vim-lsp VS coc-ccls

Compare vim-lsp vs coc-ccls and see what are their differences.

vim-lsp

async language server protocol plugin for vim and neovim (by prabirshrestha)

coc-ccls

CCLS (C/C++) extension for coc.nvim (by Maxattax97)
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vim-lsp coc-ccls
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vim-lsp

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-lsp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-27.
  • Using SonarLint language server in Vim?
    4 projects | /r/vim | 27 Oct 2023
    Has anybody managed or got an idea how to make SonarLint Language Server work with e.g. vim-lsp?
  • Vim Golang syntax is ugly
    4 projects | /r/vim | 28 May 2023
    You need to configure a language server. For C++ it's a bit tricky, so good luck with Go. There are other plugins that provide semantic highlighting using LSP, for example https://github.com/prabirshrestha/vim-lsp (I didn't try it, but it seems good).
  • Vim-writegood: nothing, but a simple Vim9 wrapper around write-good.
    5 projects | /r/vim | 21 May 2023
    ALE can use LSP as well. And if you are using vim-lsp, you can use the same instance of server for both with vim-lsp-ale bridge plugin.
  • small vimrc and lsp?
    4 projects | /r/vim | 15 May 2023
    I feel the same way. Not a one-liner but the smallest config LSP plugin I've found is vim-lsp. It works in both Vim and Neovim.
  • Should I move to NeoVim?
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 25 Apr 2023
    The only major feature that Neovim still has is a built in LSP client. But I find the built in Neovim LSP client is unusably buggy, you're much better off using any of the other LSP plugins. What I use is vim-lsp, but I've tried all of the major lsp client, they are all significantly better than the built in Neovim LSP.
  • Starting with linux, my experience
    3 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 17 Apr 2023
  • Does vim have a built in/plugin version of vscode's command click?
    2 projects | /r/vim | 14 Apr 2023
  • install lsp in vim
    3 projects | /r/vim | 27 Mar 2023
    As for install/configuration, all you need is the latest Vim, the plugins I mentioned, and that bit in your vimrc. You can do a bit better than that if you copy the entire config with mappings from the vim-lsp GitHub page.
  • How to improve deoplete and vim-lsp (pylsp /jedi-language-server)
    3 projects | /r/vim | 22 Mar 2023
    I have a problem with Deoplete and Vim-LSP completion (Python's Pylsp and Jedi-Language-Server). The suggestion is much less, and it also misses a lot of opportunities to suggest compared to Deoplete-Jedi, which literally defeats the former by a large margin. Is there a setting to make this duo works like deoplete with deoplete-jedi?
  • The Ruff python linter is insanely good
    10 projects | /r/Python | 16 Mar 2023
    - add the [prabirshrestha/vim-lsp](https://github.com/prabirshrestha/vim-lsp) plugin and config to your `.vimrc` (note: `pylsp` is *not* necessary).

coc-ccls

Posts with mentions or reviews of coc-ccls. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-30.
  • Using CoC inlay hints
    1 project | /r/neovim | 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:
  • NIR: Nim Intermediate Representation
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Sep 2023
    As recommended by michaelsbradley below, I installed https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver. I'm using coc.nvim (https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim) so I followed the instructions here from nim langserver https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver#vimneovim and seems to be working well!
  • Perl::LanguageServer in Visual Studio. Should jumping to ambigious functions work?
    3 projects | /r/perl | 1 Jul 2023
    Actually, I'm maintaining coc-perl (https://github.com/bmeneg/coc-perl), which enables the use of Perl LSP extension for vcode on vim/neovim using the CoC (https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim) backend. But it's completely on top of Perl::LanguageServer.
  • How to configure vim like an IDE
    44 projects | /r/vim | 27 Jun 2023
    For vim specifically, I've been using coc.nvim, which works pretty well for my needs, and I know its quite popular. Another fairly popular one is YouCompleteMe, which I had taken a look at for some other languages; but ended up just using coc as I can't justify using YCM once a year (if that) -- too much "headache" for not a lot of use, you know?
  • Auto-completion problems for terraform
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 May 2023
    Plug 'https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim' " Auto Completion
  • I like Tabasco.
    5 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 6 May 2023
    I do think VSCode is a great tool and I recommend it frequently to people, but I still want to set the record straight here. Yes, vim is obviously limited in the sense that as a CLI app it doesn't draw it's own PDF or HTML windows, that's fair. But it can remote control your favorite PDF viewer or browser for roughly the same functionality. I'm currently writing my thesis using vimtex and it's quite smooth. And all the other stuff you mention is implemented quite competently by various plugins like vim-fugitive, coc.nvim, vimspector and copilot.vim.
  • plugins for explorable interface and identifier highlighting
    3 projects | /r/vim | 24 Feb 2023
    Sounds like you want vim-which-key and coc.nvim.
  • How to setup auto completion, etc. using LSP and stuff without bloating everything with a plugin manager?
    11 projects | /r/neovim | 10 Feb 2023
    Another option is to just download https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim Which is basically a one stop shop for completion, and it's pretty fast, it just uses nodejs instead of built in nvim lua functions.
  • How to survive without multiple cursors in vim
    4 projects | dev.to | 4 Feb 2023
    coc.nvim
  • How I set up Vim for writing LaTex, Python, C and C++?
    4 projects | /r/vim | 27 Jan 2023
    dont over copy and paste example .vimrc, keep it simple and grow tooling as you use. for linting and code completion : https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim (easy to add languages)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-lsp and coc-ccls you can also consider the following projects:

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

tree-sitter - An incremental parsing system for programming tools

ale - Check syntax in Vim/Neovim asynchronously and fix files, with Language Server Protocol (LSP) support

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

YouCompleteMe - A code-completion engine for Vim

nvim-treesitter - Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer

python-lsp-server - Fork of the python-language-server project, maintained by the Spyder IDE team and the community

awesome-vscode - 🎨 A curated list of delightful VS Code packages and resources.

vim-lsc - A vim plugin for communicating with a language server

coc-diagnostic - diagnostic-languageserver extension for coc.nvim

jedi-language-server - A Python language server exclusively for Jedi. If Jedi supports it well, this language server should too.

nvim-autopairs - autopairs for neovim written in lua