Before setting up your editor, see Project setup
on how to configure clj-kondo
for your project. TL;DR: this involves creating
a .clj-kondo
directory in the root of your project.
For integrating with Emacs, see flycheck-clj-kondo.
For Spacemacs, check here or get flymake-kondor if you are using flymake.
The clojure-lsp project bundles clj-kondo as its analyzer and linter. It completes clj-kondo with the following features:
- project initialization (analyze dependencies first, copy library configurations)
- navigation
- refactoring (renaming, etc)
- lens-mode (see the number of references and tests), enable with:
(setq lsp-lens-enable t)
- call hierarchy
and more.
This section assumes that you are using the lsp-mode
emacs package and
mentions lsp-
-mode specific settings. If you are usign eglot
, a different
emacs lsp client, those settings don't apply.
As of 26th of March 2023, some of the below recommendations are only availably via the clojure-lsp master branch. See the end of this section how to run that locally.
When using clojure-lsp, there is no need to install clj-kondo separately, although you can still do that via flycheck-clj-kondo. You may do this for the following reasons:
- Linting still works for files outside of projects
- You can use a newer version of clj-kondo than what is bundled with clojure-lsp (e.g. for development, also see bash script below to accomplish this with clojure-lsp + clj-kondo in a JVM)
- More immediate feedback (can be tuned with lsp-mode, read below)
- Squiggles are less noisy (can be tuned with clojure-lsp, read below)
When doing so, it's recommended to disable diagnostics via lsp-mode:
(setq lsp-diagnostics-provider :none)
When you find that clj-kondo's feedback via clojure-lsp is less instantaneous, try tuning the following setting in emacs:
(setq lsp-idle-delay 0.05) ;; defaults to 0.2
When you find that the squiggles are a bit too much, tune the clojure-lsp
config.edn
(not clj-kondo's config.edn
!) as follows:
{:diagnostics {:range-type :simple}}
Personally, I found the breadcrumb too distracting and I disabled it with:
(setq lsp-headerline-breadcrumb-enable nil)
On the other hand, I find lens-mode pretty useful:
(setq lsp-lens-enable t)
See the clj-kondo section in clojure-lsp's documentation for more info. Also see lsp-mode settings.
To run a specific combination of clojure-lsp and clj-kondo in a JVM, rather than in a native binary, you can make a script like the following and add it to your path. Change the paths as necessary.
~/bin/clojure-lsp-dev
:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
clj -Sdeps '{:aliases
{:lsp
{:replace-paths []
:replace-deps
{org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.1"}
clj-kondo/clj-kondo {:local/root "/Users/borkdude/dev/clj-kondo"}
clojure-lsp/clojure-lsp {:local/root "/Users/borkdude/dev/clojure-lsp/cli"}
cider/cider-nrepl {:mvn/version "0.28.6"}}}}}' \
-M:lsp -m clojure-lsp.main "$@"
The configure the following in emacs:
(setq lsp-clojure-custom-server-command '("/Users/borkdude/bin/clojure-lsp-dev"))
I use the above to always run my local version of clj-kondo and clojure-lsp, along with an nREPL server for hacking from a REPL.
Install the clj-kondo extension. It requires no additional installation (except Java).
The clj-kondo extension will also be installed together with Calva.
If you do not have Java installed you can still get clj-kondo linting using the Clojure Lint extension, by @marcomorain, which uses the clj-kondo standalone executable.
Atom requires clj-kondo to be on your $PATH
. In Atom, there are a few ways to install:
apm install linter-kondo linter linter-ui-default intentions busy-signal
- Install from the Atom package page.
- From inside Atom, go to Preferences > Extensions. Search for "linter-kondo" and click "Install" on the extension.
This section is for Vim 8+ or Neovim.
-
Install ALE using your favorite plugin manager. This already has in-built support for clj-kondo.
