# Install copilot-language-server with Homebrew Cask

Language Server Protocol server for GitHub Copilot. Version 1.527.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-07-30. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#copilot-language-server.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:copilot-language-server
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask copilot-language-server
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:copilot-language-server
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Version:** 1.527.1
- **Source summary:** Language Server Protocol server for GitHub Copilot
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/github/copilot-language-server-release>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30T19:07:51Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- copilot-language-server (binary)
- copilot-language-server (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.527.1
## Project history and usage

GitHub Copilot Language Server is the distributable language-server component for integrating GitHub Copilot into editors and IDEs through the Language Server Protocol.

### Project history

The official release repository was created in January 2025. Its README documents npm installation, platform-specific native binaries, direct release downloads for repackagers, and a Node.js distribution.

### Adoption history

The package is aimed less at end users than at editor, IDE, and downstream package maintainers. The README explicitly calls out optional platform-specific npm packages and GitHub release assets for repackaging.

### How it is used

Clients usually communicate with the server over stdio using `--stdio`, initialize it with standard LSP messages, and send workspace configuration notifications as settings change. The README also documents a preview ACP mode for ACP-compatible editors.

### Why package nerds care

This package matters to packagers because it exposes Copilot as a protocol server rather than a single editor extension. Separate native binaries, npm optional dependencies, and release zip artifacts make it relevant for editor integrations and cask-style binary distribution.

### Timeline

- 2025: Official release repository created.
- 2026: Homebrew cask package facts record version 1.513.0.
- 2026: Official GitHub releases show an active 1.x release stream.

### Related projects

- The language server sits under the broader GitHub Copilot product and relates to LSP clients, ACP-compatible editors, the npm `@github/copilot-language-server` package, and platform-specific optional binary packages.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/github/copilot-language-server-release>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/copilot-language-server-release/main/README.md>
- <https://github.com/github/copilot-language-server-release/releases>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/github/copilot-language-server-release>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for copilot-language-server. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - copilot-language-server: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/copilot-language-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/copilot-language-server.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/copilot-language-server.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph