diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d0cddcb9d..467975ef3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4031,6 +4031,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "specta",
+ "specta-typescript",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
  "tokio-util",
 ]
@@ -4221,6 +4222,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "regex-lite",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "specta",
  "toml 0.9.12+spec-1.1.0",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 37bed70fc..e35265ce3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 toml = "0.9"
 toml_edit = "0.25"
 specta = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.25", features = ["derive"] }
+specta-typescript = "0.0.12"
 
 # async & concurrency
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "sync", "time", "process", "io-util", "fs"] }
diff --git a/crates/ide-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/ide-core/Cargo.toml
index 14cf7ab3c..21618ba11 100644
--- a/crates/ide-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ide-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ dunce.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 specta.workspace = true
+specta-typescript.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio-util.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/ide-core/src/settings.rs b/crates/ide-core/src/settings.rs
index 435763832..ca94467e6 100644
--- a/crates/ide-core/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-core/src/settings.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ pub struct Settings {
     /// Language servers / debug adapters at a user-chosen location, by the
     /// command the language definition launches (`elixir-ls`, `codelldb`).
     pub tools: BTreeMap<String, ToolSettings>,
+    /// Per language server, by name (`rust-analyzer`): launch and protocol
+    /// options on top of the language definition, or a server defined here.
+    pub language_servers: BTreeMap<String, LanguageServerSettings>,
     /// Editor › Inspections profiles.
     pub inspections: InspectionSettings,
     /// Editor › Natural Languages › Spelling.
@@ -61,6 +64,58 @@ pub struct ToolSettings {
     pub path: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Type)]
+#[serde(default, rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct LanguageServerSettings {
+    /// `false` keeps the server from starting for any language.
+    pub enabled: bool,
+    /// Executable to launch instead of the definition's; required for a server
+    /// defined here (one with `languages`).
+    pub command: String,
+    /// Replaces the definition's arguments.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[specta(optional)]
+    pub args: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    /// Added to the server's environment.
+    pub env: BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    /// Merged over the definition's `initializationOptions` (sent once at startup).
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[specta(optional, type = Option<specta_typescript::Unknown>)]
+    pub initialization_options: Option<serde_json::Value>,
+    /// Answers the server's `workspace/configuration` requests; changes are pushed
+    /// with `workspace/didChangeConfiguration` without a restart.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[specta(optional, type = Option<specta_typescript::Unknown>)]
+    pub settings: Option<serde_json::Value>,
+    /// Language ids a server defined here serves (`python`); empty for the servers
+    /// of the language definitions.
+    pub languages: Vec<String>,
+    /// Files marking a workspace root for a server defined here (`pyproject.toml`).
+    pub root_markers: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Default for LanguageServerSettings {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            enabled: true,
+            command: String::new(),
+            args: None,
+            env: BTreeMap::new(),
+            initialization_options: None,
+            settings: None,
+            languages: Vec::new(),
+            root_markers: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl LanguageServerSettings {
+    /// A server defined in settings rather than by a language definition.
+    pub fn is_custom(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.languages.is_empty()
+    }
+}
+
 impl Settings {
     /// The configured executable for `command`, if any (`~/` not yet expanded).
     pub fn tool_path(&self, command: &str) -> Option<&str> {
@@ -89,6 +144,7 @@ impl Default for Settings {
             actions_on_save: ActionsOnSaveSettings::default(),
             external_tools: Vec::new(),
             tools: BTreeMap::new(),
+            language_servers: BTreeMap::new(),
             inspections: InspectionSettings::default(),
             spelling: SpellingSettings::default(),
             ssh: SshSettings::default(),
diff --git a/crates/ide-host/src/ops/project.rs b/crates/ide-host/src/ops/project.rs
index 2e624f25c..b631f6be2 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/src/ops/project.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/src/ops/project.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn set_settings(
         host.ssh.set_configs(host.global_settings.effective().ssh.configs);
     }
     // A new interpreter / toolchain / server executable restarts the language servers it affects.
-    if ["languages", "tools"].iter().any(|k| key == *k || key.starts_with(&format!("{k}."))) {
+    if ["languages", "tools", "languageServers"].iter().any(|k| key == *k || key.starts_with(&format!("{k}."))) {
         for project in affected() {
             let lsp = project.lsp.clone();
             host.runtime.spawn(async move { lsp.reconfigure().await });
diff --git a/crates/ide-host/src/ops/tools.rs b/crates/ide-host/src/ops/tools.rs
index db0ab6651..be3d13733 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/src/ops/tools.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/src/ops/tools.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ fn tools(host: &Host, window: &str) -> IdeResult<Tools> {
     Ok(Tools::new(&data).with_custom_paths(custom).with_found_paths(found.into_iter().collect()))
 }
 
+/// The language definitions plus the servers defined in the window's settings.
+fn languages(host: &Host, window: &str) -> Vec<ide_language::LanguageConfig> {
+    let settings = match host.project(window) {
+        Ok(project) => project.settings.effective(),
+        Err(_) => host.global_settings.effective(),
+    };
+    let mut langs = host.languages.all();
+    ide_sdk::apply::with_custom_servers(&mut langs, &settings);
+    langs
+}
+
 fn join_err(e: impl std::fmt::Display) -> IdeError {
     IdeError::internal(e.to_string())
 }
@@ -40,7 +51,7 @@ fn reconfigure_servers(host: &Host) {
 /// Status of every known language server / debug adapter and the languages using it.
 pub async fn tools_list(host: &Host, window: &str) -> IdeResult<Vec<ToolInfo>> {
     let tools = tools(host, window)?;
-    let langs = host.languages.all();
+    let langs = languages(host, window);
     tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || tools.list(&langs)).await.map_err(join_err)
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +65,7 @@ pub async fn tools_install(
     on_event: Channel<InstallEvent>,
 ) -> IdeResult<ToolInfo> {
     let tools = tools(host, window)?;
-    let langs = host.languages.all();
+    let langs = languages(host, window);
     let cancel = host.begin_request(request);
     let result = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
         tools.install(&name, &langs, &cancel, &|e| {
@@ -74,7 +85,7 @@ pub async fn tools_install(
 /// Removes a tool the IDE installed.
 pub async fn tools_uninstall(host: &Host, window: &str, name: String) -> IdeResult<ToolInfo> {
     let tools = tools(host, window)?;
-    let langs = host.languages.all();
+    let langs = languages(host, window);
     let info = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || tools.uninstall(&name, &langs)).await.map_err(join_err)??;
     reconfigure_servers(host);
     Ok(info)
diff --git a/crates/ide-host/src/project.rs b/crates/ide-host/src/project.rs
index 869541659..ee92e219c 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/src/project.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/src/project.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ impl Host {
             let data_dir = self.data_dir.clone();
             lsp.set_config_hook(Box::new(move |cfg, server_root| {
                 let effective = settings.effective();
+                ide_sdk::apply::server_launch_overrides(cfg, &effective);
                 ide_sdk::apply::configure_server(cfg, &root, server_root, &effective);
                 if cfg.name == "jdtls" {
                     let bundles: Vec<PathBuf> =
@@ -149,6 +150,13 @@ impl Host {
                     );
                     ide_sdk::jdtls::launch_directly(cfg);
                 }
+                ide_sdk::apply::server_protocol_overrides(cfg, &effective);
+            }));
+        }
+        {
+            let settings = settings.clone();
+            lsp.set_servers_hook(Box::new(move |language, defined| {
+                ide_sdk::apply::language_servers(language.as_str(), defined, &settings.effective())
             }));
         }
         {
diff --git a/crates/ide-language/Cargo.toml b/crates/ide-language/Cargo.toml
index 39207b942..12ff2717e 100644
--- a/crates/ide-language/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ide-language/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 ide-core.workspace = true
 ide-text.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
 specta.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true
 tree-sitter.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/ide-language/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-language/src/lib.rs
index 6af20c66a..0a016a6d1 100644
--- a/crates/ide-language/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-language/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ pub struct LanguageServerConfig {
     /// JSON passed as `initializationOptions`.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub initialization_options: Option<toml::Value>,
+    /// Answers `workspace/configuration`; without it the sections are looked up
+    /// in `initialization_options`.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub settings: Option<serde_json::Value>,
     /// Human hint shown when the binary is missing.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub install_hint: Option<String>,
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/src/handler.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/src/handler.rs
index c5df73986..35be7f5b8 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/src/handler.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/src/handler.rs
@@ -125,13 +125,7 @@ impl ClientHandler {
     }
 
     fn configuration(&self, params: &Value) -> Value {
-        let options = self
-            .server
-            .effective_config()
-            .initialization_options
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|v| serde_json::to_value(v).ok())
-            .unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+        let options = all_settings(&self.server.effective_config());
         let items = params.get("items").and_then(Value::as_array).cloned().unwrap_or_default();
         Value::Array(
             items
@@ -244,3 +238,29 @@ impl Handler for ClientHandler {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// What `workspace/configuration` sections are looked up in: the server's
+/// `initializationOptions` with its `settings` merged over them.
+pub(crate) fn all_settings(cfg: &ide_language::LanguageServerConfig) -> Value {
+    let mut out = cfg.initialization_options.as_ref().and_then(|v| serde_json::to_value(v).ok()).unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+    if let Some(settings) = &cfg.settings {
+        merge(&mut out, settings.clone());
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn merge(base: &mut Value, layer: Value) {
+    match (base, layer) {
+        (Value::Object(base), Value::Object(layer)) => {
+            for (k, v) in layer {
+                match base.get_mut(&k) {
+                    Some(existing) => merge(existing, v),
+                    None => {
+                        base.insert(k, v);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        (base, layer) => *base = layer,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/src/inspect.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/src/inspect.rs
index 3aa6c645f..95f4fb626 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/src/inspect.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/src/inspect.rs
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ impl LspManager {
     /// run doesn't prompt to install every language it meets.
     pub fn serves_path(&self, path: &Path) -> bool {
         let lang = self.languages.detect(path, None);
-        let Some(config) = self.languages.get(&lang) else { return false };
-        config.language_servers.iter().any(|ls| {
+        self.language_servers(&lang).iter().any(|ls| {
             let mut cfg = ls.clone();
             if let Some(hook) = self.config_hook.read().clone() {
                 hook(&mut cfg, &self.project_root);
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/src/lib.rs
index 9a0489acf..f003d36df 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/src/lib.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ pub type ApplyEditHook = Arc<dyn Fn(WorkspaceEdit) -> bool + Send + Sync>;
 /// settings before each launch; receives the server's workspace root.
 pub type ConfigFn = dyn Fn(&mut LanguageServerConfig, &Path) + Send + Sync;
 pub type ConfigHook = Arc<ConfigFn>;
+/// The servers a language uses, from its definition's list (user settings
+/// disable some and add others).
+pub type ServersFn = dyn Fn(&LanguageId, &[LanguageServerConfig]) -> Vec<LanguageServerConfig> + Send + Sync;
 
 struct Attached {
     server: Arc<Server>,
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ pub struct LspManager {
     docs: Mutex<HashMap<DocId, DocState>>,
     apply_edit_hook: RwLock<Option<ApplyEditHook>>,
     config_hook: RwLock<Option<ConfigHook>>,
+    servers_hook: RwLock<Option<Arc<ServersFn>>>,
     candidates_hook: RwLock<Option<Arc<CandidateFn>>>,
     shutting_down: AtomicBool,
     /// `window/showMessage` texts already surfaced; servers repeat them on every restart/reconfigure.
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@ impl LspManager {
             docs: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
             apply_edit_hook: RwLock::new(None),
             config_hook: RwLock::new(None),
+            servers_hook: RwLock::new(None),
             candidates_hook: RwLock::new(None),
             shutting_down: AtomicBool::new(false),
             shown_messages: Mutex::new(HashSet::new()),
@@ -297,10 +302,9 @@ impl LspManager {
     /// The servers serving `path`: every regular one, and each `fallback` one
     /// only while all servers listed before it are missing.
     fn servers_for(&self, language: &LanguageId, path: &Path) -> Vec<Arc<Server>> {
-        let Some(cfg) = self.languages.get(language) else { return Vec::new() };
         let mut out = Vec::new();
         let mut available_before = false;
-        for sc in &cfg.language_servers {
+        for sc in &self.language_servers(language) {
             if sc.fallback && available_before {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -311,8 +315,18 @@ impl LspManager {
         out
     }
 
+    /// The definitions of the servers `language` uses.
+    fn language_servers(&self, language: &LanguageId) -> Vec<LanguageServerConfig> {
+        let Some(cfg) = self.languages.get(language) else { return Vec::new() };
+        match self.servers_hook.read().clone() {
+            Some(hook) => hook(language, &cfg.language_servers),
+            None => cfg.language_servers,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// A server turned out to be missing: attach the fallbacks it was hiding
-    /// to the open documents (and start them).
+    /// to the open documents (and start them). Also attaches servers newly
+    /// enabled in settings.
     fn attach_fallbacks(&self) {
         let open: Vec<(DocId, LanguageId, PathBuf)> =
             self.docs.lock().iter().map(|(id, d)| (*id, d.language.clone(), d.path.clone())).collect();
@@ -432,6 +446,14 @@ impl LspManager {
         if let Err(e) = peer.notify("initialized", json!({})) {
             tracing::warn!("{}: {e}", server.name);
         }
+        // Servers that don't ask with `workspace/configuration` only learn settings this way.
+        let cfg = server.effective_config();
+        if cfg.settings.is_some()
+            && let Err(e) =
+                peer.notify("workspace/didChangeConfiguration", json!({ "settings": handler::all_settings(&cfg) }))
+        {
+            tracing::debug!("{}: didChangeConfiguration: {e}", server.name);
+        }
         let run = Running { generation, peer: peer.clone(), caps: Arc::new(RwLock::new(caps)) };
 
