# lsp-mode

6 Hacker News commenters recommended lsp-mode and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** An Emacs package that connects editors to language servers, recommended as full-featured and easier than eglot, though completions and hangs can be slow.

## What people warn about

- Slow completions and hangs (2 comments): "Completions can be slow in lsp-mode but still faster than VSCode" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46055475)) "continuously battling slow downs and hangs using lsp mode w Python" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48390468))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Evil mode for Emacs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/evil-mode.md): 39 recommend
- [TRAMP for Emacs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tramp.md): 25 recommend
- [SLIME](https://hackerapproved.com/p/slime.md): 19 recommend
- [Vertico](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vertico.md): 18 recommend
- [Eglot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eglot.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "lsp-mode", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lsp-mode/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).