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Install vala-language-server with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix

Code Intelligence for Vala & Genie. Version 0.48.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vala-language-server

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add vala-language-server

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · vala-language-server · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install vala-language-server

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · vala-language-server · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#vala-language-server

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/va/vala-language-server/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Code Intelligence for Vala & Genie

Commands and aliases

  • vala-language-server

history

Project history and usage

Vala Language Server provides Language Server Protocol-style code intelligence for Vala and Genie. It is a developer-tool companion to the Vala compiler, giving editors diagnostics, completion, symbol navigation, hover information, formatting, code actions, call hierarchy, inlay hints, and project awareness.

Project history

The public repository presents Vala Language Server as the language server for the Vala programming language and shows a codebase written almost entirely in Vala. Its earliest GitHub pre-release in April 2020 was in the 0.48 alpha series, aligning the server with Vala 0.48-era compiler libraries.

The 0.48 release series continued through 2023. GitHub releases show 0.48-alpha3 in April 2020, 0.48 in May 2020, and 0.48.7 in February 2023.

Adoption history

The README documents installation across Arch/AUR, OBS-backed packages for several distributions, Fedora, elementaryOS, Alpine, Guix, Void, and MSYS2 on Windows. That package spread is notable for a niche language tool, and the input also lists Homebrew, apk, dnf, and Nix packages.

GNOME tooling helped drive adoption. A 2022 This Week in GNOME note explained that after GNOME Builder 43 stopped bundling the Vala Language Server, Flatpak SDK users needed the language server from the Vala Flatpak SDK and other users needed to install it on their system.

How it is used

VLS is launched by editors as `vala-language-server`. The README provides concrete configuration snippets for coc.nvim, vim-lsp, Neovim's lspconfig, Sublime Text LSP, and notes support in VS Code, GNOME Builder, Kate, and Emacs.

Like other compiled-language servers, VLS depends on project context. The README warns that it cannot know compiler arguments unless it can locate a build script, `compile_commands.json`, or a shebang, and it documents supported project types including Meson, CMake, Autotools, compile commands, and Vala scripts.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Vala Language Server is the small but important bridge between a distribution-provided compiler stack and modern editor workflows. Installing it from Homebrew or a distro package turns Vala from a plain `valac` command into a language with completion, diagnostics, and navigation in generic LSP-capable editors.

It also exposes the packaging awkwardness of language servers for niche languages: editor plugins, Flatpak SDK extensions, distro packages, and compiler library versions all have to line up for the server to be useful.

Timeline

  • 2020: 0.48-alpha3 and 0.48-alpha4 pre-releases are published.
  • 2020: 0.48 release is published.
  • 2022: GNOME Builder 43 no longer bundles VLS, shifting users toward SDK or system installs.
  • 2023: 0.48.7 is published as the latest release shown by GitHub.

Related projects

  • Vala and libvala provide the compiler stack VLS depends on.
  • GNOME Builder, VS Code, Vim, Neovim, Kate, Emacs, and Sublime Text are editor surfaces documented by the project.
  • Meson, CMake, Autotools, and `compile_commands.json` are project-discovery mechanisms VLS understands.

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:server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
  • Installs with 6 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 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
vala-language-servercliglobal 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 version0.48.7
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:vala-language-server
Version0.48.7
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vala-language-server
Homepagehttps://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server
Repositoryhttps://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server
Upstream docshttps://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server#readme
LicenseLGPL-2.1-only
Source archivehttps://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server/releases/download/0.48.7/vala-language-server-0.48.7.tar.xz
Dependenciesgettext, glib, json-glib, jsonrpc-glib, libgee, vala
Build dependenciesmeson, ninja, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namevala-language-server
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

vala-language-server

nix profile install nixpkgs#vala-language-server
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vala Language Server
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/va/vala-language-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

vala-language-server 0.48.7-r1

Code Intelligence for Vala

https://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server

sudo apk add vala-language-server
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vala-language-server
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vala Language Server
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vala-language-server from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

vala-language-server-dbg 0.48.7-r1

Code Intelligence for Vala (debug symbols)

https://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server

sudo apk add vala-language-server-dbg
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vala-language-server
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vala Language Server
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vala-language-server-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

vala-language-server-doc 0.48.7-r1

Code Intelligence for Vala (documentation)

https://github.com/vala-lang/vala-language-server

sudo apk add vala-language-server-doc
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vala-language-server
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vala Language Server
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vala-language-server-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

vala-language-server 0.48.7-6.fc44

Language server for the Vala programming language

https://github.com/Prince781/vala-language-server

sudo dnf install vala-language-server
  • License: LGPLv2+
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vala-language-server
  • 14 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vala Language Server
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vala-language-server from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

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

Related tools

  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • json-glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • valaRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • mesonBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • ninjaBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • ctags-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-intelligence, developer-tools, language-server.
  • ansible-language-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server.
  • bash-language-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server.
  • clojure-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server.
  • codebook-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server.
  • crystallineShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server.

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
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment