README.md

CTags Language Server

A Language Server Protocol (LSP) implementation using universal-ctags for code completion and go-to definition.

This won't replace your dedicated language server, and it doesn't try to. The goal is to have a "better than nothing" language server that's trivial to setup for any language.

Installation

With homebrew

brew install netmute/tap/ctags-lsp

With go

You need to install its dependency universal-ctags yourself

go install github.com/netmute/ctags-lsp@latest

Use

Neovim

There is a plugin for easy integration: netmute/ctags-lsp.nvim

-- lazy.nvim
{
    "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
    dependencies = "netmute/ctags-lsp.nvim",
    config = function()
        require("lspconfig").ctags_lsp.setup({
            filetypes = { "ruby" }, -- Or whatever language you want to use it for
        })
    end,
}

Helix

Add this to ~/.config/helix/languages.toml:

[language-server.ctags-lsp]
command = "ctags-lsp"

[[language]]
name = "toml"  # Or whatever language you want to use it for
language-servers = [ "ctags-lsp" ]