vformat vs uncrustify

vformat

A Python str.format() like formatter, based on Text.Printf (by versioncloud)

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uncrustify

Code beautifier (by uncrustify)

Beautifier Beautify code-style Format Formatter

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uncrustify.sourceforge.net

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vformat		uncrustify
	Project
-	Mentions	5
0	Stars	2,797
-	Growth	0.6%
0.0	Activity	9.2
about 4 years ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
Haskell	Language	C++
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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vformat

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

uncrustify

Posts with mentions or reviews of uncrustify. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-13.

Any great examples of Uncrustify configs for C programs?
1 project | /r/cprogramming | 20 Dec 2022

Looks like they already ship the GOAT: https://github.com/uncrustify/uncrustify/blob/master/etc/linux.cfg
Code formatter with trailing commas?
1 project | /r/elm | 21 Oct 2022
C/C++ pre-commit hooks for static analyzers and linters
9 projects | /r/cpp | 13 Sep 2021

these two C/C++ code formatters: * clang-format * uncrustify
Top 5 Java Linters
2 projects | dev.to | 11 Jul 2021

Uncrustify
Code style tool
2 projects | /r/cpp | 11 Apr 2021

cd ~ git clone https://github.com/uncrustify/uncrustify.git

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vformat and uncrustify you can also consider the following projects:

vformat-aeson

cpplint - Static code checker for C++

vformat-time

latexindent.pl - Perl script to add indentation (leading horizontal space) to LaTeX files. It can modify line breaks before, during and after code blocks; it can perform text wrapping and paragraph line break removal. It can also perform string-based and regex-based substitutions/replacements. The script is customisable through its YAML interface.

printf - Tiny, fast, non-dependent and fully loaded printf implementation for embedded systems. Extensive test suite passing.

Cppcheck - static analysis of C/C++ code

go-plus - An Enhanced Go Experience For The Atom Editor

include-what-you-use - A tool for use with clang to analyze #includes in C and C++ source files

indicators - Activity Indicators for Modern C++

cmake-lint - Fork of https://github.com/richq/cmake-lint to continue maintenance

OCLint - A static source code analysis tool to improve quality and reduce defects for C, C++ and Objective-C