# joaotavora/eglot

A client for Language Server Protocol servers

Repository: https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/eglot
Language: Emacs Lisp
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-17T01:16:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3305, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2553, forks 214 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:00.576025+00:00)

## What it is
Eglot is an Emacs client for Language Server Protocol (LSP) servers, providing IDE-like features such as completion, diagnostics, and go-to-definition. It ships with Emacs core and supports many language servers out of the box with minimal configuration.

## Use cases
- add LSP support to Emacs
- get code completion and diagnostics in Emacs
- connect Emacs to clangd or gopls
- turn Emacs into an IDE for multiple languages
- configure language servers in Emacs with minimal setup

## When to choose
- you use Emacs and want built-in, low-configuration LSP support
- you prefer a client that stays out of your way without heavy customization
- you want LSP features without installing third-party frameworks like LSP-mode

## When to avoid
- you use Vim, Neovim, or VS Code instead of Emacs
- you need extensive UI-heavy IDE features or deep third-party extension ecosystems
- you run an Emacs version older than 26.3

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: emacs, lsp, language-server-protocol, ide-features, code-intelligence

## Member repositories
- joaotavora/eglot (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.576025+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:23:47.179518+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.576025+00:00, sha e65d52b6d17c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.