csharpierd

A persistent CSharpier formatting daemon with automatic server management and idle timeout.

Features

• Starts CSharpier server in background on first use
• Reuses existing server for subsequent formatting requests
• Automatically shuts down after 1 hour of inactivity
• Thread-safe with file locking mechanism
• Auto-recovery if server crashes

Requirements

• Bun runtime (>= 1.0.0)
• CSharpier installed globally or locally

Installation

Global Installation

# Bun
bun install -g csharpierd

# npm
npm install -g csharpierd

# Yarn
yarn global add csharpierd

# pnpm
pnpm install -g csharpierd

Local Development

bun install

Usage

Command Line Options

csharpierd <filename> < input.cs    # Format C# code from stdin
csharpierd --status                 # Show server status
csharpierd --stop                   # Stop the background server
csharpierd --help                   # Show help message

As Global Command

After global installation:

# Format a C# file
csharpierd Program.cs < Program.cs

# Or using cat
cat MyFile.cs | csharpierd MyFile.cs

# Output formatted code to a new file
csharpierd MyFile.cs < MyFile.cs > MyFile.formatted.cs

# Check server status
csharpierd --status

# Stop the background server
csharpierd --stop

# Show help
csharpierd --help

Local Development

# Format a file
bun index.ts Program.cs < Program.cs

# Check server status
bun index.ts --status

# Stop the server
bun index.ts --stop

# Show help
bun index.ts --help

Server Management

Check Server Status

The --status flag shows detailed information about the server including:

• Running state (RUNNING, STARTING, STOPPED, or NOT RUNNING)
• Process ID and port
• Last access time
• Idle time with color-coded warnings (green < 75% timeout, yellow >= 75%, red >= 100%)
• Configuration details

csharpierd --status

Stopping the Server

The server will automatically shut down after 1 hour of inactivity, but you can manually stop it:

csharpierd --stop

Building

You can compile the TypeScript code to a standalone binary:

bun run build

This creates a csharpierd binary in the current directory that can be distributed without requiring Bun to be installed. The binary is self-contained and includes all dependencies.

# Run the compiled binary
./csharpierd Program.cs < Program.cs

Editor Integration

Neovim with conform.nvim

conform.nvim is a popular formatter plugin for Neovim. Here's how to configure it to use csharpierd:

Basic Configuration

require("conform").setup({
  formatters_by_ft = {
    cs = { "csharpierd" },
  },
  formatters = {
    csharpierd = {
      command = "csharpierd",
      args = { "$RELATIVE_FILEPATH" },
      stdin = true,
    },
  },
})

Benefits of using csharpierd with conform.nvim

• Fast formatting: Reuses the CSharpier server process, avoiding startup overhead
• Automatic server management: Server starts on first use and stops after 1 hour of inactivity

How It Works

1. First Call: Starts dotnet csharpier server --server-port 78912 in the background
2. Subsequent Calls: Reuses the existing server process
3. Idle Timeout: Server automatically shuts down after 1 hour of inactivity
4. State Management: Server state (PID, port, last access time) stored in /tmp/csharpierd-state.json
5. Concurrency: Lock file prevents race conditions when multiple instances run simultaneously

Server Details

• Port: 78912 (hardcoded)
• State File: /tmp/csharpierd-state.json
• Lock File: /tmp/csharpierd.lock
• Idle Timeout: 1 hour (3600000ms)

Publishing

To publish this package to npm:

bun publish

License

MIT