eglot-booster: Boost eglot using lsp-booster

June 29, 2026 · View on GitHub

Note

This repository is archived. The fast new JSON parsers in Emacs v30 and v31 makes it for the most part unnecessary.

The emacs-lsp-booster project provides a rust-based wrapper program which substantially speeds up emacs' interactions with lsp servers. This small package enables eglot to use it.

Install/Usage

Install directly from this repo via M-x package-vc-install (pasting in this URL), or using, e.g. straight. Then, in your init, simply

(use-package eglot-booster
	:after eglot
	:config	(eglot-booster-mode))

If you're using straight, use this instead:

(use-package eglot-booster
	:straight ( eglot-booster :type git :host nil :repo "https://github.com/jdtsmith/eglot-booster")
	:after eglot
	:config (eglot-booster-mode))

Then just use eglot as normal. You should notice no differences other than speedier performance and less I/O blocking.

To verify that the wrapper is functioning, M-x eglot-events-buffer and look at the beginning for emacs_lsp_booster::app notices. If you'd like to avoid boosting remote servers (those run over TRAMP), set eglot-booster-no-remote-boost to t.

Important

At present only local or remote (tramp-based) lsp server programs which communicate by standard input/output can be wrapped, not lsp servers communicating over network ports (local or remote). Using remote servers over tramp requires installing emacs-lsp-booster on the remote server.

Testing

Maybe you don't even need this. You can M-x eglot-booster to disable the boost at any time. Then M-x eglot-shutdown-all, restart eglot (M-x eglot is usually enough) in a large/heavy-weight file, and compare performance before and after.

I/O Only

Note

Emacs v30 introduced a much faster JSON parser. Testing shows that it decodes faster than elisp bytecode, but the I/O takes longer. So with bytecode disabled, lightweight messages from server->Emacs go a bit slower, and heavy messages go faster. Definitely worth testing.

emacs-lsp-booster offers the option --disable-bytecode. Setting eglot-booster-io-only=t will use this option, processing JSON as normal. This way you still get the benefit of I/O buffering, but can use Emacs' native JSON parser (which was substantially sped-up in v30).