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brew install sql-language-server

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overview

Package summary

Language Server for SQL

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Commands and aliases

sql-language-server

history

Project history and usage

SQL Language Server is a TypeScript language-server implementation for SQL editing, packaged as both an editor-facing tool and a command-line server. Its README describes autocompletion, warnings and errors, linting, a SQL parser, and a Visual Studio Code extension, with support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, and BigQuery configuration.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in May 2018 and is organized as a small ecosystem: the server package, a sqlint linting package, a VS Code client, and a SQL parser. Later releases in 2023 show continued grammar and parser maintenance, including support for CTEs, create table options, create index statements, and drop table statements.

Adoption history

The project fits the post-Language Server Protocol editor culture in which command-line language servers are installed once and then wired into Vim, Neovim, VS Code, Monaco, or another client. The official README documents npm global installation, Neovim LanguageClient setup, nvim-lsp setup, and a VS Code extension, which made it useful beyond one editor.

How it is used

Common CLI usage is `sql-language-server up --method stdio`, usually launched by an editor or LSP client rather than typed by hand. Users place database connection details in a personal `.sqllsrc.json` file or a project-root `.sqllsrc.json`; those files can include usernames, passwords, SSH settings, and project path matching.

Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, SQL Language Server is interesting because it turns SQL support into a conventional Unix-style executable with editor-neutral stdio transport. Homebrew packaging matters because editors and dotfile setups can depend on `sql-language-server` being present in PATH without caring whether it came from npm, Brew, or an editor extension.

Timeline

2018: GitHub repository created.
2018: README documented npm global installation and editor integration.
2023: 1.4.x to 1.7.x releases added and fixed parser support for more SQL statements.
2024: Repository remained active on the release branch.

Related projects

The README names its own related packages: `sql-language-server`, `sqlint`, a Visual Studio Code extension, and a SQL parser. It also documents integration with LanguageClient-neovim, nvim-lspconfig, and monaco-languageclient.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:sql,server

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

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

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.config/sql-language-server/.sqllsrc.json${YOUR_PROJECT_ROOT}/.sqllsrc.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.config/sql-language-server/.sqllsrc.json${YOUR_PROJECT_ROOT}/.sqllsrc.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`sql-language-server`	cli	global 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 version1.7.1

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/joe-re/sql-language-server

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/joe-re/sql-language-servernone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:sql-language-server
Version	1.7.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sql-language-server
Homepage	https://github.com/joe-re/sql-language-server
Repository	https://github.com/joe-re/sql-language-server
Upstream docs	https://github.com/joe-re/sql-language-server#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/sql-language-server/-/sql-language-server-1.7.1.tgz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:06:21-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	node, terminal-notifier
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	sql-language-server
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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Combined YAML source

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combined/sql-language-server.yml

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