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Setup

We have specific setup instructions depending on your editor of choice. If you don't see your editor on this list and would like a setup guide, please open an issue.

If you're transferring your configuration from ruff-lsp, regardless of editor, there are several settings which have changed or are no longer available. See the migration guide for more.

Note

The setup instructions provided below are on a best-effort basis. If you encounter any issues while setting up the Ruff in an editor, please open an issue for assistance and help in improving this documentation.

Tip

Regardless of the editor, it is recommended to disable the older language server (ruff-lsp) to prevent any conflicts.

VS Code

Install the Ruff extension from the VS Code Marketplace. It is recommended to have the Ruff extension version 2024.32.0 or later to get the best experience with the Ruff Language Server.

For more documentation on the Ruff extension, refer to the README of the extension repository.

Neovim

The nvim-lspconfig plugin can be used to configure the Ruff Language Server in Neovim. To set it up, install nvim-lspconfig plugin, set it up as per the configuration documentation, and add the following to your init.lua:

require('lspconfig').ruff.setup({
  init_options = {
    settings = {
      -- Ruff language server settings go here
    }
  }
})

Note

If the installed version of nvim-lspconfig includes the changes from neovim/nvim-lspconfig@70d1c2c, you will need to use Ruff version 0.5.3 or later.

If you're using Ruff alongside another language server (like Pyright), you may want to defer to that language server for certain capabilities, like textDocument/hover:

vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("LspAttach", {
  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('lsp_attach_disable_ruff_hover', { clear = true }),
  callback = function(args)
    local client = vim.lsp.get_client_by_id(args.data.client_id)
    if client == nil then
      return
    end
    if client.name == 'ruff' then
      -- Disable hover in favor of Pyright
      client.server_capabilities.hoverProvider = false
    end
  end,
  desc = 'LSP: Disable hover capability from Ruff',
})

If you'd like to use Ruff exclusively for linting, formatting, and organizing imports, you can disable those capabilities for Pyright:

require('lspconfig').pyright.setup {
  settings = {
    pyright = {
      -- Using Ruff's import organizer
      disableOrganizeImports = true,
    },
    python = {
      analysis = {
        -- Ignore all files for analysis to exclusively use Ruff for linting
        ignore = { '*' },
      },
    },
  },
}

By default, Ruff will not show any logs. To enable logging in Neovim, you'll need to set the trace setting to either messages or verbose, and use the logLevel setting to change the log level:

require('lspconfig').ruff.setup {
  trace = 'messages',
  init_options = {
    settings = {
      logLevel = 'debug',
    }
  }
}

By default, this will write logs to stderr which will be available in Neovim's LSP client log file (:lua vim.print(vim.lsp.get_log_path())). It's also possible to divert these logs to a separate file with the logFile setting.

Vim

The vim-lsp plugin can be used to configure the Ruff Language Server in Vim. To set it up, install vim-lsp plugin and register the server using the following in your .vimrc:

if executable('ruff')
    au User lsp_setup call lsp#register_server({
        \ 'name': 'ruff',
        \ 'cmd': {server_info->['ruff', 'server']},
        \ 'allowlist': ['python'],
        \ 'workspace_config': {},
        \ })
endif

See the vim-lsp documentation for more details on how to configure the language server.

If you're using Ruff alongside another LSP (like Pyright), you may want to defer to that LSP for certain capabilities, like textDocument/hover by adding the following to the function s:on_lsp_buffer_enabled():

function! s:on_lsp_buffer_enabled() abort
    " add your keybindings here (see https://github.com/prabirshrestha/vim-lsp?tab=readme-ov-file#registering-servers)

    let l:capabilities = lsp#get_server_capabilities('ruff')
    if !empty(l:capabilities)
      let l:capabilities.hoverProvider = v:false
    endif
endfunction

Ruff is also available as part of the coc-pyright extension for coc.nvim.

With the ALE plugin for Vim or Neovim. 
" Linters
let g:ale_linters = { "python": ["ruff"] }
" Fixers
let g:ale_fixers = { "python": ["ruff", "ruff_format"] }
For the fixers, `ruff` will run `ruff check --fix` (to fix all auto-fixable problems) whereas `ruff_format` will run `ruff format`.
Ruff can also be integrated via efm language server in just a few lines.
Following is an example config for efm to use Ruff for linting and formatting Python files: 
tools:
  python-ruff:
    lint-command: "ruff check --stdin-filename ${INPUT} --output-format concise --quiet -"
    lint-stdin: true
    lint-formats:
      - "%f:%l:%c: %m"
    format-command: "ruff format --stdin-filename ${INPUT} --quiet -"
    format-stdin: true
With the conform.nvim plugin for Neovim. 
require("conform").setup({
    formatters_by_ft = {
        python = {
          -- To fix auto-fixable lint errors.
          "ruff_fix",
          -- To run the Ruff formatter.
          "ruff_format",
          -- To organize the imports.
          "ruff_organize_imports",
        },
    },
})
With the nvim-lint plugin for Neovim. 
require("lint").linters_by_ft = {
  python = { "ruff" },
}

Helix

Open the language configuration file for Helix and add the language server as follows:

[language-server.ruff]
command = "ruff"
args = ["server"]

Then, you'll register the language server as the one to use with Python. If you don't already have a language server registered to use with Python, add this to languages.toml:

[[language]]
name = "python"
language-servers = ["ruff"]

Otherwise, if you already have language-servers defined, you can simply add "ruff" to the list. For example, if you already have pylsp as a language server, you can modify the language entry as follows:

[[language]]
name = "python"
language-servers = ["ruff", "pylsp"]

Note

Support for multiple language servers for a language is only available in Helix version 23.10 and later.

