zls on Homebrew

Zig Language Server, or zls, is a language server for Zig. The Zig wiki states that "The Zig community is decentralized" and "There is no concept of 'official' or 'unofficial'", so instead of calling zls unofficial, and I'm going to call it a cool option, one of many.

Installation
- Build Options
- Configuration Options
Usage
Related Projects
License

Installation

Installing zls is pretty simple;

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/zigtools/zls
cd zls
zig build

# To configure ZLS:
zig build config

Build Options

Option	Type	Default Value	What it Does
`-Ddata_version`	`string` (master or 0.6.0)	0.6.0	The data file version. This selects the files in the `src/data` folder that correspond to the Zig version being served.

Then, you can use the zls executable in an editor of your choice that has a Zig language server client!

Note: zls itself must be built using the master branch of zig currently due to a bug in std.json which was fixed after 0.6.0 was released, as well as various parser changes that have happened since.

Configuration Options

You can configure zls by providing a zls.json file.
zls will look for a zls.json configuration file in multiple locations with the following priority:

In the folders open in your workspace (this applies for files in those folders)
In the local configuration folder of your OS (as provided by known-folders)
In the same directory as the executable

The following options are currently available.

Option	Type	Default value	What it Does
`enable_snippets`	`bool`	`false`	Enables snippet completion, set to false for compatibility with language clients that do not support snippets (such as ale).
`zig_lib_path`	`?[]const u8`	`null`	zig library path, e.g. `/path/to/zig/lib/zig`, used to analyze std library imports.
`warn_style`	`bool`	`false`	Enables warnings for style guideline mismatches
`build_runner_path`	`?[]const u8`	`null`	Path to the build_runner.zig file provided by zls. This option must be present in one of the global configuration files to have any effect. `null` is equivalent to `${executable_directory}/build_runner.zig`

Usage

zls will supercharge your Zig programming experience with autocomplete, function documentation, and more! Follow the instructions for your specific editor below:

VSCode

Install the zls-vscode extension from here.

Sublime Text 3

Install the LSP package from here or via Package Control.
Add this snippet to LSP's user settings:

{
    "clients": {
        "zig":{
            "command": ["zls"],
            "enabled": true,
            "languageId": "zig",
            "scopes": ["source.zig"],
            "syntaxes": ["Packages/Zig/Syntaxes/Zig.tmLanguage"]
        }
    }
}

Kate

Enable LSP client plugin in Kate settings.
Add this snippet to LSP client's user settings (e.g. /$HOME/.config/kate/lspclient) (or paste it in LSP client's GUI settings)

{
    "servers": {
        "zig": {
            "command": ["zls"],
            "url": "https://github.com/zigtools/zls",
            "highlightingModeRegex": "^Zig$"
        }
    }
}

Related Projects

sublime-zig-language by @prime31
- Supports basic language features
- Uses data provided by src/data to perform builtin autocompletion
zig-lsp by @xackus
- Inspiration for zls
known-folders by @ziglibs
- Provides API to acces known folders on Linux, Windows and Mac OS