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Rust diagnostic provider based on Bacon. Version 0.29.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-11.

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macOS

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brew install bacon-ls

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overview

Package summary

Rust diagnostic provider based on Bacon

Commands and aliases

  • bacon-ls

history

Project history and usage

bacon-ls is a Rust language-server companion that publishes diagnostics from Bacon or directly from cargo. It is designed to supplement rust-analyzer, not replace it.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in May 2024. Its README frames the project around a specific pain point: rust-analyzer diagnostics can be slow on large Rust codebases, so bacon-ls exposes LSP diagnostic capabilities backed by Bacon or cargo.

By 2025-2026 the project had a steady GitHub release train from 0.6.0 to 0.29.0. The README documents an important evolution: the cargo backend became available in 0.23.0 and became the default in 0.26.0, making bacon-ls useful even without a separate background bacon process.

Adoption history

Adoption is concentrated in editor and Rust-tooling circles. The README documents VS Code extension distribution through VSCE and Open VSX, Mason.nvim installation, manual cargo install, and Nix flakes. Homebrew packaging adds another general-purpose install path.

How it is used

Users install bacon-ls alongside Rust tooling and configure an editor LSP client. It can publish diagnostics on save, open, close, rename, and manual triggers; run cargo check or clippy directly; or read Bacon's exported diagnostics file when Bacon is already running.

Why package nerds care

bacon-ls is notable because it packages a focused LSP surface around diagnostics only. For Rust developers with large workspaces, it is a small composable alternative to making rust-analyzer do every job, and its packaging across cargo, editor registries, Nix, Mason, and Homebrew reflects modern developer-tool distribution.

Timeline

  • 2024: GitHub repository created for crisidev/bacon-ls.
  • 2025: 0.6.0 published as the earliest GitHub release listed by the repository.
  • 2025: 0.23.0 introduced the cargo backend according to the README.
  • 2025: 0.26.0 made the cargo backend the default according to the README.
  • 2026: 0.29.0 published in GitHub releases.

Related projects

  • The README explicitly relates bacon-ls to Bacon, rust-analyzer, cargo check, cargo clippy, the Language Server Protocol, VS Code, Mason.nvim, Neovim, Coc.nvim, Helix, Crates.io, and Nix flakes.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
bacon-lscliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.29.0
manager updated2026-05-11
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.29.0

https://github.com/crisidev/bacon-ls

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:bacon-ls
Version0.29.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bacon-ls
Homepagehttps://github.com/crisidev/bacon-ls
Repositoryhttps://github.com/crisidev/bacon-ls
Upstream docshttps://github.com/crisidev/bacon-ls#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/crisidev/bacon-ls/archive/refs/tags/0.29.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-11T19:24:01-04:00
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namebacon-ls
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • fish-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, diagnostics, language-server.
  • harperShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust.
  • milletShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust.
  • phpantom-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust.
  • pylyzerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust.
  • tyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment