yamlfix is an opinionated YAML formatter that automatically applies consistent styling while preserving comments.
It can process individual files or entire directory trees from the command line and is also available as a Python library.
The formatter corrects indentation, normalizes truthy values, removes unnecessary quotes, adjusts comments and splits long lines. Its behaviour can be customized through pyproject.toml, dedicated TOML configuration files or environment variables.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Formats YAML files while retaining their comments.
- Processes individual files or directories recursively.
- Corrects indentation and normalizes truthy values.
- Removes unnecessary quotation marks from scalar values.
- Supports configurable flow-style and block-style sequences.
- Respects Jinja2 syntax embedded within YAML files.
- Offers command-line and Python library interfaces.
- Reads settings from pyproject.toml, TOML files and environment variables.
- Supports configurable line lengths, whitespace and comment formatting.
- Ensures files contain a single trailing newline.
Website: github.com/lyz-code/yamlfix
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Developer: Lyz
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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| pretty-yaml | Human-readable YAML-serialized data |
| yam | Little formatter for YAML |
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