# Install bacon-ls with Homebrew Rust diagnostic provider based on Bacon. Version 0.29.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-11. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bacon-ls ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bacon-ls ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bacon-ls - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.29.0 - **Source summary:** Rust diagnostic provider based on Bacon - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-11T19:24:01-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - bacon-ls (cli) - bacon-ls (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.29.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-11 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/crisidev/bacon-ls - Upstream latest detected: 0.29.0 (current) ## 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. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** bacon-ls - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## 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. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [fish-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fish-lsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, diagnostics, language-server. - [harper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/harper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust. - [millet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/millet/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust. - [phpantom-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/phpantom-lsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust. - [pylyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pylyzer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust. - [ty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ty/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust. - [zuban](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zuban/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, rust. - [action-validator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/action-validator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bacon-ls.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bacon-ls.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph