Prettier

Formats your code the same way every time.

One opinionated formatter, run on save. It ends arguments about spacing and, more usefully here, keeps every AI-generated file looking like the rest of the project instead of like whichever model wrote it.

Key info

Pricing

Open source

Platform

macOS · Windows · Linux

Category

Plugins

Best for

Beginner

Cost

Free and open source (MIT)

Install

Prettier - Code formatter, in the VS Code marketplace

Set up

Make it the default formatter and tick Format on save

Handles

JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML, JSON, Markdown and more

Good for

Every file looking the same, whoever or whatever wrote it

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