         // Publish readiness and (re)open attached documents atomically w.r.t. did_change.
@@ -1778,6 +1800,11 @@ impl LspManager {
         *self.config_hook.write() = Some(Arc::from(hook));
     }
 
+    /// Installed by `src-tauri` to apply the servers enabled / defined in settings.
+    pub fn set_servers_hook(&self, hook: Box<ServersFn>) {
+        *self.servers_hook.write() = Some(Arc::from(hook));
+    }
+
     /// The server's base configuration with the settings hook applied.
     fn configured(&self, server: &Server) -> LanguageServerConfig {
         let mut cfg = server.config.clone();
@@ -1789,11 +1816,26 @@ impl LspManager {
 
     /// Restarts running servers whose settings-derived configuration changed
     /// (e.g. a new project interpreter); stopped ones pick it up on their next start.
+    /// A change of `settings` alone reaches a running server without a restart.
+    /// Servers no longer enabled stop; newly enabled ones attach to open documents.
     pub async fn reconfigure(&self) {
+        self.stop_unlisted().await;
         let servers: Vec<Arc<Server>> = self.servers.lock().clone();
         for s in servers {
             let next = self.configured(&s);
-            if next == s.effective_config() {
+            let current = s.effective_config();
+            if next == current {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let without_settings = |c: &LanguageServerConfig| LanguageServerConfig { settings: None, ..c.clone() };
+            if let Some(run) = s.running()
+                && without_settings(&next) == without_settings(&current)
+            {
+                s.set_effective_config(next);
+                let params = json!({ "settings": handler::all_settings(&s.effective_config()) });
+                if let Err(e) = run.peer.notify("workspace/didChangeConfiguration", params) {
+                    tracing::debug!("{}: didChangeConfiguration: {e}", s.name);
+                }
                 continue;
             }
             match s.status() {
@@ -1815,6 +1857,96 @@ impl LspManager {
                 ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Stopped => {}
             }
         }
+        self.attach_fallbacks();
+        self.detach_shadowed_fallbacks().await;
+    }
+
+    /// A server enabled again shadows the fallbacks attached in its place: they
+    /// leave the open documents, and stop once no document uses them.
+    async fn detach_shadowed_fallbacks(&self) {
+        let open: Vec<(DocId, LanguageId, PathBuf)> =
+            self.docs.lock().iter().map(|(id, d)| (*id, d.language.clone(), d.path.clone())).collect();
+        let mut shadowed: Vec<(DocId, Vec<ide_core::ServerId>)> = Vec::new();
+        for (id, language, path) in open {
+            let configs = self.language_servers(&language);
+            let wanted = self.servers_for(&language, &path);
+            let docs = self.docs.lock();
+            let Some(d) = docs.get(&id) else { continue };
+            let gone: Vec<ide_core::ServerId> = d
+                .servers
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|a| {
+                    !wanted.iter().any(|w| w.id == a.server.id)
+                        && configs.iter().any(|c| c.fallback && c.name == a.server.name)
+                })
+                .map(|a| a.server.id)
+                .collect();
+            if !gone.is_empty() {
+                shadowed.push((id, gone));
+            }
+        }
+        if shadowed.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+        let mut detached: Vec<Arc<Server>> = Vec::new();
+        {
+            let mut docs = self.docs.lock();
+            for (id, gone) in shadowed {
+                let Some(d) = docs.get_mut(&id) else { continue };
+                let (leaving, staying): (Vec<Attached>, Vec<Attached>) =
+                    d.servers.drain(..).partition(|a| gone.contains(&a.server.id));
+                d.servers = staying;
+                for a in leaving {
+                    if let Some(run) = a.server.running()
+                        && a.opened_gen == Some(run.generation)
+                        && run.caps.read().open_close
+                        && let Err(e) =
+                            run.peer.notify("textDocument/didClose", json!({ "textDocument": { "uri": d.uri } }))
+                    {
+                        tracing::debug!("{}: didClose: {e}", a.server.name);
+                    }
+                    self.sink.emit(ide_core::IdeEvent::Diagnostics {
+                        path: d.path.clone().into(),
+                        source: a.server.name.clone(),
+                        items: Vec::new(),
+                    });
+                    if !detached.iter().any(|s| s.id == a.server.id) {
+                        detached.push(a.server);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            let in_use = |s: &Arc<Server>| docs.values().any(|d| d.servers.iter().any(|a| a.server.id == s.id));
+            detached.retain(|s| !in_use(s));
+        }
+        if detached.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+        for s in &detached {
+            tracing::info!("{}: shadowed by an enabled server, stopping", s.name);
+            self.stop_instance(s, true).await;
+        }
+        self.servers.lock().retain(|s| !detached.iter().any(|d| d.id == s.id));
+    }
+
+    /// Stops and forgets the servers that none of their languages uses any more.
+    async fn stop_unlisted(&self) {
+        let servers: Vec<Arc<Server>> = self.servers.lock().clone();
+        let unlisted: Vec<Arc<Server>> = servers
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|s| !s.languages().iter().any(|l| self.language_servers(l).iter().any(|c| c.name == s.name)))
+            .collect();
+        if unlisted.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+        for s in &unlisted {
+            tracing::info!("{}: no longer enabled, stopping", s.name);
+            self.stop_instance(s, true).await;
+        }
+        let gone = |s: &Arc<Server>| unlisted.iter().any(|u| u.id == s.id);
+        self.servers.lock().retain(|s| !gone(s));
+        for d in self.docs.lock().values_mut() {
+            d.servers.retain(|a| !gone(&a.server));
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn set_apply_edit_hook(&self, hook: Box<dyn Fn(WorkspaceEdit) -> bool + Send + Sync>) {
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/tests/mock_server.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/tests/mock_server.rs
index 98d7af078..9ca8e202a 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/tests/mock_server.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/tests/mock_server.rs
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ fn server_cfg(name: &str) -> LanguageServerConfig {
         env: Default::default(),
         root_markers: vec!["mock.toml".into()],
         initialization_options: Some(toml::Value::Table(toml::toml! { flag = true nested = { deep = 1 } })),
+        settings: None,
         install_hint: Some(format!("install {name}")),
         connect: None,
         fallback: false,
@@ -795,6 +796,54 @@ async fn launch_error_fails_without_starting_the_server() {
     assert!(!h.statuses("mock").contains(&ServerStatus::Crashed));
 }
 
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn settings_changes_reach_servers_without_restarts() {
+    let h = harness(&[("mock", incremental_caps()), ("extra", incremental_caps())]);
+    let settings: Arc<Mutex<Option<Value>>> = Default::default();
+    let disabled: Arc<Mutex<Vec<String>>> = Default::default();
+    {
+        let settings = settings.clone();
+        h.mgr.set_config_hook(Box::new(move |cfg, _| cfg.settings = settings.lock().clone()));
+    }
+    {
+        let disabled = disabled.clone();
+        h.mgr.set_servers_hook(Box::new(move |_, defined| {
+            defined.iter().filter(|c| !disabled.lock().contains(&c.name)).cloned().collect()
+        }));
+    }
+    h.open("a.mk", "x");
+    h.wait_status("mock", ServerStatus::Ready).await;
+    h.wait_status("extra", ServerStatus::Ready).await;
+
+    // Only `settings` changed: pushed to the running server, which keeps running.
+    let s = h.launcher.state("mock");
+    *settings.lock() = Some(json!({ "nested": { "other": 2 } }));
+    h.mgr.reconfigure().await;
+    eventually(|| !s.notified("workspace/didChangeConfiguration").is_empty()).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.notified("workspace/didChangeConfiguration")[0],
+        json!({ "settings": { "flag": true, "nested": { "deep": 1, "other": 2 } } })
+    );
+    assert_eq!(s.launches.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+    let cfg: Value = s
+        .peer()
+        .request("workspace/configuration", json!({ "items": [{ "section": "nested.other" }] }), None)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cfg, json!([2]));
+
+    // Disabled: stopped and forgotten; enabled again: attached to the open document.
+    disabled.lock().push("extra".into());
+    h.mgr.reconfigure().await;
+    assert_eq!(h.mgr.servers().iter().map(|s| s.name.as_str()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["mock"]);
+    assert_eq!(h.statuses("extra").last(), Some(&ServerStatus::Stopped));
+    disabled.lock().clear();
+    h.mgr.reconfigure().await;
+    h.wait_status("extra", ServerStatus::Ready).await;
+    eventually(|| h.launcher.state("extra").notified("textDocument/didOpen").len() == 2).await;
+    assert_eq!(s.launches.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
 async fn fallback_servers_only_run_when_the_preferred_one_is_missing() {
     // Preferred installed: the alternative is never started.
@@ -819,6 +868,40 @@ async fn fallback_servers_only_run_when_the_preferred_one_is_missing() {
     assert!(h.mgr.hover(doc, Pos::new(0, 0), Default::default()).await.is_ok());
 }
 
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn a_fallback_leaves_when_the_preferred_server_is_enabled_again() {
+    let h = harness_with_fallbacks(&[("main", incremental_caps()), ("alt", incremental_caps())], &["alt"]);
+    let disabled: Arc<Mutex<Vec<String>>> = Default::default();
+    {
+        let disabled = disabled.clone();
+        h.mgr.set_servers_hook(Box::new(move |_, defined| {
+            defined.iter().filter(|c| !disabled.lock().contains(&c.name)).cloned().collect()
+        }));
+    }
+    let (doc, path) = h.open("a.mk", "x");
+    let uri = uri_of(&path);
+    h.wait_status("main", ServerStatus::Ready).await;
+    assert!(h.statuses("alt").is_empty());
+
+    // Preferred disabled: the fallback takes over the open document.
+    disabled.lock().push("main".into());
+    h.mgr.reconfigure().await;
+    h.wait_status("alt", ServerStatus::Ready).await;
+    eventually(|| h.launcher.state("alt").docs.lock().contains_key(&uri)).await;
+    assert_eq!(h.mgr.servers().iter().map(|s| s.name.as_str()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["alt"]);
+
+    // Enabled again: the fallback closes the document and stops.
+    disabled.lock().clear();
+    h.mgr.reconfigure().await;
+    h.wait_status("main", ServerStatus::Ready).await;
+    eventually(|| h.launcher.state("main").docs.lock().contains_key(&uri)).await;
+    assert!(!h.launcher.state("alt").notified("textDocument/didClose").is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(h.statuses("alt").last(), Some(&ServerStatus::Stopped));
+    assert_eq!(h.mgr.servers().iter().map(|s| s.name.as_str()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["main"]);
+    assert!(h.mgr.hover(doc, Pos::new(0, 0), Default::default()).await.is_ok());
+    assert_eq!(h.launcher.state("alt").requested("textDocument/hover").len(), 0);
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
 async fn implementations_per_position() {
     let caps = json!({ "textDocumentSync": 1, "implementationProvider": true });
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/tests/real_servers.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/tests/real_servers.rs
index e0bba0013..121bb0279 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/tests/real_servers.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/tests/real_servers.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ async fn missing_binary_is_reported_with_install_hint() {
         env: Default::default(),
         root_markers: vec![],
         initialization_options: None,
+        settings: None,
         install_hint: Some("npm i -g nope-ls".into()),
         connect: None,
         fallback: false,
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ async fn typescript_language_server_end_to_end() {
         env: Default::default(),
         root_markers: vec!["tsconfig.json".into()],
         initialization_options: None,
+        settings: None,
         install_hint: None,
         connect: None,
         fallback: false,
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@ fn npm_server(tools: &Path, name: &str, bin: &str, init: Option<serde_json::Valu
         env: Default::default(),
         root_markers: vec!["package.json".into()],
         initialization_options: init.map(|v| toml::Value::try_from(v).unwrap()),
+        settings: None,
         install_hint: None,
         connect: None,
         fallback: false,
diff --git a/crates/ide-sdk/src/apply.rs b/crates/ide-sdk/src/apply.rs
index bca1225f5..54329bf35 100644
--- a/crates/ide-sdk/src/apply.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-sdk/src/apply.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use crate::discover::{project_venv_python, workspace_tsdk};
 use crate::exec::{path_with, search_path};
 use crate::{bin_dir, exe, venv_of};
 use crate::{godot, vue};
-use ide_core::settings::Settings;
-use ide_language::LanguageServerConfig;
+use ide_core::settings::{LanguageServerSettings, Settings};
+use ide_language::{LanguageConfig, LanguageServerConfig};
 use ide_run::RunConfig;
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -302,6 +302,77 @@ pub fn configure_server(cfg: &mut LanguageServerConfig, root: &Path, server_root
     }
 }
 
