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id: jupyterlab-lsp
version: "5.3.0"
license: BSD-3-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# jupyterlab-lsp — Coding assistance for JupyterLab with Language Server Protocol

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 143.0K/mo

## What it is and what it does

jupyterlab-lsp is a JupyterLab extension that brings Language Server Protocol support to the notebook and file editor, enabling IDE-like code intelligence without running a kernel. It provides hover tooltips with function signatures and documentation, real-time diagnostics with color-coded severity, jump-to-definition and reference navigation, automatic completion triggered by language-specific characters, and symbol renaming across files. The extension merges static-analysis completions from LSP servers with runtime suggestions from a running kernel when available, falling back to LSP-only completions if the kernel is slow to respond.

The package depends on jupyter_lsp and jupyterlab. Language servers themselves are installed separately and configured through JupyterLab's Advanced Settings editor. It supports Python, R, bash, TypeScript, and other languages via their respective LSP implementations. No kernel is required for basic code assistance, making it useful for quick edits and exploration.

Use it for:

- Get IDE-like autocompletion and hover documentation in JupyterLab notebooks without starting a kernel.
- Jump to function and class definitions across your codebase directly from the notebook editor.
- See real-time diagnostics (errors, warnings) as you type, with detailed messages on hover.
- Rename variables, functions, and symbols consistently across multiple files in a project.
- Merge static-analysis completions with runtime kernel suggestions for richer code hints in notebooks.
- Work with multiple programming languages in a single JupyterLab environment.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Adds Language Server Protocol (LSP) integration to JupyterLab, enabling code intelligence features like autocompletion, diagnostics, jump-to-definition, and hover documentation across multiple programming languages.

Yes. The extension is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. It significantly enhances JupyterLab's code-editing experience by adding IDE-like features. Install it if you use JupyterLab 4.1+ and want better code intelligence; the main requirement is installing language servers separately for each language you want to use.

## Install

pip install jupyterlab-lsp
uv add jupyterlab-lsp
poetry add jupyterlab-lsp

## Installing jupyterlab-lsp

Before you install: Low friction install as a pure Python wheel. Actively maintained with recent releases; the repository shows 2000 stars and current activity. Requires JupyterLab >=4.1.0,<5.0.0a0 and Python 3.9+ at runtime.

License in practice: BSD-3-Clause is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this extension freely with minimal restrictions. No licensing concerns for most development workflows.

Quickstart:

pip install jupyterlab-lsp
# Restart JupyterLab and hover over code to see tooltips and completions

Requires JupyterLab >=4.1.0,<5.0.0a0 and Python 3.9+. Language servers for your target languages must be installed separately.

Verify before relying:

- Which language servers are supported and how to install them for each language.
- Performance impact of running LSP alongside kernel completions in notebooks with large codebases.
- Compatibility with custom JupyterLab themes or other extensions that modify the editor.

## Package facts

- License: BSD-3-Clause (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 143.0K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

jupyterlab code completion, language server protocol jupyter, lsp jupyter notebook, code intelligence jupyterlab, static analysis jupyter, jump to definition jupyter, diagnostics jupyterlab, jupyter-extension, code-intelligence, lsp

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