Badness is a language server, formatter, and linter for LaTeX documents.
npm install -g badness
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
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.
Prebuilt binaries are shipped for:
If your platform isn't covered, install via Cargo, PyPI, or one of the other methods listed at https://badness.dev/.
MIT. See LICENSE.
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A language, formatter, and linter for LaTeX
The npm package badness receives a total of 82 weekly downloads. As such, badness popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that badness demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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