vim-language-server VS coc.nvim

Compare vim-language-server vs coc.nvim and see what are their differences.

vim-language-server

VImScript language server, LSP for vim script (by iamcco)
Neovim Vim Viml Lsp Autocomplete VimScript
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coc.nvim

Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers. (by neoclide)
Autocompletion language-client Lsp vim-plugin neovim-plugin Nvim Vim
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vim-language-server coc.nvim
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2.1 9.0
10 months ago 8 days ago
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vim-language-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-language-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-28.

coc.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of coc.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-21.
  • I can't stand using VSCode so I wrote my own (it wasn't easy)
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Apr 2024
    As well as its own plugins Vim/NeoVim can use VSCode's LSPs, DAPs and extensions either directly or via plugins like CoC[1] and Mason[2].

    I would be surprised if emacs couldn't do the same.

    1. https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim

  • Existing non-lua plugins examples
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 6 Dec 2023
    The most famous TypeScript one probably is coc.nvim
  • ready to use neovim for web development (frontend) - beginners
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 5 Dec 2023
    It is flatly the wrong mindset to think of vim as an IDE. vim is a code editor: get in, make change, get out. Consider vim koans, which are a fun little read. You can throw coc.nvim at Neovim, along with a few other bits to give you a Good Enough setup, but vim isn't and will never be an IDE.
  • Using CoC inlay hints
    1 project | /r/vim | 11 Nov 2023
    I just did a fresh reinstall of CoC, on a newer version of Neovim. I'm now seeing something I hadn't seen before, which CoC calls "inlay hints". They look like this:
  • C# lsp configuration with neovim CoC
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 10 Nov 2023
    I'm currently on an old setup (using coc and polyglot) and nvim v0.6.1. I'll be updating to a more modern setup within next year, using the native lsp and building nvim more frequently. But that's not today.
  • Does anyone know some good altermatives for these Vim plugins on Emacs?
    3 projects | /r/emacs | 18 Jul 2023
    coc.nvim
  • LazyVim
    32 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jul 2023
    There are some plugins which have the best documentations I have ever seen, but you need to read it from the Vim.

    Example of coc.nvim: https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim/blob/master/doc/coc.txt

  • Resources on learning bash scripting
    5 projects | /r/bash | 4 Jul 2023
    Actually you can with coc.nvim & coc-sh. So long as shellcheck is also installed and in PATH, it'll integrate with coc/vim just fine.
  • how to set up coc.nvim extension on offline machine?
    2 projects | /r/vim | 7 Jun 2023
    When you install an extension it runs an npm install or yarn, iirc, which is going to be problematic for you being offline. I was going to say you could copy that ~/.config/coc folder directly to the other machine but yeah, Windows, no idea. You see here https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim/wiki/Using-coc-extensions
  • GCC autocompletion
    2 projects | /r/vim | 30 May 2023
    You can try https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim, the pre-requisite is to install nodeJS, then to install all the languages LSP. This works for me for Angular, Rust, JavaScript, Vimscript, etc

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-language-server and coc.nvim you can also consider the following projects:

coc-tailwind-intellisense - Coc.nvim extension for Tailwind CSS IntelliSense

YouCompleteMe - A code-completion engine for Vim

eclipse.jdt.ls - Java language server

vim-lsp - async language server protocol plugin for vim and neovim

cmake-language-server - CMake LSP Implementation

nvim-treesitter - Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer

EmmyLua-LanguageServer

nvim-cmp - A completion plugin for neovim coded in Lua.

atom-languageclient - Language Server Protocol support for Atom (the basis of Atom-IDE)

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

LunarVim - 🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

vim-language-server vs coc-tailwind-intellisense coc.nvim vs YouCompleteMe vim-language-server vs eclipse.jdt.ls coc.nvim vs vim-lsp vim-language-server vs cmake-language-server coc.nvim vs nvim-treesitter vim-language-server vs EmmyLua-LanguageServer coc.nvim vs nvim-cmp vim-language-server vs atom-languageclient coc.nvim vs nvim-lspconfig vim-language-server vs vim-lsp coc.nvim vs LunarVim