular data with more formatting options.
python-tabulate – A Python library with similar functionality, but Tabulate brings this capability to C++ projects.

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