-
In your
.vimrc
, add:let g:ale_linters = {'clojure': ['clj-kondo']}
to only have clj-kondo as the linter.
To enable both clj-kondo and joker, add:
let g:ale_linters = {'clojure': ['clj-kondo', 'joker']}
-
Reload your
.vimrc
and it should start working.
Follow instructions to install COC.NVIM https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim
Follow instructions to install coc diagnostic https://github.com/iamcco/coc-diagnostic
Add the diagnostic-languageserver.linter
and the
diagnostic-languageserver.filetypes
to the coc-settings.json
. CocConfig
command can be used to open the coc-settings.json
file.
{
"diagnostic-languageserver.linters": {
"clj_kondo_lint": {
"command": "clj-kondo",
"debounce": 100,
"args": [ "--lint", "%filepath"],
"offsetLine": 0,
"offsetColumn": 0,
"sourceName": "clj-kondo",
"formatLines": 1,
"formatPattern": [
"^[^:]+:(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+([^:]+):\\s+(.*)$",
{
"line": 1,
"column": 2,
"message": 4,
"security": 3
}
],
"securities": {
"error": "error",
"warning": "warning",
"note": "info"
}
}
},
"diagnostic-languageserver.filetypes": {"clojure":"clj_kondo_lint"}
}
Neomake has built-in support for clj-kondo. It will be enabled automatically when using neomake, no configuration required.
Create this file in ~/.config/nvim/compiler/clj-kondo.vim
or ~/.vim/compiler/clj-kondo.vim
.
if exists("current_compiler")
finish
endif
let current_compiler="clj-kondo"
if exists(":CompilerSet") != 2
command -nargs=* CompilerSet setlocal <args>
endif
CompilerSet errorformat=%f:%l:%c:\ Parse\ %t%*[^:]:\ %m,%f:%l:%c:\ %t%*[^:]:\ %m
CompilerSet makeprg=clj-kondo\ --lint\ %
You can populate the quickfix list like so:
:compiler clj-kondo
:make
See romainl's vanilla linting for how to automatically execute linting and automatically open the quickfix.
If you have vim-dispatch installed, you can use this command to be both async and more convenient:
:Dispatch -compiler=clj-kondo
nvim-lint has built-in support for clj-kondo.
Configuration using packer.nvim
use {
"mfussenegger/nvim-lint",
config = function()
require("lint").linters_by_ft = {
clojure = {"clj-kondo"},
-- ... other linters
}
end,
}
Currently there are three ways to get clj-kondo integration in IntelliJ. All three methods work well and have equivalent features. Select your preferred plugin/version management preference between:
- Clojure Extras IntelliJ Plugin
- LSP (Language Server Protocol) plugin to run clj-kondo from a jar
- Cursive or ClojureKit + File Watchers plugin to run an installed binary clj-kondo
Install the plugin from IntelliJ IDEA Plugins Marketplace. You can setup a custom binary from the settings screen or just use the built-in version.
The clj-kondo LSP server provides diagnostics via the LSP protocol. To get it working in IntelliJ follow these steps:
-
Download the latest clj-kondo LSP server jar to your system. Go to the Github releases and look for
clj-kondo-lsp-server-<version>-standalone.jar
. The jar is provided since version2019.11.23
. -
Install the LSP Support plugin by gtache, either from the marketplace of via a zipfile downloaded from the a Github release. Version 1.6.0 or later is required.
-
Configure the LSP Support plugin.
- Go to Preferences / Languages & Frameworks / Language Server Protocol / Server definitions. Select
Raw command
. - In the
Extension
field enterclj;cljs;cljc;edn
. - In the command field enter
java -jar <path>
where<path>
matches the downloaded jar file, e.g./Users/clj-kondo/clj-kondo-lsp-server-2019.11.23-standalone.jar
.
- Go to Preferences / Languages & Frameworks / Language Server Protocol / Server definitions. Select
Now, when editing a Clojure file, you should get linting feedback.
