Visual Studio Code
For our Visual Studio Code integration, we provide an extension powered by harper-ls , which also works for VS Code forks like VSCodium and Windsurf. It’s available in the Visual Studio Marketplace as well as the Open VSX Registry .
Installation
Open the Extensions view in your editor by selecting the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar or by using the Ctrl+Shift+X keyboard shortcut, then search for "Harper" and click "Install".
If you prefer to use the command line, you can use the following command:
code --install-extension elijah-potter.harper
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Visual Studio Code
For our Visual Studio Code integration, we provide an extension powered by harper-ls , which also works for VS Code forks like VSCodium and Windsurf. It’s available in the Visual Studio Marketplace as well as the Open VSX Registry .
Installation
Open the Extensions view in your editor by selecting the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar or by using the Ctrl+Shift+X keyboard shortcut, then search for "Harper" and click "Install".
If you prefer to use the command line, you can use the following command:
code --install-extension elijah-potter.harper
bash
Commands
| Command | ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harper: Restart Language Server | harper.languageserver.restart | Restarts harper-ls |
Settings
The settings below are VS Code specific. There are other settings that harper-ls supports such as which linters to use or how code actions should appear that you can configure. You can view them in your editor’s Settings UI under "Harper" or peruse through them in the configuration section of our harper-ls documentation.
| Setting | Type | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
harper.path | string | "" | Optional path to a harper-ls executable to use. Primarily useful if the bundled binary doesn’t work in your system like in immutable Linux distributions. |
Other Features
Since the extension is powered by harper-ls, it also supports dictionaries , code actions , and ignore comments .