# findent を Homebrew, apt, Nix でインストール

findent のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:findent
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install findent
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install findent
```

  証拠: Debian stable package indexes: findent from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#findent
```

  証拠: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/findent/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:findent
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 4.3.7
- **ソース概要:** Indent and beautify Fortran sources and generate dependency information
- **ホームページ:** <https://www.ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/findent/index.html>
- **最終更新:** 2026-05-27T13:37:25Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- findent (エイリアス)
- wfindent (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 4.3.7
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

findent is a command-line indenter, formatter, converter, relabeler, and dependency helper for Fortran source code.

It matters to package users because Fortran tooling often lives in long-lived scientific and engineering codebases, where a small formatter that understands fixed and free form source is more useful than a general-purpose beautifier.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The official site describes findent as a program to indent and relabel Fortran sources, with conversion between fixed and free form in both directions. The design document says the program became more complex than originally expected, leading to written documentation of its internals.

The design objectives emphasize reliability for serious projects involving large Fortran programs. findent deliberately reads from standard input and writes to standard output, avoids configuration files, and is controlled by command-line options plus an environment variable.

The changelog shows the tool growing from indentation into broader Fortran maintenance support: relabeling, OpenMP awareness, dependency generation through --deps and --makefdeps, editor integration, Debian compliance work, and continued handling of older dialect constructs.

### 採用の歴史

findent's adoption is rooted in the Fortran ecosystem rather than the general developer-tool mainstream. It appears where users need repeatable formatting for legacy and modern Fortran, including fixed-form sources and code using older extensions.

The project ships wrappers and editor integration for vim, emacs, and gedit, which is strong evidence that its intended users include people editing real Fortran projects rather than only running one-off conversions.

Its presence in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix reflects a cross-platform scientific-programming tool that package managers keep available because rebuilding or maintaining Fortran code often depends on small specialized utilities.

### 使われ方

Basic use is intentionally Unix-like: run `findent < program.f90 > newprogram.f90`, with automatic detection of fixed or free format where possible.

Users can tune indentation categories from the command line, convert between fixed and free forms, relabel source, refactor END statements, and generate dependency information for build systems.

The design document says findent uses no configuration files; options come from command-line parameters and an environment variable, which keeps package installation simple and avoids per-user config discovery.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

findent is the kind of niche compiler-adjacent tool package managers are good at preserving: tiny executable surface, real language knowledge, and disproportionate value for legacy code maintainers.

Its support for stdin/stdout, wrappers, editor integrations, and dependency-generation flags makes it useful in scripts, editor hooks, and build systems without needing a larger Fortran IDE.

### タイムライン

- 1.2: Early archived release listed in official SourceForge files.
- 2.8.0: Changelog notes `! findentfix` and documentation cleanup.
- 2.8.5: OpenMP awareness implemented.
- 3.0.0: Dependency generation added with --deps and --makefdeps.
- 4.1.x: Relabeling and additional editor/wrapper improvements documented.
- 2024: Design and usage document published on the official site.
- 2026: 4.3.7 release files published on SourceForge.

### Related projects

- findent is related to Fortran compilers, editor integrations for vim/emacs/gedit, build dependency tools, and other Fortran source formatters.
- It sits near formatter and refactoring utilities rather than language servers or full IDEs.

### ソース

- <https://www.ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/findent/index.html>
- <https://www.ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/findent/design_and_usage/index.html>
- <https://www.ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/findent/changelog/index.html>
- <https://www.ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/findent/man_page/index.html>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/findent/files/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/p/findent/code/HEAD/tree>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - findent - 4.3.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: findent from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | indents/converts Fortran sources | https://sourceforge.net/projects/findent/
- Nix - findent: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/findent/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - findent - 4.3.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: findent from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | indents/converts Fortran sources | https://sourceforge.net/projects/findent/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/findent.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/findent.yml)


## ソース

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
