# Install ansible-language-server with Homebrew, Nix Language Server for Ansible Files. Version 26.6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-02. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ansible-language-server ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ansible-language-server ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ansible-language-server ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: ansible-language-server from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ansible-language-server - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 26.6.0 - **Source summary:** Language Server for Ansible Files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-02T13:00:20Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ansible-language-server (cli) - ansible-language-server (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 26.6.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-02 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Ansible Language Server is the LSP server used by editor integrations to provide Ansible-aware syntax highlighting, validation, linting, completion, documentation references, and navigation. ### Project history The separate ansible-language-server repository now states that the codebase is included in the Ansible VS Code Extension repository. The active source repository for the Homebrew formula is therefore ansible/vscode-ansible. The language server is documented as a reusable server rather than only a VS Code internals package. Its docs say it is used by the Ansible extension for VS Code/Codium, Vim/Neovim integrations, and Emacs LSP clients, and that releases are published to npm. ### Adoption history The project follows the wider editor shift toward Language Server Protocol support: instead of every editor implementing Ansible-specific YAML behavior independently, the server centralizes Ansible semantics and lets multiple editors consume them. Homebrew packaging makes the NPM-published language server easy to install as a standalone executable for editors such as Neovim or Emacs, where users often wire language servers by path. ### How it is used In practice, users rarely run the language server directly unless configuring an editor. The server is launched by editor clients and uses the local Ansible tooling stack to provide validation, linting, completion, and documentation lookup for playbooks, roles, and collections. For VS Code users it is bundled into the Red Hat Ansible extension experience; for terminal-editor users, the packaged `ansible-language-server` executable is the useful artifact. ### Why package nerds care This package is a nice example of a GUI-adjacent tool becoming a standalone CLI dependency. Although born from editor integration, the language server is valuable to package managers because LSP tooling expects real executables discoverable on PATH. Its migration into the vscode-ansible repository is also notable: the source tree is unified with the main extension, while the language server remains separately releasable and packageable. ### Timeline - 2021: Early 1.x tags appear for the Ansible language-server/editor integration line. - 2024: Maintainers decide to merge ansible-language-server back into the vscode-ansible repository while keeping separate releases. - 2024: The release line moves into calendar-style 24.x versions. - 2026: NPM and Homebrew carry 26.x releases of the standalone language server. ### Related projects - ansible/vscode-ansible contains the active codebase and VS Code extension. - ansible-lint supplies linting behavior surfaced by editor integrations. - yaml-language-server and editor LSP clients are adjacent pieces in typical Ansible editor setups. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ansible-language-server. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ansible-language-server - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - ansible-language-server: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: ansible-language-server from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [expert](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/expert/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [fennel-ls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fennel-ls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [fortls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fortls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [gopls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gopls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [haskell-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/haskell-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [helm-ls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helm-ls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [jq-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jq-lsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [lspmux](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lspmux/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [vtsls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vtsls/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, language, language-server. - [bash-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bash-language-server/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, language, language-server. - [docker-compose-langserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docker-compose-langserver/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, language, language-server. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ansible-language-server.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ansible-language-server.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph