# Install typescript-language-server with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman Language Server Protocol implementation for TypeScript wrapping tsserver. Version 5.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:typescript-language-server ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install typescript-language-server ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install typescript-language-server ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/typescript-language-server/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#typescript-language-server ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S typescript-language-server ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: typescript-language-server from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:typescript-language-server - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.3.0 - **Source summary:** Language Server Protocol implementation for TypeScript wrapping tsserver - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT AND Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:31-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - typescript-language-server (cli) - typescript-language-server (alias) ## Dependencies - node - typescript ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 5.3.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage TypeScript Language Server is a community-maintained Language Server Protocol wrapper around TypeScript's `tsserver` and VS Code's TypeScript language-feature code. It exists so editors outside VS Code can use standardized LSP plumbing for TypeScript and JavaScript intelligence. ### Project history The official README explains the gap that produced the project: TypeScript ships `tsserver`, but VS Code's bundled TypeScript language features do not communicate with editors through LSP. TypeScript Language Server provides a thin LSP interface on top of that code path for other editors. The project was originally based on concepts from prabirshrestha/typescript-language-server, was maintained by TypeFox, and is now maintained by community contributors. The README explicitly notes that it is not directly associated with Microsoft and is not used by VS Code. Recent README material also points at Microsoft's native Go TypeScript work, saying TypeScript 7 is expected to include an LSP implementation and may eventually supersede this project. ### Adoption history Adoption tracks the spread of LSP-capable editors such as Neovim, Emacs, Sublime Text, Helix, and other editor clients that want TypeScript completion, diagnostics, organize-imports, code actions, inlay hints, and refactors without reimplementing `tsserver` integration. Package-manager adoption reflects that editor tooling niche: users install both `typescript-language-server` and `typescript`, then launch the server over stdio from their editor's LSP client. ### How it is used The basic package workflow is `npm install -g typescript-language-server typescript` or installation through a system package manager, followed by running `typescript-language-server --stdio` from an editor LSP client. The server exposes TypeScript-backed code actions, workspace commands, code lenses, inlay hints, formatting configuration requests, and tsserver passthrough commands. ### Why package nerds care This package is a classic package-nerd bridge: it takes a vendor-specific language service and makes it consumable through the editor-neutral LSP ecosystem. It matters most to people maintaining editor setups, language-server bundles, and reproducible dev environments outside VS Code. ### Timeline - 2010s: TypeScript's `tsserver` became the core service behind TypeScript editor intelligence. - 2010s: Earlier LSP wrapper ideas from prabirshrestha/typescript-language-server informed the current project. - 2020s: The community-maintained server became a common package-manager dependency for non-VS Code TypeScript LSP setups. - 2025: v5.0.0 required Node 20 and continued tracking TypeScript/tsserver behavior. - 2026: The README noted Microsoft's native Go TypeScript work as a likely future successor. ### Related projects - Related projects include TypeScript, `tsserver`, VS Code TypeScript Language Features, the Language Server Protocol, prabirshrestha/typescript-language-server, TypeFox tooling, and editor LSP clients. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for typescript-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:** typescript-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 - typescript-language-server: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - typescript-language-server - 5.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: typescript-language-server from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Language Server Protocol (LSP) implementation for TypeScript using tsserver | https://github.com/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server - MacPorts - typescript-language-server: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/typescript-language-server/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [typescript](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/typescript/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [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. - [vtsls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vtsls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp, typescript. - [vue-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vue-language-server/) - 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. - [clojure-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clojure-lsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [codebook-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codebook-lsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [crystalline](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crystalline/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [ctags-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ctags-lsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [typescript-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/typescript-language-server/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, implementation, language. - [typescript-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/typescript-language-server/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/typescript-language-server.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/typescript-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