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Introduction ​

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What is lsp-zero? ​

Collection of functions that will help you setup Neovim's LSP client, so you can get IDE-like features with minimum effort.

Out of the box it will help you integrate nvim-cmp (an autocompletion plugin) and nvim-lspconfig (a collection of configurations for various language servers).

The goal is to reduce the boilerplate code needed to configure Neovim's LSP client and have autocompletion working.

A minimal configuration can look like this.

lua
require('lsp-zero')
require('lspconfig').intelephense.setup({})

What does it do? ​

Here's a demo that shows the features a minimal configuration can enable.

asciicast

See in asciinema.

Features shown:

  • Linting. Error messages are shown inline.
  • Smart code autocompletion.
  • Go to definition of function.
  • Autoimport missing class.
  • Format selected range.

lsp-zero's role in all of this is to make sure nvim-lspconfig and nvim-cmp are setup correctly. These two plugins (plus intelephense, a language server) are the ones that do the heavy lifting. lsp-zero "connects" them so you can have working setup with very little code.

How to get started? ​

If you are new to neovim and you don't have a configuration file (init.lua) follow this step by step tutorial.

If you know how to configure neovim go to the Getting started section.

Also consider you might not need lsp-zero.