+/// The servers `language` uses after Settings › Language Servers: the
+/// definition's ones that aren't disabled, then the ones defined in settings for it.
+pub fn language_servers(language: &str, defined: &[LanguageServerConfig], s: &Settings) -> Vec<LanguageServerConfig> {
+    let enabled = |name: &str| s.language_servers.get(name).is_none_or(|ls| ls.enabled);
+    let mut out: Vec<LanguageServerConfig> = defined.iter().filter(|c| enabled(&c.name)).cloned().collect();
+    for (name, ls) in &s.language_servers {
+        if ls.enabled && ls.languages.iter().any(|l| l == language) && !out.iter().any(|c| &c.name == name) {
+            out.push(custom_server(name, ls));
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Adds the servers defined in settings to the languages they serve (to list
+/// them with the tools); disabled ones stay so they can be turned back on.
+pub fn with_custom_servers(langs: &mut [LanguageConfig], s: &Settings) {
+    for (name, ls) in s.language_servers.iter().filter(|(_, ls)| ls.is_custom()) {
+        for lang in langs.iter_mut().filter(|l| ls.languages.iter().any(|id| id == l.id.as_str())) {
+            if !lang.language_servers.iter().any(|c| &c.name == name) {
+                lang.language_servers.push(custom_server(name, ls));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn custom_server(name: &str, ls: &LanguageServerSettings) -> LanguageServerConfig {
+    LanguageServerConfig {
+        name: name.to_owned(),
+        command: ls.command.trim().to_owned(),
+        args: Vec::new(),
+        env: Default::default(),
+        root_markers: ls.root_markers.clone(),
+        initialization_options: None,
+        settings: None,
+        install_hint: Some(match ls.command.trim() {
+            "" => format!("Set the command of `{name}` in Settings › Language Servers"),
+            command => format!("`{command}` was not found: install it, or set its path in Settings › Language Servers"),
+        }),
+        connect: None,
+        fallback: false,
+        launch_error: None,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Command and arguments from Settings › Language Servers; applied before
+/// [`configure_server`] so toolchain adjustments (a custom path, JVM args) still follow.
+pub fn server_launch_overrides(cfg: &mut LanguageServerConfig, s: &Settings) {
+    let Some(ls) = s.language_servers.get(&cfg.name) else { return };
+    if let Some(command) = non_empty(ls.command.trim()) {
+        cfg.command = command.to_owned();
+    }
+    if let Some(args) = &ls.args {
+        cfg.args = args.clone();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Environment, `initializationOptions` and `workspace/configuration` settings
+/// from Settings › Language Servers; applied last so they win over derived values.
+pub fn server_protocol_overrides(cfg: &mut LanguageServerConfig, s: &Settings) {
+    let Some(ls) = s.language_servers.get(&cfg.name) else { return };
+    cfg.env.extend(ls.env.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone())));
+    if let Some(options) = &ls.initialization_options {
+        merge_init_options(cfg, options.clone());
+    }
+    if let Some(settings) = &ls.settings {
+        let mut current = cfg.settings.take().filter(Value::is_object).unwrap_or_else(|| json!({}));
+        merge(&mut current, settings.clone());
+        cfg.settings = Some(current);
+    }
+}
+
 /// vue-language-server loads TypeScript as a library (`--tsdk`, else its own
 /// `require('typescript')`): the selected version, else its own, else the
 /// project's — whichever still has the language-service API.
diff --git a/crates/ide-sdk/src/tests.rs b/crates/ide-sdk/src/tests.rs
index 57b899f18..fb6699609 100644
--- a/crates/ide-sdk/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-sdk/src/tests.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ fn server(name: &str) -> LanguageServerConfig {
         env: BTreeMap::new(),
         root_markers: vec![],
         initialization_options: None,
+        settings: None,
         install_hint: None,
         connect: None,
         fallback: false,
@@ -205,6 +206,59 @@ fn project_jdk_and_maven_settings() {
     assert_eq!(project_jdk(tmp.path(), &s), None);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn language_server_settings_disable_add_and_override() {
+    use crate::apply::{language_servers, server_launch_overrides, server_protocol_overrides, with_custom_servers};
+    use ide_core::settings::LanguageServerSettings;
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    let mut s = Settings::default();
+    s.language_servers.insert("pylsp".into(), LanguageServerSettings { enabled: false, ..Default::default() });
+    s.language_servers.insert(
+        "ruff".into(),
+        LanguageServerSettings {
+            command: "ruff".into(),
+            args: Some(vec!["server".into()]),
+            languages: vec!["python".into()],
+            root_markers: vec!["pyproject.toml".into()],
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    );
+    let defined = [server("basedpyright"), server("pylsp")];
+    let names = |v: Vec<LanguageServerConfig>| v.into_iter().map(|c| c.name).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert_eq!(names(language_servers("python", &defined, &s)), ["basedpyright", "ruff"]);
+    assert_eq!(names(language_servers("rust", &[server("rust-analyzer")], &s)), ["rust-analyzer"]);
+
+    // Listed with the tools even while disabled.
+    let mut langs = ide_language::LanguageRegistry::load(None).unwrap().all();
+    with_custom_servers(&mut langs, &s);
+    let python = langs.iter().find(|l| l.id.as_str() == "python").unwrap();
+    let mut ruff = python.language_servers.iter().find(|c| c.name == "ruff").unwrap().clone();
+    assert_eq!(ruff.root_markers, ["pyproject.toml"]);
+    server_launch_overrides(&mut ruff, &s);
+    assert_eq!((ruff.command.as_str(), ruff.args.as_slice()), ("ruff", &["server".to_string()][..]));
+
+    s.language_servers.insert(
+        "rust-analyzer".into(),
+        LanguageServerSettings {
+            env: BTreeMap::from([("RA_LOG".into(), "info".into())]),
+            initialization_options: Some(json!({ "check": { "command": "clippy" } })),
+            settings: Some(json!({ "rust-analyzer": { "cargo": { "features": "all" } } })),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    );
+    let mut ra = server("rust-analyzer");
+    ra.args = vec!["--stdio".into()];
+    ra.initialization_options = Some(toml::Value::Table(toml::toml! { checkOnSave = false }));
+    server_launch_overrides(&mut ra, &s);
+    assert_eq!(ra.args, ["--stdio"], "no args setting keeps the definition's");
+    server_protocol_overrides(&mut ra, &s);
+    assert_eq!(ra.env["RA_LOG"], "info");
+    let init = serde_json::to_value(ra.initialization_options.unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(init, json!({ "checkOnSave": false, "check": { "command": "clippy" } }));
+    assert_eq!(ra.settings, Some(json!({ "rust-analyzer": { "cargo": { "features": "all" } } })));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn jdtls_jdk_setting() {
     if cfg!(windows) {
diff --git a/crates/ide-tools/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-tools/src/lib.rs
index bd0e52bad..6ac47b35e 100644
--- a/crates/ide-tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ pub struct ToolInfo {
     pub homepage: Option<String>,
     /// Why the executable chosen in settings cannot be used (status is then `Missing`).
     pub custom_error: Option<String>,
+    /// A language server's arguments from its language definition.
+    pub default_args: Vec<String>,
+    /// A language server's `initializationOptions` from its language definition, as JSON text.
+    pub default_initialization_options: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Streamed install progress.
@@ -209,6 +213,8 @@ struct Usage {
     command: Option<String>,
     kind: Option<ToolKind>,
     install_hint: Option<String>,
+    args: Vec<String>,
+    initialization_options: Option<String>,
 }
 
 fn usages(langs: &[LanguageConfig]) -> BTreeMap<String, Usage> {
@@ -243,6 +249,14 @@ fn usages(langs: &[LanguageConfig]) -> BTreeMap<String, Usage> {
         let languages = map.get(*host).map(|u| u.languages.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
         map.entry(plugin.to_string()).or_default().languages = languages;
     }
+    // A server's defaults come from the first definition using it.
+    for s in langs.iter().flat_map(|l| &l.language_servers).rev() {
+        if let Some(u) = map.get_mut(&s.name) {
+            u.args = s.args.clone();
+            u.initialization_options =
+                s.initialization_options.as_ref().and_then(|v| serde_json::to_value(v).ok()).map(|v| v.to_string());
+        }
+    }
     map
 }
 
@@ -455,6 +469,8 @@ impl Tools {
                 install_hint,
                 homepage: None,
                 custom_error: None,
+                default_args: u.args.clone(),
+                default_initialization_options: u.initialization_options.clone(),
             })
             .map(|info| self.apply_custom(info, None));
         };
@@ -477,6 +493,8 @@ impl Tools {
             install_hint,
             homepage: Some(spec.homepage.to_string()),
             custom_error: None,
+            default_args: usage.map(|u| u.args.clone()).unwrap_or_default(),
+            default_initialization_options: usage.and_then(|u| u.initialization_options.clone()),
         })
         .map(|info| self.apply_custom(info, Some(spec)))
     }
diff --git a/crates/ide-workspace/src/settings.rs b/crates/ide-workspace/src/settings.rs
index b7afa4b12..f814cb393 100644
--- a/crates/ide-workspace/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-workspace/src/settings.rs
@@ -106,20 +106,33 @@ fn json_to_toml(value: &Json) -> IdeResult<toml_edit::Value> {
     })
 }
 
-/// Sets (or removes, for `None`) a dotted key in a TOML document.
-fn set_in_document(doc: &mut DocumentMut, segments: &[&str], value: Option<toml_edit::Value>) {
+/// Sets (or removes, for `None`) a dotted key in a TOML document. A new
+/// `map_entry` object becomes a `[languageServers.ruff]` table rather than an
+/// inline table under an explicit `[languageServers]` header.
+fn set_in_document(doc: &mut DocumentMut, segments: &[&str], value: Option<toml_edit::Value>, map_entry: bool) {
     let (last, parents) = segments.split_last().expect("non-empty key");
     let mut table: &mut dyn TableLike = doc.as_table_mut();
+    let mut in_inline = false;
     for seg in parents {
         if !table.get(seg).is_some_and(Item::is_table_like) {
             if value.is_none() {
                 return;
             }
-            table.insert(seg, Item::Table(Table::new()));
+            // Implicit: no `[languageServers]` header above `[languageServers.ruff]`.
+            let mut new = Table::new();
+            new.set_implicit(true);
+            table.insert(seg, Item::Table(new));
         }
-        table = table.get_mut(seg).and_then(Item::as_table_like_mut).expect("table just ensured");
+        let item = table.get_mut(seg).expect("table just ensured");
+        in_inline |= item.is_inline_table();
+        table = item.as_table_like_mut().expect("table just ensured");
     }
     match value {
+        Some(toml_edit::Value::InlineTable(t))
+            if map_entry && !in_inline && !matches!(table.get(last), Some(Item::Value(_))) =>
+        {
+            table.insert(last, Item::Table(t.into_table()));
+        }
         Some(v) => match table.get_mut(last) {
             // Keep the key's decor (comments, spacing) when replacing a value.
             Some(Item::Value(existing)) => {
@@ -188,9 +201,19 @@ impl SettingsStore {
         if segments.iter().any(|s| s.is_empty()) {
             return Err(IdeError::invalid(format!("invalid settings key {key:?}")));
         }
-        let mut cursor = &defaults_json();
-        for seg in &segments {
-            cursor = cursor.get(seg).ok_or_else(|| IdeError::invalid(format!("unknown setting {key:?}")))?;
+        let defaults = defaults_json();
+        let mut cursor = &defaults;
+        let mut map_entry = false;
+        for (i, seg) in segments.iter().enumerate() {
+            match cursor.get(seg) {
+                Some(next) => cursor = next,
+                // An entry of a map setting (`languageServers.rust-analyzer`): the merge below validates it.
+                None if cursor.as_object().is_some_and(|m| m.is_empty()) => {
+                    map_entry = i + 1 == segments.len();
+                    break;
+                }
+                None => return Err(IdeError::invalid(format!("unknown setting {key:?}"))),
+            }
         }
 
         let text = match std::fs::read_to_string(&file) {
@@ -202,7 +225,7 @@ impl SettingsStore {
             .parse()
             .map_err(|e| IdeError::invalid(format!("{} is not valid TOML; fix it first: {e}", file.display())))?;
         let new_value = if value.is_null() { None } else { Some(json_to_toml(&value)?) };
-        set_in_document(&mut doc, &segments, new_value);
+        set_in_document(&mut doc, &segments, new_value, map_entry);
         let new_text = doc.to_string();
 
         // Validate the resulting stack before touching the disk.
@@ -350,6 +373,47 @@ mod tests {
         let s =
             store.set(SettingsScope::Global, "appearance.statusBarWidgets", json!({"editor.caret": false})).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(s.appearance.status_bar_widgets.len(), 1);
+        // One entry of a map setting, set and removed on its own.
+        let s = store
+            .set(
+                SettingsScope::Global,
+                "languageServers.rust-analyzer",
+                json!({"args": ["--log"], "initializationOptions": {"check": {"command": "clippy"}}}),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        let ra = &s.language_servers["rust-analyzer"];
+        assert!(ra.enabled);
+        assert_eq!(ra.args.as_deref(), Some(&["--log".to_string()][..]));
+        assert_eq!(ra.initialization_options, Some(json!({"check": {"command": "clippy"}})));
+        assert_eq!(
+            store
+                .set(SettingsScope::Global, "languageServers.rust-analyzer", json!({"enabled": "no"}))
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind,
+            ide_core::error::ErrorKind::InvalidInput
+        );
+        let s = store.set(SettingsScope::Global, "languageServers.rust-analyzer", json!(null)).unwrap();
+        assert!(s.language_servers.is_empty());
+        // New parent tables stay implicit: no empty `[languageServers]` header.
+        let fresh = tmp.path().join("fresh");
+        let s = SettingsStore::load(&fresh, None)
+            .set(SettingsScope::Global, "languageServers.ruff.languages", json!(["python"]))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(s.language_servers["ruff"].is_custom());
+        let text = std::fs::read_to_string(fresh.join("settings.toml")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(text, "[languageServers.ruff]\nlanguages = [\"python\"]\n");
+        // A whole new entry: a table of its own, still under an implicit parent.
+        let added = tmp.path().join("added");
+        let s = SettingsStore::load(&added, None)
+            .set(
+                SettingsScope::Global,
+                "languageServers.ruff",
+                json!({"command": "ruff", "args": ["server"], "languages": ["python"]}),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(s.language_servers["ruff"].command, "ruff");
+        let text = std::fs::read_to_string(added.join("settings.toml")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(text, "[languageServers.ruff]\nargs = [\"server\"]\ncommand = \"ruff\"\nlanguages = [\"python\"]\n");
 
