How do I install mcp-language-server?

Its own README gives this command: go install github.com/isaacphi/mcp-language-server@latest. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

Is mcp-language-server official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 1,610 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-03-01.

What licence does mcp-language-server use?

The repository declares the BSD-3-Clause licence.

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mcp-language-server

mcp-language-server is an MCP server, listed under developer tools. Its repository has 1,610 GitHub stars and is licensed under BSD-3-Clause; we last read it on 2026-10-22.

Provides semantic tools such as definition, references, rename, and diagnostics to MCP-enabled clients.

Install

Read from mcp-language-server’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

go install github.com/isaacphi/mcp-language-server@latest

View in mcp-language-server’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

○ not recognised

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

1610

State

listed

Licence

BSD-3-Clause

From the repository

mcp-language-server gives MCP enabled clients access semantic tools like get definition, references, rename, and diagnostics.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-22

What mcp-language-server can do

6 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.

definition: Retrieves the complete source code definition of any symbol (function, type, constant, etc.) from your codebase.
references: Locates all usages and references of a symbol throughout the codebase.
diagnostics: Provides diagnostic information for a specific file, including warnings and errors.
hover: Display documentation, type hints, or other hover information for a given location.
rename_symbol: Rename a symbol across a project.
edit_file: Allows making multiple text edits to a file based on line numbers. Provides a more reliable and context-economical way to edit files compared to search and replace based edit tools.

Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.