GN Language Server

A language server for GN, the build configuration language used in Chromium, Fuchsia, and other projects.

Features

• Syntax highlighting
• Context-aware completion
• Hover documentation
• Go to definition
• Following imports
• Following dependencies
• Sticky scroll with useful lines
• Outline
• Code folding
• Formatting
• Go to the nearest BUILD.gn (VSCode only)

Installing

VSCode

You can install from the official marketplace. Search for "GN Language" in the VSCode's extension window.

Other Editors/IDEs

You can install the language server with Cargo.

cargo install gn-language-server

Gallery

Syntax highlighting

Completion

Hover documentation

Go to definition

Following imports

Following dependencies

Sticky scroll with useful lines

Outline

Code folding

Building from source

Language server binary

cargo build --release

VSCode extension

cd vscode-gn
npm install
npm run build
npm run package

Versioning scheme

We use the versioning scheme recommended by the VSCode's official documentation. That is:

• Pre-release versions are 1.<odd>.x
• Release versions are 1.<even>.x

Disclaimer

This is not an officially supported Google product. This project is not eligible for the Google Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program.