         // Project layer is created on demand and wins.
         let s = store.set(SettingsScope::Project, "editor.fontSize", json!(12)).unwrap();
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index be5f963e0..4fcbc9e78 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tauri-plugin-single-instance = "2"
 tauri-plugin-updater = "2"
 tracing-appender = "0.2"
 tauri-specta = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.25", features = ["derive", "typescript"] }
-specta-typescript = "0.0.12"
+specta-typescript.workspace = true
 specta.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/bindings.ts b/src/bindings.ts
index 2114830d4..f8e6e914f 100644
--- a/src/bindings.ts
+++ b/src/bindings.ts
@@ -3433,6 +3433,64 @@ export type LanguageInfo_Serialize = {
 	firstLine?: string | null,
 };
 
+export type LanguageServerSettings = LanguageServerSettings_Serialize | LanguageServerSettings_Deserialize;
+
+export type LanguageServerSettings_Deserialize = {
+	/**  `false` keeps the server from starting for any language. */
+	enabled?: boolean,
+	/**
+	 *  Executable to launch instead of the definition's; required for a server
+	 *  defined here (one with `languages`).
+	 */
+	command?: string,
+	/**  Replaces the definition's arguments. */
+	args?: string[] | null,
+	/**  Added to the server's environment. */
+	env?: { [key in string]: string },
+	/**  Merged over the definition's `initializationOptions` (sent once at startup). */
+	initializationOptions?: unknown | null,
+	/**
+	 *  Answers the server's `workspace/configuration` requests; changes are pushed
+	 *  with `workspace/didChangeConfiguration` without a restart.
+	 */
+	settings?: unknown | null,
+	/**
+	 *  Language ids a server defined here serves (`python`); empty for the servers
+	 *  of the language definitions.
+	 */
+	languages?: string[],
+	/**  Files marking a workspace root for a server defined here (`pyproject.toml`). */
+	rootMarkers?: string[],
+};
+
+export type LanguageServerSettings_Serialize = {
+	/**  `false` keeps the server from starting for any language. */
+	enabled: boolean,
+	/**
+	 *  Executable to launch instead of the definition's; required for a server
+	 *  defined here (one with `languages`).
+	 */
+	command: string,
+	/**  Replaces the definition's arguments. */
+	args?: string[] | null,
+	/**  Added to the server's environment. */
+	env: { [key in string]: string },
+	/**  Merged over the definition's `initializationOptions` (sent once at startup). */
+	initializationOptions?: unknown | null,
+	/**
+	 *  Answers the server's `workspace/configuration` requests; changes are pushed
+	 *  with `workspace/didChangeConfiguration` without a restart.
+	 */
+	settings?: unknown | null,
+	/**
+	 *  Language ids a server defined here serves (`python`); empty for the servers
+	 *  of the language definitions.
+	 */
+	languages: string[],
+	/**  Files marking a workspace root for a server defined here (`pyproject.toml`). */
+	rootMarkers: string[],
+};
+
 export type LanguagesSettings = {
 	python?: PythonSettings,
 	node?: NodeSettings,
@@ -4859,6 +4917,11 @@ export type Settings_Deserialize = {
 	 *  command the language definition launches (`elixir-ls`, `codelldb`).
 	 */
 	tools?: { [key in string]: ToolSettings },
+	/**
+	 *  Per language server, by name (`rust-analyzer`): launch and protocol
+	 *  options on top of the language definition, or a server defined here.
+	 */
+	languageServers?: { [key in string]: LanguageServerSettings_Deserialize },
 	/**  Editor › Inspections profiles. */
 	inspections?: InspectionSettings,
 	/**  Editor › Natural Languages › Spelling. */
@@ -4907,6 +4970,11 @@ export type Settings_Serialize = {
 	 *  command the language definition launches (`elixir-ls`, `codelldb`).
 	 */
 	tools: { [key in string]: ToolSettings },
+	/**
+	 *  Per language server, by name (`rust-analyzer`): launch and protocol
+	 *  options on top of the language definition, or a server defined here.
+	 */
+	languageServers: { [key in string]: LanguageServerSettings_Serialize },
 	/**  Editor › Inspections profiles. */
 	inspections: InspectionSettings,
 	/**  Editor › Natural Languages › Spelling. */
@@ -5406,6 +5474,10 @@ export type ToolInfo = {
 	homepage: string | null,
 	/**  Why the executable chosen in settings cannot be used (status is then `Missing`). */
 	customError: string | null,
+	/**  A language server's arguments from its language definition. */
+	defaultArgs: string[],
+	/**  A language server's `initializationOptions` from its language definition, as JSON text. */
+	defaultInitializationOptions: string | null,
 };
 
 export type ToolKind = "languageServer" | "debugger" | 
diff --git a/src/features/settings/__tests__/staging.test.ts b/src/features/settings/__tests__/staging.test.ts
index be3668ae0..67542ccd4 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/__tests__/staging.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/__tests__/staging.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,33 @@ describe("settings staging", () => {
     expect(pendingChanges(s())).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
+  it("stages entries of map settings and fields inside them", () => {
+    const page = "languages.servers";
+    const s = () => useSettingsDialog.getState();
+    // A field of an entry nobody has set yet; reading the map shows it.
+    stage(page, "global", "languageServers.rust-analyzer.args", ["--log"]);
+    expect(stagedValue(s(), "global", "languageServers")).toEqual({ "rust-analyzer": { args: ["--log"] } });
+    // Cleared again: nothing to write.
+    stage(page, "global", "languageServers.rust-analyzer.args", null);
+    expect(pendingChanges(s())).toEqual([]);
+
+    // A new entry, then an edit inside it: one write of the whole entry.
+    stage(page, "global", "languageServers.ruff", { command: "ruff", languages: ["python"] });
+    stage(page, "global", "languageServers.ruff.args", ["server"]);
+    stage(page, "global", "languageServers.ruff.command", null);
+    expect(stagedValue(s(), "global", "languageServers.ruff.args")).toEqual(["server"]);
+    expect(pendingChanges(s()).map((c) => [c.key, c.value])).toEqual([
+      ["languageServers.ruff", { languages: ["python"], args: ["server"] }],
+    ]);
+
+    // Removing an entry drops the edits staged inside it.
+    stage(page, "global", "languageServers.gopls.env", { GOFLAGS: "-mod=mod" });
+    stage(page, "global", "languageServers.gopls", null);
+    stage(page, "global", "languageServers.ruff", null);
+    expect(pendingChanges(s())).toEqual([]);
+    expect(stagedValue(s(), "global", "languageServers")).toEqual({});
+  });
+
   it("opens Settings for New Projects on request", () => {
     expect(useSettingsDialog.getState().newProjects).toBe(false);
     openSettings("languages.java", { newProjects: true });
diff --git a/src/features/settings/components/context.ts b/src/features/settings/components/context.ts
index 96c0be058..9e762f663 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/components/context.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/components/context.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** Page context for the form components: which page / scope they edit and the search query. */
-import { createContext, useCallback, useContext } from "react";
+import { createContext, useCallback, useContext, useMemo } from "react";
+import type { SettingsForm } from "@/workbench/contributions";
 import { stage, stagedValue, useSettingsDialog, type Scope } from "../model/staging";
 import { labelMatches } from "../model/pages";
 
@@ -23,6 +24,25 @@ export function useSetting<T>(key: string, scopeOverride?: Scope): [T, (value: T
   return [value, set];
 }
 
+/** `stagedValue` for components; recomputed only when the base or the staged edits change. */
+export function useStagedValue(scope: Scope, key: string): unknown {
+  const base = useSettingsDialog((s) => (scope === "global" ? s.globalBase : s.base));
+  const staged = useSettingsDialog((s) => s.staged);
+  return useMemo(() => stagedValue({ base, globalBase: base, staged }, scope, key), [base, staged, scope, key]);
+}
+
+/** The form contributed pages edit through (`useSettingsForm`). */
+export function useSettingsFormFor(pageId: string, scope: Scope): SettingsForm {
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      scope,
+      useValue: (key: string) => useStagedValue(scope, key),
+      set: (key: string, value: unknown) => stage(pageId, scope, key, value),
+    }),
+    [pageId, scope],
+  );
+}
+
 export function useSearchQuery(): string {
   return useSettingsDialog((s) => s.query);
 }
diff --git a/src/features/settings/dialog/SettingsDialog.tsx b/src/features/settings/dialog/SettingsDialog.tsx
index 9b562d546..0fcd87345 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/dialog/SettingsDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/dialog/SettingsDialog.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
-import { useSettingsPages, type SettingsPageContribution } from "@/workbench/contributions";
+import { SettingsFormContext, useSettingsPages, type SettingsPageContribution } from "@/workbench/contributions";
 import {
   Dialog,
   DialogButtons,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   type TreeHandle,
   T,
 } from "@/ui";
-import { PageContext } from "../components/context";
+import { PageContext, useSettingsFormFor } from "../components/context";
 import { SearchLabel } from "../components/Form";
 import { breadcrumb, buildPageTree, filterPageTree, flatten, groupKey, type PageNode } from "../model/pages";
 import {
@@ -102,60 +102,63 @@ function PageHost({
   const hasProject = useProject((s) => !!s.project);
   const newProjects = useSettingsDialog((s) => s.newProjects);
   const spec = page ? builtinSpec(page.id) : undefined;
-  const projectScope = !!spec?.projectScope && hasProject && !newProjects;
+  const projectScope = !!(spec?.projectScope ?? page?.projectScope) && hasProject && !newProjects;
   const scopeKey = spec?.scopeGroup ?? pageId;
   const chosen = useSettingsDialog((s) => s.scopes[scopeKey]) ?? spec?.defaultScope;
   const scope: Scope = projectScope && chosen === "project" ? "project" : "global";
   // Where a project value is the norm, say what the global one is for.
   const globalNote = newProjects || (projectScope && scope === "global" && spec?.defaultScope === "project");
   const ctx = useMemo(() => ({ pageId, scope }), [pageId, scope]);
+  const form = useSettingsFormFor(pageId, scope);
   if (!node) return <EmptyState title="Nothing found" icon="search" />;
   const Body = page?.component;
   return (
     <PageContext.Provider value={ctx}>
-      <div className={styles.pageHeader}>
-        <div className={styles.crumbs} aria-label={tx("Breadcrumb")}>
-          {crumbs.map((c, i) => (
-            <span key={i} className={styles.crumb}>
-              {i > 0 && <Icon name="chevron-right" size={12} className={styles.crumbSep} />}
-              <span>
-                <T>{c}</T>
+      <SettingsFormContext.Provider value={form}>
+        <div className={styles.pageHeader}>
+          <div className={styles.crumbs} aria-label={tx("Breadcrumb")}>
+            {crumbs.map((c, i) => (
+              <span key={i} className={styles.crumb}>
+                {i > 0 && <Icon name="chevron-right" size={12} className={styles.crumbSep} />}
+                <span>
+                  <T>{c}</T>
+                </span>
               </span>
-            </span>
-          ))}
+            ))}
+          </div>
+          {dirty && (
+            <button type="button" className={styles.reset} onClick={onReset}>
+              <T>Reset</T>
+            </button>
+          )}
+          {projectScope && !spec?.ownScopeSwitch && <ScopeSwitch pageId={scopeKey} scope={scope} />}
+          <span className={styles.history}>
+            <IconButton icon="arrow-left" title="Back" size="small" disabled={!history.back} onClick={history.back} />
+            <IconButton
+              icon="arrow-right"
+              title="Forward"
+              size="small"
+              disabled={!history.forward}
+              onClick={history.forward}
+            />
+          </span>
         </div>
-        {dirty && (
-          <button type="button" className={styles.reset} onClick={onReset}>
-            <T>Reset</T>
-          </button>
+        {scope === "project" && (
+          <div className={styles.scopeNote}>
+            <Icon name="info" size={14} />
+            <T>Saved to .openidea/settings.toml in this project; overrides the global value.</T>
+          </div>
         )}
-        {projectScope && !spec?.ownScopeSwitch && <ScopeSwitch pageId={scopeKey} scope={scope} />}
-        <span className={styles.history}>
-          <IconButton icon="arrow-left" title="Back" size="small" disabled={!history.back} onClick={history.back} />
-          <IconButton
-            icon="arrow-right"
-            title="Forward"
-            size="small"
-            disabled={!history.forward}
-            onClick={history.forward}
-          />
-        </span>
-      </div>
-      {scope === "project" && (
-        <div className={styles.scopeNote}>
-          <Icon name="info" size={14} />
-          <T>Saved to .openidea/settings.toml in this project; overrides the global value.</T>
+        {globalNote && (
+          <div className={styles.scopeNote}>
+            <Icon name="info" size={14} />
+            <T>Saved to the global settings: used by new projects and by projects without their own value.</T>
+          </div>
+        )}
+        <div className={styles.pageBody}>
+          <PageErrorBoundary pageId={pageId}>{Body ? <Body /> : <GroupPage node={node} />}</PageErrorBoundary>
         </div>
-      )}
-      {globalNote && (
-        <div className={styles.scopeNote}>
-          <Icon name="info" size={14} />
-          <T>Saved to the global settings: used by new projects and by projects without their own value.</T>
-        </div>
-      )}
-      <div className={styles.pageBody}>
-        <PageErrorBoundary pageId={pageId}>{Body ? <Body /> : <GroupPage node={node} />}</PageErrorBoundary>
-      </div>
+      </SettingsFormContext.Provider>
     </PageContext.Provider>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/features/settings/model/schema.ts b/src/features/settings/model/schema.ts
index 34505b45a..af2904a17 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/model/schema.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/model/schema.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@
  * back to the default (mirrors `ide-core::settings` defaults).
  */
 import { DEFAULT_IGNORED_NAMES } from "@/platform/ignoredNames";
-import {
-  validateFileTypeOverrides,
-  validateFileTypes,
-  type FileTypeAssociations,
-} from "@/platform/fileTypes";
-import type { Settings } from "@/platform/ipc";
+import { validateFileTypeOverrides, validateFileTypes, type FileTypeAssociations } from "@/platform/fileTypes";
+import type { LanguageServerSettings, Settings } from "@/platform/ipc";
 import {
   DEFAULT_LANGUAGES,
   DEFAULT_PROJECT_STRUCTURE,
@@ -86,8 +82,15 @@ export interface ValidSettings extends WorkflowSettings {
   inspections: InspectionSettingsValid;
   /** Editor › Natural Languages › Spelling. */
   spelling: SpellingValid;
+  /** Executables chosen for language servers / debug adapters, by command. */
+  tools: Record<string, { path: string }>;
+  /** Settings › Language Servers, by server name (as the backend sends them). */
+  languageServers: Record<string, LanguageServerEntry>;
 }
 
