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## forge lsp

Open Solidity in VS Code or start the language server

:::terminal
```bash
$ forge lsp --help
```

```txt
Usage: forge lsp [OPTIONS] [PATH]

Arguments:
  [PATH]
          Project directory to open in VS Code. Defaults to the current
          directory

Options:
      --stdio
          Run the language server over standard input/output

      --vscode
          Open a VS Code Extension Development Host even when input is
          redirected

      --code-path <CODE_PATH>
          VS Code executable or command. Defaults to `code` on PATH

  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

  -j, --threads <THREADS>
          Number of threads to use. Specifying 0 defaults to the number of
          logical cores

          [alias: --jobs]

      --profile <PROFILE>
          The configuration profile to use

Display options:
      --color <COLOR>
          The color of the log messages

          Possible values:
          - auto:   Intelligently guess whether to use color output (default)
          - always: Force color output
          - never:  Force disable color output

      --json
          Format log messages as JSON

      --md
          Format log messages as Markdown

  -q, --quiet
          Do not print log messages

  -v, --verbosity...
          Verbosity level of the log messages.

          Pass multiple times to increase the verbosity (e.g. -v, -vv, -vvv).

          Depending on the context the verbosity levels have different meanings.

          For example, the verbosity levels of the EVM are:
          - 2 (-vv): Print logs for all tests.
          - 3 (-vvv): Print execution traces for failing tests.
          - 4 (-vvvv): Print execution traces for all tests, and setup traces
          for failing tests.
          - 5 (-vvvvv): Print execution and setup traces for all tests,
          including storage changes and
            backtraces with line numbers.
```
:::