# Install dockerfile-language-server with Homebrew, Nix, pacman Language server for Dockerfiles powered by Node, TypeScript, and VSCode. Version 0.15.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dockerfile-language-server ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dockerfile-language-server ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dockerfile-language-server ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dockerfile-language-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dockerfile-language-server ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dockerfile-language-server from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dockerfile-language-server - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.15.0 - **Source summary:** Language server for Dockerfiles powered by Node, TypeScript, and VSCode - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - docker-langserver (cli) - docker-langserver (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 0.15.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/rcjsuen/dockerfile-language-server - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Dockerfile Language Server is Ryan C. J. Suen's TypeScript/Node.js language-server wrapper for Dockerfile editor features. It packages Dockerfile parsing, diagnostics, completion, hover, formatting, rename, document symbols, semantic highlighting, and other LSP capabilities behind the `docker-langserver` executable. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in June 2017, soon after the Language Server Protocol had become the common way to share editor intelligence across IDEs. The README is explicit that this repository is the server launcher and LSP-facing layer, while Dockerfile analysis lives in sibling libraries such as `dockerfile-ast`, `dockerfile-language-service`, and `dockerfile-utils`. The npm package `dockerfile-language-server-nodejs` was first published in July 2017 and reached version 0.15.0 in October 2025. GitHub releases show a v0.0.24 release in June 2020, while tags and npm metadata show later maintenance continuing through the 0.15.x line. ### Adoption history The project's adoption is more important through editor integrations than through direct command-line use. Its README lists users including Microsoft's VS Code Docker extension, Sublime LSP Dockerfile support, Zed Dockerfile support, atom-ide-docker, Sourcegraph, Theia, and Emacs lsp-mode. Homebrew packages it as `dockerfile-language-server`, giving non-npm package-manager users a direct install path for `docker-langserver`. The Homebrew formula API reported stable version 0.15.0, 43 installs in the previous 30 days, and 1,436 installs in the previous year as of June 30, 2026. ### How it is used Users install the Node package or Homebrew formula, then run `docker-langserver` over Node IPC, stdio, or a socket so an editor or language-server client can speak LSP to it. The README also documents Docker image usage under `rcjsuen/docker-langserver`. ### Why package nerds care This package matters because it turns Dockerfile editing support into a reusable protocol server instead of one editor plugin per editor. For package managers, the interesting boundary is the small `docker-langserver` executable that bridges Homebrew, npm, Docker images, and LSP-capable editors. ### Timeline - 2017: GitHub repository created and npm package `dockerfile-language-server-nodejs` first published. - 2020: GitHub release v0.0.24 published. - 2025: npm metadata records the 0.15.0 package version. - 2026: Homebrew formula API reports stable 0.15.0. ### Related projects - The server delegates Dockerfile parsing and feature logic to `dockerfile-ast`, `dockerfile-language-service`, and `dockerfile-utils`. - Downstream integrations listed by the README include VS Code Docker, Sublime LSP Dockerfile, Zed, atom-ide-docker, Sourcegraph, Theia, and Emacs lsp-mode. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dockerfile-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 - dockerfile-language-server: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dockerfile-language-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - dockerfile-language-server - 0.15.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dockerfile-language-server from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Language server for Dockerfiles | https://github.com/rcjsuen/dockerfile-language-server ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [metals](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/metals/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, language-servers, lsp. - [cmake-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, language-servers, lsp. - [neocmakelsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/neocmakelsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, language-servers, lsp. - [vtsls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vtsls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp, typescript. - [ansible-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansible-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [bash-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bash-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp, typescript. - [docker-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docker-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, dockerfile, language-server, lsp. - [expert](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/expert/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [dockerfile-language-server-nodejs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/dockerfile-language-server-nodejs/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, docker, docker-langserver. - [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, docker, langserver. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dockerfile-language-server.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dockerfile-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