+/** One `languageServers.<name>` entry; every field optional, like in settings.toml. */
+export type LanguageServerEntry = Partial<LanguageServerSettings>;
+
 export interface SpellingValid {
   ideWords: string[];
   projectWords: string[];
@@ -144,6 +147,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ValidSettings = {
   projectStructure: DEFAULT_PROJECT_STRUCTURE,
   inspections: DEFAULT_INSPECTIONS,
   spelling: { ideWords: [], projectWords: [], customDictionaries: [] },
+  tools: {},
+  languageServers: {},
   ...DEFAULT_WORKFLOW,
 };
 
@@ -244,6 +249,15 @@ export function validateSettings(raw: Settings | unknown): ValidSettings {
     projectStructure: validateProjectStructure(root.projectStructure),
     inspections: validateInspections(root.inspections),
     spelling: validateSpelling(root.spelling),
+    tools: Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(obj(root.tools)).flatMap(([cmd, t]) => {
+        const path = obj(t).path;
+        return typeof path === "string" ? [[cmd, { path }]] : [];
+      }),
+    ),
+    languageServers: Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(obj(root.languageServers)).map(([name, ls]) => [name, obj(ls) as LanguageServerEntry]),
+    ),
     ...validateWorkflow(root),
   };
 }
@@ -265,6 +279,16 @@ export function setAt<T>(source: T, key: string, value: unknown): T {
   return { ...base, [head!]: rest.length ? setAt(base[head!], rest.join("."), value) : value } as T;
 }
 
+/** Like `setAt`, but `null` / `undefined` removes the key (as a settings write of `null` does). */
+export function putAt<T>(source: T, key: string, value: unknown): T {
+  const [head, ...rest] = key.split(".");
+  const base = { ...obj(source) };
+  if (rest.length) base[head!] = putAt(base[head!], rest.join("."), value);
+  else if (value == null) delete base[head!];
+  else base[head!] = value;
+  return base as T;
+}
+
 export function deepEqual(a: unknown, b: unknown): boolean {
   if (a === b) return true;
   if (typeof a !== typeof b || !a || !b || typeof a !== "object") return false;
diff --git a/src/features/settings/model/staging.ts b/src/features/settings/model/staging.ts
index 1591da3c5..891678d42 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/model/staging.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/model/staging.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { create } from "zustand";
 import { call, commands, isTauri, type Settings } from "@/platform/ipc";
 import { loadSettings, useProject } from "@/platform/project";
-import { deepEqual, getAt, setAt, validateSettings, type ValidSettings } from "./schema";
+import { deepEqual, getAt, putAt, setAt, validateSettings, type ValidSettings } from "./schema";
 
 export type Scope = "global" | "project";
 
@@ -119,19 +119,48 @@ export function setPageScope(pageId: string, scope: Scope) {
   useSettingsDialog.setState((s) => ({ scopes: { ...s.scopes, [pageId]: scope } }));
 }
 
-/** Current value of `key` as the page shows it: staged edit, else the effective value. */
+const isInside = (key: string, parent: string) => key.startsWith(`${parent}.`);
+
+/**
+ * Current value of `key` as the page shows it: staged edit, else the effective
+ * value. Edits staged for a parent (a whole map entry) or inside `key` (one
+ * field of it) show through too.
+ */
 export function stagedValue(s: Bases & Pick<SettingsDialogState, "staged">, scope: Scope, key: string): unknown {
   const hit = s.staged[stageKey(scope, key)];
-  return hit ? hit.value : getAt(baseFor(s, scope), key);
+  if (hit) return hit.value;
+  const related = Object.values(s.staged).filter(
+    (c) => c.scope === scope && (isInside(key, c.key) || isInside(c.key, key)),
+  );
+  let value = getAt(baseFor(s, scope), key);
+  for (const c of related.sort((a, b) => a.key.length - b.key.length)) {
+    value = isInside(key, c.key)
+      ? (getAt(c.value, key.slice(c.key.length + 1)) ?? undefined)
+      : putAt(value, c.key.slice(key.length + 1), c.value);
+  }
+  return value;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Stages `value` for `key`; `null` removes the key on Apply. An edit inside an
+ * entry staged as a whole (a map entry just added) goes into that entry; a new
+ * value for `key` drops the edits staged inside it.
+ */
 export function stage(page: string, scope: Scope, key: string, value: unknown) {
   useSettingsDialog.setState((s) => {
     const staged = { ...s.staged };
+    const parent = Object.values(staged).find((c) => c.scope === scope && isInside(key, c.key));
+    if (parent) {
+      const merged = putAt(parent.value, key.slice(parent.key.length + 1), value);
+      staged[stageKey(scope, parent.key)] = { ...parent, value: merged };
+      return { staged, error: null };
+    }
+    for (const [id, c] of Object.entries(staged)) if (c.scope === scope && isInside(c.key, key)) delete staged[id];
     const id = stageKey(scope, key);
+    const next = value === undefined ? null : value;
     // Back to the scope's current value: nothing to write.
-    if (deepEqual(value, getAt(baseFor(s, scope), key))) delete staged[id];
-    else staged[id] = { scope, key, value, page };
+    if (deepEqual(next ?? undefined, getAt(baseFor(s, scope), key))) delete staged[id];
+    else staged[id] = { scope, key, value: next, page };
     return { staged, error: null };
   });
 }
@@ -147,7 +176,7 @@ export function resetPage(page: string) {
 /** Writes to perform, global layer first so a project value still wins afterwards. */
 export function pendingChanges(s: Bases & Pick<SettingsDialogState, "staged">): StagedChange[] {
   return Object.values(s.staged)
-    .filter((c) => !deepEqual(c.value, getAt(baseFor(s, c.scope), c.key)))
+    .filter((c) => !deepEqual(c.value ?? undefined, getAt(baseFor(s, c.scope), c.key)))
     .sort((a, b) => (a.scope === b.scope ? a.key.localeCompare(b.key) : a.scope === "global" ? -1 : 1));
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +246,7 @@ export async function applySettings(deps?: PersistDeps): Promise<boolean> {
     globalBase: useProject.getState().project
       ? changes
           .filter((c) => c.scope === "global" && done.has(stageKey(c.scope, c.key)))
-          .reduce((g, c) => setAt(g, c.key, c.value), st.globalBase)
+          .reduce((g, c) => putAt(g, c.key, c.value), st.globalBase)
       : base,
     staged: Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(st.staged).filter(([k]) => !done.has(k))),
   }));
diff --git a/src/features/tools/LanguageServersPage.module.css b/src/features/tools/LanguageServersPage.module.css
index d5f3d8968..1c1eff93e 100644
--- a/src/features/tools/LanguageServersPage.module.css
+++ b/src/features/tools/LanguageServersPage.module.css
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   display: flex;
   flex: none;
   flex-direction: column;
-  width: 300px;
+  width: 264px;
   min-height: 0;
   border-right: 1px solid var(--border);
 }
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@
   flex: 1;
   min-width: 0;
 }
+.toolbarSep {
+  flex: none;
+  width: 1px;
+  height: 16px;
+  margin: 0 2px;
+  background: var(--border);
+}
 .segmented {
   display: flex;
   height: var(--h-control-small);
@@ -111,6 +118,10 @@
   outline: none;
   background: var(--bg-hover);
 }
+.rowOff .rowName,
+.rowOff .rowLanguages {
+  color: var(--fg-muted);
+}
 .rowName {
   flex: none;
   max-width: 60%;
@@ -162,6 +173,7 @@
   gap: 12px;
 }
 .headerText {
+  flex: 1;
   min-width: 0;
 }
 .title {
@@ -178,60 +190,36 @@
 }
 .actions {
   display: flex;
+  flex: none;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 4px;
 }
-.fields {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: max-content minmax(0, 1fr);
-  column-gap: 16px;
-  row-gap: 8px;
-  align-items: baseline;
-  margin-top: 4px;
-}
-.field {
-  display: contents;
-}
-.fieldLabel {
-  color: var(--fg-secondary);
-}
-.fieldValue {
-  min-width: 0;
-  color: var(--fg);
-}
-code.fieldValue {
-  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+.linkButton {
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  background: none;
+  color: var(--link);
+  font: inherit;
   font-size: var(--fs-small);
+  cursor: pointer;
 }
-.breakAll {
-  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+.linkButton:hover {
+  color: var(--link-hover);
+  text-decoration: underline;
 }
-.version {
-  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
-}
-.pathRow {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 4px;
-}
-.pathInput {
-  flex: 1;
-  min-width: 0;
+.linkButton:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
+  outline-offset: 2px;
 }
 .fieldHint {
-  margin-top: 2px;
+  margin-top: -4px;
   color: var(--fg-muted);
   font-size: var(--fs-small);
 }
-.fieldError,
 .error {
   color: var(--danger);
   overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 }
-.fieldError {
-  margin-top: 2px;
-  font-size: var(--fs-small);
-}
 .notice {
   padding: 6px 8px;
   border-radius: var(--radius-small);
@@ -265,7 +253,7 @@ code.fieldValue {
   font-size: var(--fs-small);
 }
 .log {
-  margin: 0;
+  margin: 4px 0 0;
   padding: 6px 8px;
   max-height: 240px;
   overflow: auto;
diff --git a/src/features/tools/LanguageServersPage.tsx b/src/features/tools/LanguageServersPage.tsx
index 549edcc66..b5407495f 100644
--- a/src/features/tools/LanguageServersPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/tools/LanguageServersPage.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 /**
  * Settings › Languages & Frameworks › Language Servers, laid out like the
- * Plugins page: language servers and debug adapters in a list on the left,
- * the selected tool's location, custom path and install actions on the right.
+ * Plugins page: language servers and debug adapters in a list on the left
+ * (+ adds a server of one's own, − removes it), the selected tool's install
+ * actions and settings on the right. Settings are staged in the dialog and
+ * written on Apply / OK; installs run right away.
  */
-import { useEffect, useId, useMemo, useState, type KeyboardEvent } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState, type KeyboardEvent } from "react";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import type { ToolInfo } from "@/bindings";
-import { Badge, Button, EmptyState, IconButton, Input, ProgressBar, SearchField, Spinner, T } from "@/ui";
-import { toolsBackend } from "./backend";
+import { Badge, Button, EmptyState, IconButton, ProgressBar, SearchField, Spinner, T } from "@/ui";
+import { onIdeEvent } from "@/platform/ipc";
+import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
+import { useSettingsForm } from "@/workbench/contributions";
+import { languageNames, NewServerDialog, ServerSettings, ToolSettings, useLanguageChoices } from "./ServerSettings";
+import { serverKey, type ServerEntry } from "./serverConfig";
 import {
   cancelInstall,
   installTool,
   refreshTools,
-  setCustomPath,
   STATUS_LABEL,
   uninstallTool,
   useTools,
@@ -46,6 +51,29 @@ export function filterTools(tools: readonly ToolInfo[], query: string, filter: F
   });
 }
 
