lsp-mode
Shares rank 19 of 24 Emacs packages by recommenders
An Emacs package that connects editors to language servers, recommended as full-featured and easier than eglot, though completions and hangs can be slow.
An Emacs package that connects editors to language servers, recommended as full-featured and easier than eglot, though completions and hangs can be slow.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow completions and hangs
“Completions can be slow in lsp-mode but still faster than VSCode”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good” “continuously battling slow downs and hangs using lsp mode w Python”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Building iOS Apps with Doom Emacs”
Other Emacs packages people recommend
The four most recommended other Emacs packages, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evil mode for Emacs | 39 | 7 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
| agent-shell | 25 | 6 | 81% | 11 | — | Approved |
| TRAMP for Emacs | 25 | 10 | 71% | 8 | — | Approved |
| gptel | 20 | 1 | 95% | 12 | — | Approved |
| lsp-modeThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I went from lsp-mode to eglot, because it’s built in and a nice baseline”
“the overall experience is quite good in my experience”
“continuously battling slow downs and hangs using lsp mode w Python”
“Completions can be slow in lsp-mode but still faster than VSCode”
“My Emacs setup typically involves”
“After setting these ones up, together with lsp-mode and company-mode”
“I find `lsp-mode` to be easier and more full-featured than `elgot`.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.