This installs the badness command globally. The package detects your platform at install time and pulls in a prebuilt binary via npm's optional dependencies; no Rust toolchain or postinstall download required.

You can also use it without a global install:

npx badness format document.tex

Usage

badness format document.tex     # format in place
badness format <document.tex    # read stdin, write stdout
badness lint document.tex       # lint
badness lint --fix document.tex # lint and apply auto-fixes
badness lsp                     # start the language server

See badness --help and the documentation for the full feature list and configuration reference.

Supported platforms

Prebuilt binaries are shipped for:

Linux x64 (glibc and musl)
Linux arm64 (glibc and musl)
macOS x64 (Intel) and arm64 (Apple Silicon)
Windows x64 and arm64

If your platform isn't covered, install via Cargo, PyPI, or one of the other methods listed at https://badness.dev/.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

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Package last updated on 01 Aug 2026

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