diff --git a/src/utils/dependency-report.ts b/src/utils/dependency-report.ts
index 0737322f..f4cd6ca0 100644
--- a/src/utils/dependency-report.ts
+++ b/src/utils/dependency-report.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,50 @@
 /**
  * @fileoverview Renders ToolResult[] from the dependency checker into a
  * human-readable grouped table or JSON, and computes the process exit code.
- * Plain text only (no color) so output is stable and snapshot-friendly; the
- * CLI layer may colorize.
+ * Plain text by default (no color) so output is stable and snapshot-friendly;
+ * the CLI layer passes a `ReportStyle` to paint it (see `cli.ts`, `doctor`).
+ *
+ * Column widths are measured, not hardcoded: "Antigravity CLI" is 15 characters
+ * and the old `padEnd(14)` pushed its whole row one column right.
  *
  * @module utils/dependency-report
  */
 
+import { columnWidths, padStyled } from '../cli-style.js';
 import type { ProbeEnvironment, ToolCategory } from '../config/dependency-registry.js';
 import type { ToolResult, ToolStatus } from './dependency-checker.js';
 
 const CATEGORY_ORDER: ToolCategory[] = ['core', 'office', 'other'];
 
+/**
+ * Paint hooks for the CLI layer. Every hook is identity by default, so this
+ * module never decides anything about color and its output stays byte-stable
+ * for tests.
+ */
+export interface ReportStyle {
+  title(text: string): string;
+  heading(text: string): string;
+  glyph(result: ToolResult, glyph: string): string;
+  label(text: string): string;
+  status(result: ToolResult, text: string): string;
+  path(text: string): string;
+  meta(text: string): string;
+  summary(text: string): string;
+}
+
+const identity = (text: string): string => text;
+
+const PLAIN_STYLE: ReportStyle = {
+  title: identity,
+  heading: identity,
+  glyph: (_result, glyph) => glyph,
+  label: identity,
+  status: (_result, text) => text,
+  path: identity,
+  meta: identity,
+  summary: identity,
+};
+
 function glyph(r: ToolResult): string {
   if (r.status === 'ok') return '✓';
   if (r.status === 'skipped') return '○';
@@ -33,24 +66,34 @@ export function computeExitCode(results: ToolResult[]): number {
   return failed ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
-export function renderTable(results: ToolResult[], environment: ProbeEnvironment): string {
-  const lines: string[] = [`Codeman dependency check — ${environment}`, ''];
+export function renderTable(
+  results: ToolResult[],
+  environment: ProbeEnvironment,
+  style: ReportStyle = PLAIN_STYLE
+): string {
+  // Widths are taken across ALL categories so the groups line up with each other.
+  const [labelWidth, statusWidth] = columnWidths(results.map((r) => [r.label, statusText(r)]));
+  const lines: string[] = [style.title(`Codeman dependency check — ${environment}`), ''];
   for (const category of CATEGORY_ORDER) {
     const rows = results.filter((r) => r.category === category);
     if (rows.length === 0) continue;
-    lines.push(category.toUpperCase());
+    lines.push(style.heading(category.toUpperCase()));
     for (const r of rows) {
-      const detail = r.path ? `  ${r.path}` : '';
-      lines.push(`  ${glyph(r)} ${r.label.padEnd(14)} ${statusText(r).padEnd(22)}${detail}`);
-      if (r.usedBy.length) lines.push(`        used by: ${r.usedBy.join(', ')}`);
-      if (r.installHint) lines.push(`        install: ${r.installHint}`);
+      const label = padStyled(r.label, labelWidth ?? 0, style.label);
+      const status = padStyled(statusText(r), statusWidth ?? 0, (text) => style.status(r, text));
+      const detail = r.path ? `  ${style.path(r.path)}` : '';
+      lines.push(`  ${style.glyph(r, glyph(r))} ${label} ${status}${detail}`.trimEnd());
+      if (r.usedBy.length) lines.push(style.meta(`        used by: ${r.usedBy.join(', ')}`));
+      if (r.installHint) lines.push(style.meta(`        install: ${r.installHint}`));
     }
     lines.push('');
   }
   const ok = results.filter((r) => r.status === 'ok').length;
   const requiredMissing = results.filter((r) => r.required && r.status !== 'ok' && r.status !== 'skipped').length;
   const optionalMissing = results.filter((r) => !r.required && r.status === 'missing').length;
-  lines.push(`Summary: ${ok} ok · ${requiredMissing} required missing · ${optionalMissing} optional missing`);
+  lines.push(
+    style.summary(`Summary: ${ok} ok · ${requiredMissing} required missing · ${optionalMissing} optional missing`)
+  );
   return lines.join('\n');
 }
 
diff --git a/test/dependency-report.test.ts b/test/dependency-report.test.ts
index 813a9497..cc8c1814 100644
--- a/test/dependency-report.test.ts
+++ b/test/dependency-report.test.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,48 @@ describe('renderTable', () => {
     expect(out).toContain('document preview');
     expect(out).toContain('sudo apt install tmux');
   });
+
+  it('stays color-free unless the caller passes a style', () => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
+    expect(renderTable(results, 'linux')).not.toMatch(/\x1b\[/);
+  });
+
+  it('aligns the status column past a label wider than the old padEnd(14)', () => {
+    const wide: ToolResult[] = [
+      ...results,
+      { id: 'agy', label: 'Antigravity CLI', category: 'core', required: false, usedBy: [], status: 'missing' },
+    ];
+    const lines = renderTable(wide, 'linux').split('\n');
+    const nodeLine = lines.find((l) => l.includes('Node.js'))!;
+    const agyLine = lines.find((l) => l.includes('Antigravity CLI'))!;
+    expect(nodeLine.indexOf('22.22.1')).toBe(agyLine.indexOf('not found'));
+  });
+
+  it('applies the caller-supplied paint hooks without shifting the columns', () => {
+    const plain = renderTable(results, 'linux').split('\n');
+    const styled = renderTable(results, 'linux', {
+      title: (t) => `T{${t}}`,
+      heading: (t) => `H{${t}}`,
+      glyph: (_r, g) => `G{${g}}`,
+      label: (t) => `L{${t}}`,
+      status: (_r, t) => `S{${t}}`,
+      path: (t) => `P{${t}}`,
+      meta: (t) => `M{${t}}`,
+      summary: (t) => `Z{${t}}`,
+    }).split('\n');
+    expect(styled[0]).toBe(`T{${plain[0]}}`);
+    expect(styled.find((l) => l.includes('CORE'))).toBe('H{CORE}');
+    const nodeLine = styled.find((l) => l.includes('Node.js'))!;
+    expect(nodeLine).toContain('G{✓}');
+    expect(nodeLine).toContain('L{Node.js}');
+    expect(nodeLine).toContain('S{22.22.1}');
+    expect(nodeLine).toContain('P{/n}');
+    expect(styled.some((l) => l.startsWith('M{        used by:'))).toBe(true);
+    expect(styled[styled.length - 1]).toBe(`Z{${plain[plain.length - 1]}}`);
+    // Padding lives outside the paint, so a row with no path detail ends at its
+    // status text rather than trailing invisible spaces inside a color run.
+    expect(styled.find((l) => l.includes('S{n/a}'))!.endsWith('S{n/a}')).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('renderJson', () => {