If you want to, as an example, turn on auto-formatting, add auto-format = true:

[[language]]
name = "python"
language-servers = ["ruff", "pylsp"]
auto-format = true

See the Helix documentation for more settings you can use here.

You can pass settings into ruff server using [language-server.ruff.config.settings]. For example:

[language-server.ruff.config.settings]
lineLength = 80

[language-server.ruff.config.settings.lint]
select = ["E4", "E7"]
preview = false

[language-server.ruff.config.settings.format]
preview = true

By default, Ruff does not log anything to Helix. To enable logging, set the RUFF_TRACE environment variable to either messages or verbose, and use the logLevel setting to change the log level:

[language-server.ruff]
command = "ruff"
args = ["server"]
environment = { "RUFF_TRACE" = "messages" }

[language-server.ruff.config.settings]
logLevel = "debug"

You can also divert Ruff's logs to a separate file with the logFile setting.

Note

Setting RUFF_TRACE=verbose does not enable Helix's verbose mode by itself. You'll need to run Helix with -v for verbose logging.

Kate

  1. Activate the LSP Client plugin.
  2. Setup LSP Client as desired.
  3. Finally, add this to Settings -> Configure Kate -> LSP Client -> User Server Settings:
{
  "servers": {
    "python": {
      "command": ["ruff", "server"],
      "url": "https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff",
      "highlightingModeRegex": "^Python$",
      "settings": {}
    }
  }
}

See LSP Client documentation for more details on how to configure the server from there.

Important

Kate's LSP Client plugin does not support multiple servers for the same language. As a workaround, you can use the python-lsp-server along with the python-lsp-ruff plugin to use Ruff alongside another language server. Note that this setup won't use the server settings because the python-lsp-ruff plugin uses the ruff executable and not the language server.

Sublime Text

To use Ruff with Sublime Text, install Sublime Text's LSP and LSP-ruff package.

PyCharm

Via External Tool

Ruff can be installed as an External Tool in PyCharm. Open the Preferences pane, then navigate to "Tools", then "External Tools". From there, add a new tool with the following configuration:

Install Ruff as an External Tool

Ruff should then appear as a runnable action:

Ruff as a runnable action

Via third-party plugin

Ruff is also available as the Ruff plugin on the IntelliJ Marketplace (maintained by @koxudaxi).

Emacs

Ruff can be utilized as a language server via Eglot, which is in Emacs's core. To enable Ruff with automatic formatting on save, use the following configuration:

(add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'eglot-ensure)
(with-eval-after-load 'eglot
  (add-to-list 'eglot-server-programs
               '(python-mode . ("ruff" "server")))
  (add-hook 'after-save-hook 'eglot-format))

Ruff is available as flymake-ruff on MELPA:

(require 'flymake-ruff)
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook #'flymake-ruff-load)

Ruff is also available as emacs-ruff-format:

(require 'ruff-format)
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'ruff-format-on-save-mode)

Alternatively, it can be used via the Apheleia formatter library, by setting this configuration:

;; Replace default (black) to use ruff for sorting import and formatting.
(setf (alist-get 'python-mode apheleia-mode-alist)
      '(ruff-isort ruff))
(setf (alist-get 'python-ts-mode apheleia-mode-alist)
      '(ruff-isort ruff))

TextMate

Ruff is also available via the textmate2-ruff-linter bundle for TextMate.

Zed

Ruff is available as an extension for the Zed editor. To install it:

  1. Open the command palette with Cmd+Shift+P
  2. Search for "zed: extensions"
  3. Search for "ruff" in the extensions list and click "Install"

To configure Zed to use the Ruff language server for Python files, add the following to your settings.json file:

{
  "languages": {
    "Python": {
      "language_servers": ["ruff"]
      // Or, if there are other language servers you want to use with Python
      // "language_servers": ["pyright", "ruff"]
    }
  }
}

To configure the language server, you can provide the server settings under the lsp.ruff.initialization_options.settings key:

{
  "lsp": {
    "ruff": {
      "initialization_options": {
        "settings": {
          // Ruff server settings goes here
          "lineLength": 80,
          "lint": {
            "extendSelect": ["I"],
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Note

Support for multiple formatters for a given language is only available in Zed version 0.146.0 and later.

You can configure Ruff to format Python code on-save by registering the Ruff formatter and enabling the format_on_save setting:

{
  "languages": {
    "Python": {
      "language_servers": ["ruff"],
      "format_on_save": "on",
      "formatter": [
        {
          "language_server": {
            "name": "ruff"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

You can configure Ruff to fix lint violations and/or organize imports on-save by enabling the source.fixAll.ruff and source.organizeImports.ruff code actions respectively:

{
  "languages": {
    "Python": {
      "language_servers": ["ruff"],
      "format_on_save": "on",
      "formatter": [
        {
          "code_actions": {
            // Fix all auto-fixable lint violations
            "source.fixAll.ruff": true,
            // Organize imports
            "source.organizeImports.ruff": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Taken together, you can configure Ruff to format, fix, and organize imports on-save via the following settings.json:

Note

For this configuration, it is important to use the correct order of the code action and formatter language server settings. The code actions should be defined before the formatter to ensure that the formatter takes care of any remaining style issues after the code actions have been applied.

{
  "languages": {
    "Python": {
      "language_servers": ["ruff"],
      "format_on_save": "on",
      "formatter": [
        {
          "code_actions": {
            "source.organizeImports.ruff": true,
            "source.fixAll.ruff": true
          }
        },
        {
          "language_server": {
            "name": "ruff"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}