Provide standalone language server

[shyim]

I want to use the PHP language server with another editor like https://zed.dev/ . It would be nice if there were some kind of place where the language server can be downloaded standalone.

[jakubmisek]

Thank you for the question.

We are discussing this option (technically) in our team. It is something we would like to provide.

Currently, the language server relies heavily on VSCode API and the .js extension adapter we have made. We're continuously cleaning things up and preparing them so the LS can run, eventually, separately in another IDE.

[dhenfie]

@jakubmisek it seems like zed also uses the same LSP as VSCODE.

[jakubmisek]

@jakubmisek it seems like zed also uses the same LSP as VSCODE.

Yes, the LSP itself (https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/lsp/3.17/specification/) is the same. But we have additional functionality that is implemented outside LSP, since it was not enough.

[ADmad]

Would be really nice to be able to use this with zed editor.

[Spriz]

Or using it directly in vim/nvim! 💌 🤩

[jakubmisek]

We have prepared a standalone LS as a Node.js package.

The stable version will be released in June, and we have prepared pull requests for other IDEs, including Zed and Neovim. Vim and IdeaJ later.