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Supported extensions and languages

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Code Suggestions is available in the following editor extensions and for the following languages.

Supported editor extensions

To use Code Suggestions, use one of these editor extensions:

IDE Extension
VSCode VS Code GitLab Workflow extension
GitLab WebIDE (VS Code in the Cloud) No configuration required.
Microsoft Visual Studio Visual Studio GitLab extension
JetBrains IDEs GitLab Duo Plugin for JetBrains
Neovim gitlab.vim plugin

A GitLab Language Server is used in VS Code, Visual Studio, and Neovim. The Language Server supports faster iteration across more platforms. You can also configure it to support Code Suggestions in IDEs where GitLab doesn't provide official support.

You can express interest in other IDE extension support in this issue.

Supported languages

Code Suggestions is aware of common popular programming languages, concepts, and infrastructure-as-code interfaces, like Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM), Google Cloud CLI, and Terraform.

The following languages are supported:

Language VS Code JetBrains IDEs Visual Studio Neovim
C {check-circle} Yes {dotted-circle} No {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
C++ {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
C# {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
CSS {dotted-circle} No {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Go {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Google SQL {dotted-circle} No {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
HTML {dotted-circle} No {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Java {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
JavaScript {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Kotlin {check-circle} Yes

(Requires third-party extension providing Kotlin support)
{check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
PHP {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Python {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Ruby {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Rust {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Scala {check-circle} Yes

(Requires third-party extension providing Scala support)
{check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Shell scripts (bash only) {dotted-circle} No {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Swift {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
TypeScript {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes {check-circle} Yes
Terraform {check-circle} Yes

(Requires third-party extension providing Terraform support)
{check-circle} Yes {dotted-circle} No {check-circle} Yes

(Requires third-party extension providing the terraform file type)

NOTE: Some languages are not supported in all JetBrains IDEs, or might require additional plugin support. Refer to the JetBrains documentation for specifics on your IDE.

For languages not listed in the table, Code Suggestions might not function as expected.