ycmd VS ale

Compare ycmd vs ale and see what are their differences.

ale

Check syntax in Vim asynchronously and fix files, with Language Server Protocol (LSP) support [Moved to: https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale] (by w0rp)
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ycmd ale
2 1
1,680 11,770
0.5% -
8.1 8.9
10 days ago almost 2 years ago
Python Vim Script
GNU General Public License v3.0 only BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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ycmd

Posts with mentions or reviews of ycmd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-09.
  • Tip: YcmCompleter's FixIt allows performing refactorings unrelated to diagnostics
    2 projects | /r/vim | 9 Dec 2022
    Funny thing, I have totally found it out by accident, while looking through ycmd PRs and issues to check whether it supports LSP CodeActions provided by clangd. In this PR, which doesn't seem really ground-breaking, the maintainer mentioned that the code actions will be exposed via FixIt subcommand. I immediately switched to Vim to check whether it actually works, and BAH! There it is!
  • Where to start with LSP in Vim?
    13 projects | /r/vim | 9 Jun 2022
    BTW: I opened this : https://github.com/ycm-core/ycmd/pull/1641 and added this: https://github.com/ycm-core/lsp-examples/tree/master/python in case you want to try YCM with pyright.

ale

Posts with mentions or reviews of ale. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-09.
  • Where to start with LSP in Vim?
    13 projects | /r/vim | 9 Jun 2022
    https://github.com/w0rp/ale (what I currently use b/c it integrates linters as well as Language Servers & it is the best zero-config LSP plugin for vim)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ycmd and ale you can also consider the following projects:

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

vim-easycomplete - 杭州市余杭区最好用的 VIM/NVIM 代码补全插件

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

autosuggest.vim - Autocompletion for Vim's command line.

vim-lsp-ale - Bridge between vim-lsp and ALE

vimcomplete - Async autocompletion for Vim.

lsp-examples - Use any language server with YouCompleteMe.

prorab - :construction_worker: non-recursive GNU make-based build framework

coc-ccls - CCLS (C/C++) extension for coc.nvim

vim-template - Simple templates plugin for Vim