# Merlin vs Ocaml-lsp

**URL:** https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/merlin-vs-ocaml-lsp/8887
**Category:** Learning
**Tags:** merlin, ocaml-lsp-server
**Created:** [November 25, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/merlin-vs-ocaml-lsp/8887 "2021-11-25T15:11:52Z")
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### Author: ![rgrinberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ocaml.org/rgrinberg/32/40_2.png) [@rgrinberg](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/rgrinberg)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/merlin-vs-ocaml-lsp/8887/4 "2021-11-25T16:01:46Z")

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> [@sid](#):
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> _If_ I did use emacs would I gain any more benefits as far as the OCaml integration is concerned?

It’s also helpful to talk about what you will lose.

In my experience the editor frontends that come with merlin perform poorly compared to their LSP counterparts. In Emacs for example, I recall that switching to eglot to ocamllsp gave me a very noticeable boost in completion performance and error checking performance.

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