Nim

v0.2.0 · by Foxoman · added 3 November 2026

Nim support

LanguagesLanguage servers

How to install

With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.

You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for Nim. The extension's id is nim.

Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.

README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

zed-nim

Nim extension for Zed Editor

Tree-Sitter Support: https://github.com/alaviss/tree-sitter-nim
Language Server Support: https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver

Install

Prerequisites

Make sure to install nimlangserver before installing this extension

Editor

Nim support has been officially integrated into the Zed editor through this extension. To enable it, search for "Nim" in the Zed extensions and install it.

For Dev / Manual install

Download the release source
Extract it into a folder
Go to the extension page in Zed and click on Install Dev Extension
Wait for a time till it builds and you will see nim extension installed

Screenshot

Inlay hints

Tasks

Support for current file run, nimble run, nimble build, nimble test

Lsp Error

Other supported features:

Go to definition and type definition
Rename
Hover
Outline

Formating Configuration

To use nph as a formatter, add this to your settings

  "languages": {
    "Nim": {
      "formatter": {
        "external": {
          "command": "nph",
          "arguments": ["-"]
        }
      }
    }
  }

Language Server Configuration

To change settings of the nimlangserver add the following to your settings. List of options can be found in nimlangserver's description.

  "lsp": {
    "nim": {
      "settings": {
        // Add your settings here:
        "timeout": 10000,
        "projectMapping": [
          {
            "projectFile": "tests/all\\.nim",
            "fileRegex": "tests/.*\\.nim"
          }
        ],
        "maxNimsuggestProcesses": 1,
        "notificationVerbosity": "warning"
      }
    }
  }

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