+/** A server added in this dialog, listed before Apply checks its executable. */
+function pendingTool(name: string, entry: ServerEntry, languages: string[]): ToolInfo {
+  return {
+    name,
+    displayName: name,
+    kind: "languageServer",
+    command: entry.command ?? "",
+    languages,
+    status: "missing",
+    path: null,
+    version: null,
+    installMethod: null,
+    canInstall: false,
+    unavailableReason: null,
+    canUninstall: false,
+    installHint: null,
+    homepage: null,
+    customError: null,
+    defaultArgs: [],
+    defaultInitializationOptions: null,
+  };
+}
+
 function JobRow({ name, job }: { name: string; job: InstallJob }) {
   return (
     <div className={styles.job}>
@@ -62,140 +90,117 @@ function JobRow({ name, job }: { name: string; job: InstallJob }) {
   );
 }
 
-function ToolRow({ tool, selected, onSelect }: { tool: ToolInfo; selected: boolean; onSelect: () => void }) {
+function ToolRow({
+  tool,
+  selected,
+  off,
+  pending,
+  onSelect,
+}: {
+  tool: ToolInfo;
+  selected: boolean;
+  off: boolean;
+  pending: boolean;
+  onSelect: () => void;
+}) {
   return (
     <li className={clsx(styles.row, selected && styles.rowSelected)}>
       <button
         type="button"
-        className={styles.rowMain}
+        className={clsx(styles.rowMain, off && styles.rowOff)}
         aria-current={selected || undefined}
         data-tool={tool.name}
         title={`${tool.displayName} — ${tool.languages.join(", ")}`}
         onClick={onSelect}
       >
-        <Badge dot tone={STATUS_TONE[tool.status]}>
-          {STATUS_LABEL[tool.status]}
+        <Badge dot tone={pending ? "accent" : STATUS_TONE[tool.status]}>
+          {pending ? tx("New") : STATUS_LABEL[tool.status]}
         </Badge>
         <span className={styles.rowName}>{tool.displayName}</span>
+        {pending && (
+          <span className={styles.kindTag}>
+            <T>New</T>
+          </span>
+        )}
         {tool.kind !== "languageServer" && (
           <span className={styles.kindTag}>
             <T>{KIND_LABEL[tool.kind]}</T>
           </span>
         )}
+        {off && (
+          <span className={styles.kindTag}>
+            <T>Disabled</T>
+          </span>
+        )}
         <span className={styles.rowLanguages}>{tool.languages.join(", ")}</span>
       </button>
     </li>
   );
 }
 
-/** "Path" field: an executable to launch instead of the detected one, saved when committed. */
-function CustomPath({ tool }: { tool: ToolInfo }) {
-  const id = useId();
-  const saved = tool.status === "custom" || tool.customError ? (tool.path ?? "") : "";
-  const [draft, setDraft] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const value = draft ?? (tool.status === "custom" ? saved : "");
-  const commit = async (next: string) => {
-    setDraft(null);
-    if (next.trim() !== saved) await setCustomPath(tool.command, next);
-  };
-  return (
-    <div className={styles.field}>
-      <label className={styles.fieldLabel} htmlFor={id}>
-        <T>Path</T>
-      </label>
-      <div className={styles.fieldValue}>
-        <span className={styles.pathRow}>
-          <Input
-            id={id}
-            mono
-            className={styles.pathInput}
-            value={value}
-            invalid={!!tool.customError}
-            placeholder={tool.status !== "custom" && tool.path ? tool.path : "Auto-detect"}
-            onChange={(e) => setDraft(e.target.value)}
-            onBlur={() => draft !== null && void commit(draft)}
-            onKeyDown={(e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-              if (e.key === "Enter") void commit(e.currentTarget.value);
-              if (e.key === "Escape" && draft !== null) {
-                e.stopPropagation();
-                setDraft(null);
-              }
-            }}
-          />
-          <IconButton
-            icon="folder-open"
-            size="small"
-            title="Browse…"
-            onClick={async () => {
-              const picked = await toolsBackend().chooseExecutable(`Select ${tool.command}`, value || undefined);
-              if (picked) await commit(picked);
-            }}
-          />
-          {tool.status === "custom" && (
-            <IconButton icon="close" size="small" title="Use auto-detected" onClick={() => void commit("")} />
-          )}
-        </span>
-        {tool.customError ? (
-          <div className={styles.fieldError} role="alert">
-            {tool.customError}
-          </div>
-        ) : (
-          <div className={styles.fieldHint}>
-            <T>Leave empty to use the IDE-installed copy, else the one on PATH.</T>
-          </div>
-        )}
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-
-function Details({ tool }: { tool: ToolInfo }) {
+function Details({ tool, pending }: { tool: ToolInfo; pending: boolean }) {
   const job = useTools((s) => s.jobs[tool.name]);
   const last = useTools((s) => s.logs[tool.name]);
   const [logOpen, setLogOpen] = useState(false);
   const log = job?.lines ?? last?.lines ?? [];
   const lastError = !job && last?.error !== "Cancelled" ? last?.error : null;
   const busy = !!job;
-  const manualHint = !tool.canInstall && tool.status === "missing";
+  // Servers and adapters show the install hint next to their executable.
+  const manualHint =
+    !pending &&
+    !tool.canInstall &&
+    tool.status === "missing" &&
+    (tool.unavailableReason ?? (tool.kind === "plugin" ? tool.installHint : null));
   return (
     <div className={styles.details} aria-label={`${tool.displayName} details`}>
       <div className={styles.header}>
         <div className={styles.headerText}>
           <div className={styles.title}>
             <span>{tool.displayName}</span>
-            <Badge tone={STATUS_TONE[tool.status]}>{STATUS_LABEL[tool.status]}</Badge>
+            {pending ? (
+              <Badge tone="accent">
+                <T>New</T>
+              </Badge>
+            ) : (
+              <Badge tone={STATUS_TONE[tool.status]}>{STATUS_LABEL[tool.status]}</Badge>
+            )}
           </div>
           <div className={styles.subtitle}>
             <T>{KIND_LABEL[tool.kind]}</T>
-            {tool.languages.length > 0 && <> · {tool.languages.join(", ")}</>}
+            {tool.version && <> · {tool.version}</>}
+            {tool.homepage && (
+              <>
+                {" · "}
+                <a href={tool.homepage} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
+                  <T>Homepage</T>
+                </a>
+              </>
+            )}
           </div>
         </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <div className={styles.actions}>
-        {tool.canInstall && (
-          <Button
-            size="small"
-            variant={tool.status === "missing" ? "primary" : "secondary"}
-            disabled={busy}
-            onClick={() => void installTool(tool.name)}
-            aria-label={
-              tool.status === "installed" ? tx`Reinstall ${tool.displayName}` : tx`Install ${tool.displayName}`
-            }
-          >
-            {tool.status === "installed" ? "Reinstall" : "Install"}
-          </Button>
-        )}
-        {tool.canUninstall && (
-          <Button size="small" variant="ghost" disabled={busy} onClick={() => void uninstallTool(tool.name)}>
-            <T>Uninstall</T>
-          </Button>
-        )}
-        {log.length > 0 && (
-          <Button size="small" variant="ghost" aria-expanded={logOpen} onClick={() => setLogOpen(!logOpen)}>
-            {logOpen ? "Hide install log" : "Show install log"}
-          </Button>
-        )}
+        <div className={styles.actions}>
+          {tool.canInstall && (
+            <Button
+              size="small"
+              variant={tool.status === "missing" ? "primary" : "secondary"}
+              disabled={busy}
+              title={
+                tool.installMethod ? tx`Installs into the IDE's own tools folder via ${tool.installMethod}` : undefined
+              }
+              onClick={() => void installTool(tool.name)}
+              aria-label={
+                tool.status === "installed" ? tx`Reinstall ${tool.displayName}` : tx`Install ${tool.displayName}`
+              }
+            >
+              {tool.status === "installed" ? "Reinstall" : "Install"}
+            </Button>
+          )}
+          {tool.canUninstall && (
+            <Button size="small" variant="ghost" disabled={busy} onClick={() => void uninstallTool(tool.name)}>
+              <T>Uninstall</T>
+            </Button>
+          )}
+        </div>
       </div>
       {job && <JobRow name={tool.displayName} job={job} />}
       {lastError && (
@@ -205,58 +210,31 @@ function Details({ tool }: { tool: ToolInfo }) {
       )}
       {manualHint && (
         <div className={styles.notice} role="note">
-          {tool.unavailableReason ?? tool.installHint ?? "Install it manually and put it on PATH."}
+          {manualHint}
         </div>
       )}
-      {tool.canInstall && tool.status === "missing" && tool.unavailableReason === null && tool.installMethod && (
-        <div className={styles.fieldHint}>
-          <T>Installs into the IDE&apos;s own tools folder via</T> {tool.installMethod}.
+      {log.length > 0 && (
+        <div>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            className={styles.linkButton}
+            aria-expanded={logOpen}
+            onClick={() => setLogOpen(!logOpen)}
+          >
+            {logOpen ? tx("Hide install log") : tx("Show install log")}
+          </button>
+          {logOpen && (
+            <pre className={styles.log} aria-label={`${tool.displayName} install log`}>
+              {log.join("\n")}
+            </pre>
+          )}
         </div>
       )}
 
-      <div className={styles.fields}>
-        <div className={styles.field}>
-          <span className={styles.fieldLabel}>
-            <T>Command</T>
-          </span>
-          <code className={styles.fieldValue}>{tool.command}</code>
-        </div>
-        {tool.kind !== "plugin" && <CustomPath key={`${tool.name}:${tool.path ?? ""}`} tool={tool} />}
-        {tool.status !== "custom" && (
-          <div className={styles.field}>
-            <span className={styles.fieldLabel}>
-              <T>Location</T>
-            </span>
-            <code className={clsx(styles.fieldValue, styles.breakAll)}>{tool.path ?? "—"}</code>
-          </div>
-        )}
-        <div className={styles.field}>
-          <span className={styles.fieldLabel}>
-            <T>Version</T>
-          </span>
-          <span className={clsx(styles.fieldValue, styles.version)}>{tool.version ?? "—"}</span>
-        </div>
-        {tool.homepage && (
-          <div className={styles.field}>
-            <span className={styles.fieldLabel}>
-              <T>Homepage</T>
-            </span>
-            <a
-              className={clsx(styles.fieldValue, styles.breakAll)}
-              href={tool.homepage}
-              target="_blank"
-              rel="noreferrer"
-            >
-              {tool.homepage}
-            </a>
-          </div>
-        )}
-      </div>
-
-      {logOpen && log.length > 0 && (
-        <pre className={styles.log} aria-label={`${tool.displayName} install log`}>
-          {log.join("\n")}
-        </pre>
+      {tool.kind === "languageServer" ? (
+        <ServerSettings tool={tool} pending={pending} />
+      ) : (
+        tool.kind === "debugger" && <ToolSettings tool={tool} />
       )}
     </div>
   );
@@ -264,20 +242,44 @@ function Details({ tool }: { tool: ToolInfo }) {
 
 export function LanguageServersPage() {
   const { tools, loaded, loading, error } = useTools();
+  const form = useSettingsForm();
   const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
   const [filter, setFilter] = useState<Filter>("all");
   const [selectedName, setSelectedName] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [adding, setAdding] = useState(false);
+  const known = useLanguageChoices();
+  const staged = form.useValue("languageServers") as Record<string, ServerEntry> | undefined;
+  const servers = useMemo(() => staged ?? {}, [staged]);
+  const applied = useProject((s) => s.settings?.languageServers);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     void refreshTools();
+    // Applied paths and servers change what is found and listed.
+    return onIdeEvent("settingsChanged", (e) => {
+      if (!e.key || /^(tools|languageServers)(\.|$)/.test(e.key)) void refreshTools();
+    });
   }, []);
 