Requires a syntax aware plugin such as Cursive or ClojureKit installed for best results.
Install the File Watchers plugin. This plugin is available for installation in the Community Edition, even though it is bundled in Ultimate, you don't need Ultimate to install it.
Repeat the below steps for the file types Clojure (.clj
), ClojureScript (.cljs
)
and CLJC (.cljc
)1.
- Under Preferences (File/Settings... in GNU/Linux) / Tools / File Watchers click
+
and choose the<custom>
template - Choose a name. E.g.
clj-kondo <filetype>
(where<filetype>
is one of Clojure, ClojureScript or CLJC) - In the File type field, choose the correct filetype
- Scope:
Current file
- In the Program field, type
clj-kondo
- In the Arguments field, type
--lint $FilePath$
You may use a custom config E.g--lint $FilePath$ --config "{:lint-as {manifold.deferred/let-flow clojure.core/let}}"
- In the Working directory field, type
$FileDir$
- Enable
Create output file from stdout
- Show console:
Never
- In output filters put
$FILE_PATH$:$LINE$:$COLUMN$: $MESSAGE$
- The newly created file-watcher "level" defaults to "Project". Change it to "Global" so that
clj-kondo
is active for all future projects
1 See Reader Conditionals for more information on the .cljc
extension.
CLJX (.cljx
) is an extension that was used prior to CLJC but is no longer in wide use.
Ensure that:
syntax-checking
is present indotspacemacs-configuration-layers
.clj-kondo
is available on PATH.
In the .spacemacs
file:
When using the stable master
branch:
-
In
dotspacemacs-additional-packages
addflycheck-clj-kondo
. -
In the
dotspacemacs/user-config
function add the following:(use-package clojure-mode :ensure t :config (require 'flycheck-clj-kondo))
To install it alongside joker:
-
In
dotspacemacs-additional-packages
addflycheck-clj-kondo
andflycheck-joker
. -
In the
dotspacemacs/user-config
function add the following:(use-package clojure-mode :ensure t :config (require 'flycheck-joker) (require 'flycheck-clj-kondo) (dolist (checker '(clj-kondo-clj clj-kondo-cljs clj-kondo-cljc clj-kondo-edn)) (setq flycheck-checkers (cons checker (delq checker flycheck-checkers)))) (dolist (checkers '((clj-kondo-clj . clojure-joker) (clj-kondo-cljs . clojurescript-joker) (clj-kondo-cljc . clojure-joker) (clj-kondo-edn . edn-joker))) (flycheck-add-next-checker (car checkers) (cons 'error (cdr checkers)))))
If using the develop
branch, clj-kondo is available as a part of the standard
clojure layer. This will become the way to install in the next stable
release of spacemacs.
To enable it:
- Ensure the clojure layer is in the
dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
. - Add a variable called
clojure-enable-linters
with the value'clj-kondo
.
It should look like this:
dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
'(...
(clojure :variables
clojure-enable-linters 'clj-kondo)
)
Reload the config to enable clj-kondo.
Add the following to ~/.config/kak/kakrc
:
hook global WinSetOption filetype=clojure %{
set-option window lintcmd 'clj-kondo --lint'
}
The :lint
command will run clj-kondo
and annotate the buffer with lint
warnings and errors.
clj-kondo
is fast enough to lint as you code! If you want to do this, use
the following configuration:
hook global WinSetOption filetype=clojure %{
set-option window lintcmd 'clj-kondo --lint'
lint-enable
hook -group lint-diagnostics window NormalIdle .* %{ lint; lint-show }
}
This works well, but tends to clear the message line too frequently. The following work-around prevents linting from displaying the warning and error counts on the message line:
define-command -hidden -override lint-show-counters %{}
Requires Sublime Text 3 or 4. Install SublimeLinter and SublimeLinter-contrib-clj-kondo with Package Control. clj-kondo must be available on the $PATH
to work.