How to install prettier

Prettier is an opinionated formatter that rewrites sources consistently. This page carries no procedure of its own; it records what the project is and what to look at before touching it.

How it reaches a system

The route varies. Some projects publish to system repositories, some to a registry, some only as source that a dedicated build tool consumes.

Who is behind it

Day-to-day direction belongs to the maintainers. They set the roadmap, cut releases, and decide which platforms stay supported.

Worth confirming early

Establish which platforms the current release actually targets. Support ranges shift, and the newest release is frequently not the one suited to an older machine.

If something looks wrong

Surprises here are rarely the project's fault. Ordering inside the environment decides which copy wins, and that ordering is easy to get wrong.

About this site

This is a notes-only site. Projects stay with their maintainers; nothing is reproduced here.

Keeping environments clean

Isolating environments, whether with a version manager or per-project directories, removes a whole category of confusing behaviour later on.