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Install bacon-ls with Homebrew

Rust diagnostic provider based on Bacon. Version 0.30.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-23.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install bacon-ls

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overview

Package summary

Rust diagnostic provider based on Bacon

Commands and aliases

  • bacon-ls

history

Project history and usage

bacon-ls is a Rust language-server companion that publishes diagnostics from Bacon or directly from cargo. It is designed to supplement rust-analyzer, not replace it.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in May 2024. Its README frames the project around a specific pain point: rust-analyzer diagnostics can be slow on large Rust codebases, so bacon-ls exposes LSP diagnostic capabilities backed by Bacon or cargo.

By 2025-2026 the project had a steady GitHub release train from 0.6.0 to 0.29.0. The README documents an important evolution: the cargo backend became available in 0.23.0 and became the default in 0.26.0, making bacon-ls useful even without a separate background bacon process.

Adoption history

Adoption is concentrated in editor and Rust-tooling circles. The README documents VS Code extension distribution through VSCE and Open VSX, Mason.nvim installation, manual cargo install, and Nix flakes. Homebrew packaging adds another general-purpose install path.

How it is used

Users install bacon-ls alongside Rust tooling and configure an editor LSP client. It can publish diagnostics on save, open, close, rename, and manual triggers; run cargo check or clippy directly; or read Bacon's exported diagnostics file when Bacon is already running.

Why package nerds care

bacon-ls is notable because it packages a focused LSP surface around diagnostics only. For Rust developers with large workspaces, it is a small composable alternative to making rust-analyzer do every job, and its packaging across cargo, editor registries, Nix, Mason, and Homebrew reflects modern developer-tool distribution.

Timeline

  • 2024: GitHub repository created for crisidev/bacon-ls.
  • 2025: 0.6.0 published as the earliest GitHub release listed by the repository.
  • 2025: 0.23.0 introduced the cargo backend according to the README.
  • 2025: 0.26.0 made the cargo backend the default according to the README.
  • 2026: 0.29.0 published in GitHub releases.

Related projects

  • The README explicitly relates bacon-ls to Bacon, rust-analyzer, cargo check, cargo clippy, the Language Server Protocol, VS Code, Mason.nvim, Neovim, Coc.nvim, Helix, Crates.io, and Nix flakes.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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
bacon-lsexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03
manager version0.30.0
manager updated2026-07-23
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:bacon-ls
Version0.30.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/crisidev/bacon-ls
Repositoryhttps://github.com/crisidev/bacon-ls
Last updated2026-07-23T18:26:46Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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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
  • curated package history
  • pkgdb category and tag curation