-  const shown = useMemo(() => filterTools(tools, query, filter), [tools, query, filter]);
+  // The backend's list, minus servers removed here and plus servers added here (until Apply).
+  const { all, pending } = useMemo(() => {
+    const isCustom = (e: ServerEntry | undefined) => (e?.languages?.length ?? 0) > 0;
+    const list = tools.filter((t) => !isCustom(applied?.[t.name]) || isCustom(servers[t.name]));
+    const added = new Set<string>();
+    for (const [name, entry] of Object.entries(servers)) {
+      if (!isCustom(entry) || list.some((t) => t.name === name)) continue;
+      list.push(pendingTool(name, entry, languageNames(entry.languages ?? [], known)));
+      added.add(name);
+    }
+    return { all: list, pending: added };
+  }, [tools, servers, applied, known]);
+
+  const shown = useMemo(() => filterTools(all, query, filter), [all, query, filter]);
   const ready = shown.filter((t) => t.status !== "missing");
   const missing = shown.filter((t) => t.status === "missing");
   const ordered = [...ready, ...missing];
   const selected = ordered.find((t) => t.name === selectedName) ?? ordered[0] ?? null;
-  const missingCount = tools.filter((t) => t.status === "missing").length;
+  const missingCount = all.filter((t) => t.status === "missing").length;
+  const removable = !!selected && (servers[selected.name]?.languages?.length ?? 0) > 0;
 
