clangd-lsp

name	clangd-lsp
description	C/C++ language server (clangd) providing code intelligence, diagnostics, and formatting for .c, .h, .cpp, .cc, .cxx, .hpp, .hxx files. Use when working with C or C++ code that needs autocomplete, go-to-definition, find references, error detection, or refactoring support.

clangd LSP

C/C++ language server integration providing comprehensive code intelligence through clangd (part of LLVM).

Capabilities

• Code intelligence: Autocomplete, go-to-definition, find references
• Error detection: Real-time diagnostics for compilation errors
• Formatting: Code formatting with clang-format
• Refactoring: Rename symbols, extract function
• Supported extensions: .c, .h, .cpp, .cc, .cxx, .hpp, .hxx, .C, .H

Installation

Via Homebrew (macOS)

brew install llvm
# Add to PATH
export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin:$PATH"

Via package manager (Linux)

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install clangd

# Fedora
sudo dnf install clang-tools-extra

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S clang

Windows

winget install LLVM.LLVM