Languages

The programming languages listed on this page have built-in support in kakoune through the use of rc files.

This encompass such common operations as highlighting, indenting, tagging, building, debugging…

For a list of linters that may be used alongside the support languages, refer to the Lint page.

Columns in the following table:

• Name: points to the source file of the related kak script.
• Alt File: the script creates an alt command to switch between related buffers, for example switching between .c and .h files in C.
• Linting: linting is available through third-party programs, documented on the given link
• Formatting: automatic formatting is available through third-party programs, documented on the given link

Name	Alt File	Linting	Formatting
AsciiDoc	×
C	✔	yes	yes
C++	✔	yes	yes
Clojure	×	yes
CoffeeScript	×	yes
CSS	×	yes	yes
D	×	yes	yes
elixir	×
elm	×		yes
fish	×		yes
Go	×	yes	yes
HAML	×
HTML	×		yes
Handlebars	×
Haskell	×	yes
INI	×
Java	×	yes
JavaScript	×	yes	yes
JSON	×		yes
Julia	×
Latex	×
Lua	✔
LISP	×
Makefile	×
Markdown	×
MoonScript	✔
Nim	×
Ocaml	×		yes
Perl	×		yes
PHP	×	yes
Python	×	yes	yes
Pony	×
Pug	×
Ragel	×
Ruby	✔	yes	yes
Rust	×		yes
SASS & SCSS	×		yes
Scala	×
Shell	×	yes
Swift	×
TUP	×
YAML	×		yes
Zig	×		yes

Lint supported by the community:

• stylus
• typescript
• crystal
• elvish
• Context Free Art (CFDG)
• Mint
• Pixilang