Is there an automatic code formatter for C#? [closed]

Answer 1

The .NET Foundation just released their code formatting tool on GitHub

https://github.com/dotnet/codeformatter

It uses the Roslyn compiler services to parse project documents and convert them to their expected formatting conventions. They're applying this to some of the very old CLR code in order to make all the projects consistent.

Answer 2

Not directly, but I use the Agent Smith plugin for R# to do this. Unfortunately, R# isn't free.

Answer 3

I haven't tried this (found it through Google). It might work. http://www.semdesigns.com/Products/Formatters/CSharpFormatter.html. It's fairly cheap at USD50, but a trial is not available.

Answer 4

Also take a look at Microsoft StyleCop

Answer 5

Another option: NArrange;

• free
• console based (so good for commit hooks etc, but can still be used as an "External Tool" in VS)
• flexible config file

Answer 6

http://www.sourceformat.com/

This tool is around (~30$). I tried it and it works nice (with multiple languages).

I like this tool the best because it doesn't check code file for correctness. I can post code snippets from the Internet and it will translate them correctly no matter if they are in missing parts of the code. Other tools I try complain in that cases. The tool can also be integrated easily into editors as it allows command line driving.

Other tools:

http://www.polystyle.com/index.jsp

http://astyle.sourceforge.net/ (open source)