---
name: "ccls"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ccls"
version: "0.20241108-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ccls"
---

# ccls(1)

C/C++/Objective-C language server

## NAME

ccls - C/C++/Objective-C language server

## SYNOPSIS

**ccls \[options\]**

## OPTIONS

- \-h

  alias for -help

- \-index=\<root\>

  standalone mode: index a project and exit

- \-init=\<string\>

  extra initialization options in JSON

- \-log-file=\<file\>

  stderr or log file

- \-log-file-append

  append to log file

- \-test-index=\<string\>

  run index tests

- \-v=\<int\>

  verbosity, from -3 (fatal) to 2 (verbose)

## SEE ALSO

- 1\.

  https://github.com/MaskRay/ccls/wiki

- 2\.

  https://langserver.org/

## NOTES

This command is not intended for direct use. You should have an LSP(Language Server Protocol) client for your editors.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Shengjing Zhu \<zhsj@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).