NIMSUGGEST(1)                    User Commands                   NIMSUGGEST(1)

NAME
       nimsuggest - Nimsuggest

DESCRIPTION
       Nimsuggest - Tool to give every editor IDE like capabilities for Nim
       Usage:

              nimsuggest [options] projectfile.nim

OPTIONS
       --autobind
              automatically binds into a free port

       --port:PORT
              port, by default 6000

       --address:HOST
              binds to that address, by default ""

       --stdin
              read commands from stdin and write results to stdout instead of
              using sockets

       --clientProcessId:PID
              shutdown nimsuggest in case this process dies

       --epc  use emacs epc mode

       --debug
              enable debug output

       --log  enable verbose logging to nimsuggest.log file

       --v1   use version 1 of the protocol; for backwards compatibility

       --v2   use version 2(default) of the protocol

       --v3   use version 3 of the protocol

       --v4   use version 4 of the protocol

       --info:X
              information

       --info:nimVer
              return the Nim compiler version that nimsuggest uses internally

       --info:protocolVer
              return the newest protocol version that is supported

       --info:capabilities
              return the capabilities supported by nimsuggest

       --refresh
              perform automatic refreshes to keep the analysis precise

       --maxresults:N
              limit the number of suggestions to N

       --tester
              implies --stdin and outputs a line '!EOF!' for the tester

       --find attempts to find the project file of the current project

       --exceptionInlayHints:on|off
              globally turn exception inlay hints on|off

       The server then listens to the connection and takes line-based
       commands.

       If --autobind is used, the binded port number will be printed to
       stdout.

       In addition, all command line options of Nim that do not affect code
       generation are supported.

nimsuggest 2.2.8                 February 2026                   NIMSUGGEST(1)