StyLua

stylua

An opinionated Lua code formatter.

Runs as stylua|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 7 fields

Format or check Lua/Luau files and directories with StyLua. Range formatting, stdin, glob filters and per-style overrides other than indentation and column width are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui stylua

Format Lua filesExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Files or directories*

any

Verify output

--verify

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Format in place

filesverify

Check formatting

filescheckoutput_format

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Check only

Do not rewrite files; print a diff and exit with status 1 if any file needs formatting.
boolean

--check

Check output format

enum

--output-formatstandardunifiedjsonsummary

Verify output

Verify the formatted output before saving each file.
boolean

--verify

Config file

path

--config-path

Search parent directories for config

boolean

--search-parent-directories

Indent type

enum

--indent-typeTabsSpaces

Files or directories

path · positional 0 · repeatable

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

To check whether files require formatting (but not write directly to them), use the `--check` flag. - `--output-format=standard`: output a custom diff (default) - `--output-format=unified`: output a unified diff, consumable by tools like `patch` or `delta` - `--output-format=json`: output JSON representing the changes, useful for machine-readable output - `-…

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Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed stylua against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.