   const onListKey = (e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLUListElement>) => {
     if (e.key !== "ArrowDown" && e.key !== "ArrowUp") return;
@@ -296,7 +298,14 @@ export function LanguageServersPage() {
           <T>{title}</T> <span className={styles.groupCount}>{list.length}</span>
         </li>
         {list.map((t) => (
-          <ToolRow key={t.name} tool={t} selected={t === selected} onSelect={() => setSelectedName(t.name)} />
+          <ToolRow
+            key={t.name}
+            tool={t}
+            selected={t === selected}
+            off={servers[t.name]?.enabled === false}
+            pending={pending.has(t.name)}
+            onSelect={() => setSelectedName(t.name)}
+          />
         ))}
       </>
     );
@@ -315,13 +324,15 @@ export function LanguageServersPage() {
       <div className={styles.body}>
         <div className={styles.side}>
           <div className={styles.toolbar}>
-            <SearchField
-              className={styles.search}
-              value={query}
-              onChange={setQuery}
-              placeholder="Filter by tool or language"
-              aria-label="Filter language servers"
+            <IconButton icon="plus" size="small" title="Add Language Server…" onClick={() => setAdding(true)} />
+            <IconButton
+              icon="minus"
+              size="small"
+              title="Remove Language Server"
+              disabled={!removable}
+              onClick={() => selected && form.set(serverKey(selected.name), null)}
             />
+            <span className={styles.toolbarSep} aria-hidden />
             {loading ? (
               <Spinner size={14} label="Checking tools" />
             ) : (
@@ -332,6 +343,13 @@ export function LanguageServersPage() {
                 onClick={() => void refreshTools()}
               />
             )}
+            <SearchField
+              className={styles.search}
+              value={query}
+              onChange={setQuery}
+              placeholder="Filter by tool or language"
+              aria-label="Filter language servers"
+            />
           </div>
           <div className={styles.segmented} role="radiogroup" aria-label="Show">
             {(["all", "missing", "installed"] as const).map((f) => (
@@ -343,7 +361,7 @@ export function LanguageServersPage() {
                 className={clsx(styles.segment, filter === f && styles.segmentOn)}
                 onClick={() => setFilter(f)}
               >
-                {f === "all" ? "All" : f === "missing" ? `Missing (${missingCount})` : "Available"}
+                {f === "all" ? tx("All") : f === "missing" ? tx`Missing (${missingCount})` : tx("Available")}
               </button>
             ))}
           </div>
@@ -363,11 +381,23 @@ export function LanguageServersPage() {
           </ul>
         </div>
         {selected ? (
-          <Details key={selected.name} tool={selected} />
+          <Details key={selected.name} tool={selected} pending={pending.has(selected.name)} />
         ) : (
           <EmptyState className={styles.detailsEmpty} title={loaded ? "No tool selected" : "Loading…"} />
         )}
       </div>
+      {adding && (
+        <NewServerDialog
+          existing={all.map((t) => t.name)}
+          onClose={() => setAdding(false)}
+          onAdded={(name) => {
+            setAdding(false);
+            setFilter("all");
+            setQuery("");
+            setSelectedName(name);
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/features/tools/ServerSettings.module.css b/src/features/tools/ServerSettings.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75c563cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/tools/ServerSettings.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+.form {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 16px;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+/* IDEA titled separator: "Startup ─────────". */
+.section {
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+.sectionTitle {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  height: 22px;
+  margin-bottom: 4px;
+  color: var(--fg-strong);
+}
+.sectionRule {
+  flex: 1;
+  height: 1px;
+  background: var(--border);
+}
+.sectionToggle {
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  background: none;
+  font: inherit;
+  text-align: left;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.sectionToggle:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+.sectionBody {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 10px;
+  padding: 4px 0 0 12px;
+}
+
+/* Label above a full-width control: the details pane is narrow. */
+.row {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 4px;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+.label {
+  color: var(--fg);
+}
+.label::after {
+  content: ":";
+}
+.control {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  gap: 4px;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+.hint {
+  color: var(--fg-subtle);
+  font-size: var(--fs-small);
+  line-height: 1.4;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+.note {
+  color: var(--fg-subtle);
+  font-size: var(--fs-small);
+}
+.error {
+  color: var(--danger);
+}
+.code {
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+}
+.grow {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.area {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 4px 6px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-small);
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--border-strong);
+  background: var(--bg-input);
+  color: var(--fg);
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+  font-size: var(--fs-small);
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  resize: vertical;
+}
+.area:focus {
+  outline: none;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--accent);
+}
+.area::placeholder {
+  color: var(--fg-muted);
+}
+.invalid,
+.invalid:focus {
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--danger);
+}
+
+.picker {
+  display: flex;
+  flex: 1;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  min-width: 0;
+  height: var(--h-control);
+  padding: 0 8px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-small);
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--border-strong);
+  background: var(--bg-input);
+  color: var(--fg);
+  font: inherit;
+  text-align: left;
+}
+.picker:focus-visible {
+  outline: none;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--accent);
+}
+.pickerText {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.placeholder {
+  color: var(--fg-muted);
+}
+.pickerPopup {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 6px;
+  width: 260px;
+  padding: 8px;
+}
+.pickerList {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 2px;
+  max-height: 240px;
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+
+.link {
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  background: none;
+  color: var(--link);
+  font: inherit;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.link:hover {
+  color: var(--link-hover);
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+.link:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+
+.dialogBody {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 12px 16px 4px;
+}
+/* Dialogs are wide enough for "Label: [control]". */
+.dialogBody .row {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 90px minmax(0, 1fr);
+  align-items: center;
+  column-gap: 8px;
+}
+.dialogBody .control {
+  align-items: center;
+}
diff --git a/src/features/tools/ServerSettings.tsx b/src/features/tools/ServerSettings.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d16ff89e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/tools/ServerSettings.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,567 @@
+/**
+ * Settings › Language Servers, right-hand side: the selected tool's executable
+ * and, for a language server, its startup options and workspace configuration
+ * (`languageServers.<name>`), plus the New Language Server dialog. Edits are
+ * staged in the Settings dialog and written on Apply / OK.
+ */
+import { useEffect, useId, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import clsx from "clsx";
+import type { ToolInfo } from "@/bindings";
+import { Checkbox, Dialog, Icon, IconButton, Input, Popup, SearchField, T } from "@/ui";
+import { tx } from "@/platform/i18n";
+import { useSettingsForm } from "@/workbench/contributions";
+import { toolsBackend, type LanguageChoice } from "./backend";
+import {
+  formatArgs,
+  formatEnv,
+  formatJson,
+  formatList,
+  nameFromCommand,
+  parseArgs,
+  parseEnv,
+  parseJsonObject,
+  parseList,
+  SERVER_NAME,
+  serverKey,
+  toolPathKey,
+  type ServerEntry,
+  type ServerField,
+} from "./serverConfig";
+import styles from "./ServerSettings.module.css";
+
+let languageList: Promise<LanguageChoice[]> | null = null;
+
+/** Languages a server can be used for, loaded once. */
+export function useLanguageChoices(): LanguageChoice[] {
+  const [langs, setLangs] = useState<LanguageChoice[]>([]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let live = true;
+    languageList ??= toolsBackend()
+      .languages()
+      .catch(() => {
+        languageList = null;
+        return [];
+      });
+    void languageList.then((l) => live && setLangs(l));
+    return () => {
+      live = false;
+    };
+  }, []);
+  return langs;
+}
+
+/** Test hook: forget the loaded language list. */
+export function resetLanguageChoices() {
+  languageList = null;
+}
+
+export function languageNames(ids: readonly string[], known: readonly LanguageChoice[]): string[] {
+  return ids.map((id) => known.find((l) => l.id === id)?.name ?? id);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Form building blocks (IDEA layout: "Label: [control]", titled separators)
+
+/** A titled separator; `collapsible` ones fold away like IDEA's hideable separators. */
+function Section({
+  title,
+  note,
+  collapsible,
+  defaultOpen = true,
+  children,
+}: {
+  title: string;
+  note?: string;
+  collapsible?: boolean;
+  defaultOpen?: boolean;
+  children: ReactNode;
+}) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(defaultOpen);
+  const shown = !collapsible || open;
+  return (
+    <section className={styles.section} aria-label={tx(title)}>
+      {collapsible ? (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className={clsx(styles.sectionTitle, styles.sectionToggle)}
+          aria-expanded={open}
+          onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}
+        >
+          <Icon name={open ? "chevron-down" : "chevron-right"} size={12} />
+          <T>{title}</T>
+          <span className={styles.sectionRule} aria-hidden />
+        </button>
+      ) : (
+        <div className={styles.sectionTitle}>
+          <T>{title}</T>
+          <span className={styles.sectionRule} aria-hidden />
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {shown && (
+        <div className={styles.sectionBody}>
+          {note && (
+            <div className={styles.note}>
+              <T>{note}</T>
+            </div>
+          )}
+          {children}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </section>
+  );
+}
+
+/** "Label:" above its control (beside it in dialogs), the hint below. */
+function Row({
+  label,
+  htmlFor,
+  hint,
+  children,
+}: {
+  label: string;
+  htmlFor?: string;
+  hint?: ReactNode;
+  children: ReactNode;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.row}>
+      <label className={styles.label} htmlFor={htmlFor}>
+        <T>{label}</T>
+      </label>
+      <div className={styles.control}>{children}</div>
+      {hint && <div className={styles.hint}>{hint}</div>}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+interface FieldProps<V> {
+  label: string;
+  value: V | undefined;
+  format: (v: V | undefined) => string;
+  /** Text → value (null removes the setting); throws with a message when invalid. */
+  parse: (text: string) => V | null;
+  onChange: (value: V | null) => void;
+  placeholder?: string;
+  hint?: ReactNode;
+  multiline?: boolean;
+  trailing?: ReactNode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A text field over a setting: valid text is staged as it is typed; invalid
+ * text stays in the field, marked, and isn't staged.
+ */
+function Field<V>({ label, value, format, parse, onChange, placeholder, hint, multiline, trailing }: FieldProps<V>) {
+  const id = useId();
+  const [draft, setDraft] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const text = draft ?? format(value);
+  const change = (next: string) => {
+    setDraft(next);
+    try {
+      onChange(parse(next));
+      setError(null);
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e));
+    }
+  };
+  const common = {
+    id,
+    value: text,
+    placeholder,
+    "aria-invalid": error ? true : undefined,
+    // Valid text is reformatted from the staged value once the field is left.
+    onBlur: () => !error && setDraft(null),
+  };
+  return (
+    <Row
+      label={label}
+      htmlFor={id}
+      hint={
+        error ? (
+          <span className={styles.error} role="alert">
+            {error}
+          </span>
+        ) : (
+          hint
+        )
+      }
+    >
+      {multiline ? (
+        <textarea
+          {...common}
+          spellCheck={false}
+          rows={Math.min(14, Math.max(3, text.split("\n").length + 1, (placeholder ?? "").split("\n").length))}
+          className={clsx(styles.area, error && styles.invalid)}
+          onChange={(e) => change(e.target.value)}
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <Input {...common} mono invalid={!!error} className={styles.grow} onChange={(e) => change(e.target.value)} />
+      )}
+      {trailing}
+    </Row>
+  );
+}
+
+/** "Python, TypeScript ▾": checkboxes in a popup, with a filter. */
+export function LanguagePicker({
+  id,
+  value,
+  onChange,
+  invalid,
+}: {
+  id?: string;
+  value: readonly string[];
+  onChange: (ids: string[]) => void;
+  invalid?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const known = useLanguageChoices();
+  const anchor = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
+  const shown = useMemo(() => {
+    const q = query.trim().toLowerCase();
+    return q ? known.filter((l) => l.name.toLowerCase().includes(q) || l.id.includes(q)) : known;
+  }, [known, query]);
+  const label = languageNames(value, known).join(", ");
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button
+        id={id}
+        ref={anchor}
+        type="button"
+        aria-haspopup="dialog"
+        aria-expanded={open}
+        aria-invalid={invalid || undefined}
+        className={clsx(styles.picker, invalid && styles.invalid)}
+        onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}
+      >
+        <span className={clsx(styles.pickerText, !label && styles.placeholder)}>
+          {label || tx("Choose languages…")}
+        </span>
+        <Icon name="chevron-down" size={12} />
+      </button>
+      <Popup
+        open={open}
+        onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
+        anchor={anchor}
+        placement="bottom-start"
+        role="dialog"
+        aria-label={tx("Languages")}
+        className={styles.pickerPopup}
+      >
+        <SearchField
+          value={query}
+          onChange={setQuery}
+          placeholder="Filter languages"
+          aria-label="Filter languages"
+          data-autofocus
+        />
+        <div className={styles.pickerList}>
+          {shown.map((l) => (
+            <Checkbox
+              key={l.id}
+              checked={value.includes(l.id)}
+              label={l.name}
+              onChange={(on) => onChange(on ? [...value, l.id] : value.filter((v) => v !== l.id))}
+            />
+          ))}
+          {shown.length === 0 && (
+            <div className={styles.note}>
+              <T>No languages match.</T>
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      </Popup>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The tool's settings
+
+function useServerEntry(name: string): ServerEntry {
+  const form = useSettingsForm();
+  return (form.useValue(serverKey(name)) ?? {}) as ServerEntry;
+}
+
+/** Where the executable was found, or what is wrong with it. */
+function executableHint(tool: ToolInfo, pending: boolean): ReactNode {
+  if (pending) return <T>Checked when the settings are applied.</T>;
+  if (tool.customError) return <span className={styles.error}>{tool.customError}</span>;
+  if (tool.path) {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <T>Using</T> <code className={styles.code}>{tool.path}</code>
+        {tool.version && <> ({tool.version})</>}
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+  return tool.installHint ?? <T>Not found on PATH.</T>;
+}
+
+function ExecutableRow({ tool, pending }: { tool: ToolInfo; pending: boolean }) {
+  const form = useSettingsForm();
+  const entry = useServerEntry(tool.name);
+  const custom = (entry.languages?.length ?? 0) > 0;
+  // A server defined in settings names its executable itself; others may point elsewhere.
+  const key = custom ? serverKey(tool.name, "command") : toolPathKey(tool.command);
+  const tools = form.useValue("tools") as Record<string, { path: string }> | undefined;
+  const value = custom ? entry.command : tools?.[tool.command]?.path;
+  const set = (path: string | null) => {
+    if (custom || !tool.command.includes(".")) form.set(key, path);
+    else {
+      // A command with dots can't be a key segment: replace the map.
+      const next = { ...tools };
+      if (path) next[tool.command] = { path };
+      else delete next[tool.command];
+      form.set("tools", next);
+    }
+  };
+  return (
+    <Field<string>
+      key={key}
+      label={custom ? "Command" : "Path"}
+      value={value}
+      format={(v) => v ?? ""}
+      parse={(t) => t.trim() || null}
+      onChange={set}
+      placeholder={custom ? tx("Executable name or path") : tx("Auto-detect")}
+      hint={executableHint(tool, pending)}
+      trailing={
+        <IconButton
+          icon="folder-open"
+          size="small"
+          title="Browse…"
+          onClick={async () => {
+            const picked = await toolsBackend().chooseExecutable(tx`Select ${tool.command || tool.name}`, value);
+            if (picked) set(picked);
+          }}
+        />
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+/** Debug adapters: only where the executable is. */
+export function ToolSettings({ tool }: { tool: ToolInfo }) {
+  return (
+    <Section title="Executable">
+      <ExecutableRow tool={tool} pending={false} />
+    </Section>
+  );
+}
+
+/** A language server: on/off, executable, startup options, workspace configuration. */
+export function ServerSettings({ tool, pending }: { tool: ToolInfo; pending: boolean }) {
+  const form = useSettingsForm();
+  const entry = useServerEntry(tool.name);
+  const custom = (entry.languages?.length ?? 0) > 0;
+  const set = (field: ServerField) => (value: unknown) => form.set(serverKey(tool.name, field), value);
+  const known = useLanguageChoices();
+  const languagesId = useId();
+  const languages = custom ? languageNames(entry.languages ?? [], known) : tool.languages;
+  const defaultOptions = useMemo(() => {
+    try {
+      return tool.defaultInitializationOptions ? JSON.parse(tool.defaultInitializationOptions) : null;
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }, [tool.defaultInitializationOptions]);
+  const overridden = !custom && Object.keys(entry).length > 0;
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.form}>
+      <Checkbox
+        checked={entry.enabled !== false}
+        label={
+          languages.length ? tx`Use ${tool.displayName} for ${languages.join(", ")} files` : tx`Use ${tool.displayName}`
+        }
+        // Enabled is the default; a project says so explicitly to win over a global "off".
+        onChange={(on) => set("enabled")(on ? (form.scope === "project" ? true : null) : false)}
+      />
+
+      <Section title="Executable">
+        <ExecutableRow tool={tool} pending={pending} />
+        {custom && (
+          <>
+            <Row label="Languages" htmlFor={languagesId}>
+              <LanguagePicker
+                id={languagesId}
+                value={entry.languages ?? []}
+                invalid={!entry.languages?.length}
+                onChange={(ids) => set("languages")(ids.length ? ids : null)}
+              />
+            </Row>
+            <Field<string[]>
+              label="Root markers"
+              value={entry.rootMarkers}
+              format={formatList}
+              parse={parseList}
+              onChange={set("rootMarkers")}
+              placeholder="pyproject.toml, .git"
+              hint={<T>Files marking the workspace root.</T>}
+            />
+          </>
+        )}
+      </Section>
+
+      <Section
+        title="Startup"
+        note="Changing these restarts the server."
+        collapsible
+        defaultOpen={!!(entry.args || entry.env || entry.initializationOptions)}
+      >
+        <Field<string[]>
+          label="Arguments"
+          value={entry.args ?? undefined}
+          format={formatArgs}
+          parse={parseArgs}
+          onChange={set("args")}
+          placeholder={formatArgs(tool.defaultArgs) || tx("None")}
+        />
+        <Field<Record<string, string>>
+          label="Environment variables"
+          value={entry.env}
+          format={formatEnv}
+          parse={parseEnv}
+          onChange={set("env")}
+          placeholder="NAME=value; OTHER=value"
+        />
+        <Field<Record<string, unknown>>
+          label="Initialization options"
+          multiline
+          value={entry.initializationOptions as Record<string, unknown> | undefined}
+          format={formatJson}
+          parse={parseJsonObject}
+          onChange={set("initializationOptions")}
+          placeholder={defaultOptions ? formatJson(defaultOptions) : '{ "key": "value" }'}
+          hint={defaultOptions ? <T>Merged over the defaults shown when empty.</T> : undefined}
+        />
+      </Section>
+
+      <Section
+        title="Workspace Configuration"
+        note="Sent to the running server; no restart needed."
+        collapsible
+        defaultOpen={!!entry.settings}
+      >
+        <Field<Record<string, unknown>>
+          label="Settings"
+          multiline
+          value={entry.settings as Record<string, unknown> | undefined}
+          format={formatJson}
+          parse={parseJsonObject}
+          onChange={set("settings")}
+          placeholder={'{ "section": { "key": "value" } }'}
+        />
+      </Section>
+
+      {overridden && (
+        <div>
+          <button type="button" className={styles.link} onClick={() => form.set(serverKey(tool.name), null)}>
+            <T>Restore Defaults</T>
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// New Language Server
+
+/** Asks for a name, command and languages; stages the new server on OK. */
+export function NewServerDialog({
+  existing,
+  onClose,
+  onAdded,
+}: {
+  existing: readonly string[];
+  onClose: () => void;
+  onAdded: (name: string) => void;
+}) {
+  const form = useSettingsForm();
+  const ids = { name: useId(), command: useId(), languages: useId() };
+  const [commandLine, setCommandLine] = useState("");
+  const [name, setName] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [languages, setLanguages] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  // "ruff server": the executable, then its arguments.
+  let words: string[] = [];
+  let quoteError: string | null = null;
+  try {
+    words = parseArgs(commandLine) ?? [];
+  } catch (e) {
+    quoteError = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e);
+  }
+  const [command = "", ...args] = words;
+  const effectiveName = (name ?? nameFromCommand(command)).trim();
+  const problem =
+    quoteError ??
+    (!command
+      ? tx("Enter the command that starts the server.")
+      : !SERVER_NAME.test(effectiveName)
+        ? tx("Name: letters, digits, - _ + only.")
+        : existing.includes(effectiveName)
+          ? tx`${effectiveName} already exists.`
+          : !languages.length
+            ? tx("Choose the languages it serves.")
+            : null);
+  const add = () => {
+    if (problem) return;
+    const entry: ServerEntry = { command, languages };
+    if (args.length) entry.args = args;
+    form.set(serverKey(effectiveName), entry);
+    onAdded(effectiveName);
+  };
+  return (
+    <Dialog
+      open
+      onClose={onClose}
+      title={tx("New Language Server")}
+      width={480}
+      buttons={[
+        { label: "OK", role: "default", disabled: !!problem, title: problem ?? undefined, onClick: add },
+        { label: "Cancel", role: "cancel" },
+      ]}
+    >
+      <div className={styles.dialogBody}>
+        <Row label="Command" htmlFor={ids.command}>
+          <Input
+            id={ids.command}
+            mono
+            autoFocus
+            className={styles.grow}
+            value={commandLine}
+            placeholder="ruff server"
+            onChange={(e) => setCommandLine(e.target.value)}
+          />
+          <IconButton
+            icon="folder-open"
+            size="small"
+            title="Browse…"
+            onClick={async () => {
+              const picked = await toolsBackend().chooseExecutable(tx("Select the server executable"), command);
+              if (picked) setCommandLine(formatArgs([picked, ...args]));
+            }}
+          />
+        </Row>
+        <Row label="Name" htmlFor={ids.name}>
+          <Input
+            id={ids.name}
+            mono
+            className={styles.grow}
+            value={name ?? nameFromCommand(command)}
+            onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)}
+          />
+        </Row>
+        <Row label="Languages" htmlFor={ids.languages}>
+          <LanguagePicker id={ids.languages} value={languages} onChange={setLanguages} />
+        </Row>
+        <div className={styles.note}>
+          {problem ?? <T>Any language server that talks LSP over stdio, with its arguments.</T>}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/features/tools/__tests__/serverSettings.test.tsx b/src/features/tools/__tests__/serverSettings.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7115024f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/tools/__tests__/serverSettings.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
+import { provideNotificationService } from "@/workbench/contributions";
+import { MemoryToolsBackend, sampleTools, setToolsBackend } from "../backend";
+import { LanguageServersPage } from "../LanguageServersPage";
+import { resetLanguageChoices } from "../ServerSettings";
+import { useTools } from "../store";
+import { formatArgs, nameFromCommand, parseArgs, parseEnv, parseJsonObject, parseList } from "../serverConfig";
+import { resetTestForm, stagedFor, TestSettingsForm, useTestForm } from "./settingsForm";
+
+describe("server settings text fields", () => {
+  it("splits arguments like a shell and formats them back", () => {
+    expect(parseArgs(`--stdio  --log "a b" 'c"d' e\\ f`)).toEqual(["--stdio", "--log", "a b", 'c"d', "e f"]);
+    expect(parseArgs("   ")).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseArgs('""')).toEqual([""]);
+    expect(() => parseArgs('"open')).toThrow(/Unclosed/);
+    const args = ["--x", "a b", 'q"t', ""];
+    expect(parseArgs(formatArgs(args))).toEqual(args);
+  });
+
+  it("parses environment variables separated by semicolons", () => {
+    expect(parseEnv("A=1; B_2 = x=y;\n C=")).toEqual({ A: "1", B_2: "x=y", C: "" });
+    expect(parseEnv(" ; ")).toBeNull();
+    expect(() => parseEnv("A=1; nope")).toThrow("Expected NAME=value: nope");
+  });
+
+  it("accepts JSON objects without nulls", () => {
+    expect(parseJsonObject('{ "a": { "b": [1] } }')).toEqual({ a: { b: [1] } });
+    expect(parseJsonObject(" ")).toBeNull();
+    expect(() => parseJsonObject("[1]")).toThrow("Expected a JSON object");
+    expect(() => parseJsonObject('{ "a": { "b": null } }')).toThrow("at a.b");
+    expect(() => parseJsonObject("{")).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("splits lists and names servers after their executable", () => {
+    expect(parseList("python, typescript  python")).toEqual(["python", "typescript"]);
+    expect(parseList(",")).toBeNull();
+    expect(nameFromCommand("/opt/bin/ruff")).toBe("ruff");
+    expect(nameFromCommand("C:\\tools\\my server.exe")).toBe("my-server");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Language Servers page settings", () => {
+  let backend: MemoryToolsBackend;
+  const listItem = (name: string) =>
+    screen.getByRole("list", { name: /language servers/i }).querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-tool="${name}"]`);
+  const details = (name: string) => screen.getByLabelText(`${name} details`);
+  const renderPage = () =>
+    render(
+      <TestSettingsForm>
+        <LanguageServersPage />
+      </TestSettingsForm>,
+    );
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    provideNotificationService({ notify: () => {} });
+    backend = new MemoryToolsBackend(
+      sampleTools().map((t) =>
+        t.name === "rust-analyzer"
+          ? { ...t, defaultArgs: ["--stdio"], defaultInitializationOptions: '{"checkOnSave":true}' }
+          : t,
+      ),
+      1,
+    );
+    setToolsBackend(backend);
+    resetLanguageChoices();
+    resetTestForm();
+    useTools.setState({ tools: [], loaded: false, loading: false, error: null, jobs: {}, logs: {} });
+    useProject.setState({ project: null, settings: null });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => setToolsBackend(null));
+
+  it("stages startup options, showing the defaults they replace", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderPage();
+    const pane = await screen.findByLabelText("rust-analyzer details");
+    // Folded while nothing is set there.
+    expect(within(pane).queryByRole("textbox", { name: "Arguments" })).toBeNull();
+    await user.click(within(pane).getByRole("button", { name: "Startup" }));
+    const args = within(pane).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Arguments" });
+    expect(args).toHaveAttribute("placeholder", "--stdio");
+    expect(within(pane).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Initialization options" })).toHaveAttribute(
+      "placeholder",
+      JSON.stringify({ checkOnSave: true }, null, 2),
+    );
+
+    await user.type(args, '--log "a b"');
+    expect(stagedFor("languageServers.rust-analyzer.args")).toEqual(["--log", "a b"]);
+    await user.type(within(pane).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Environment variables" }), "RA_LOG=info");
+    expect(stagedFor("languageServers.rust-analyzer.env")).toEqual({ RA_LOG: "info" });
+
+    // Invalid JSON is marked and not staged; valid JSON is.
+    const init = within(pane).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Initialization options" });
+    await user.click(init);
+    await user.paste('{ "check": null }');
+    expect(within(pane).getByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent("null is not supported");
+    expect(stagedFor("languageServers.rust-analyzer.initializationOptions")).toBeUndefined();
+    await user.clear(init);
+    await user.paste('{ "check": { "command": "clippy" } }');
+    expect(stagedFor("languageServers.rust-analyzer.initializationOptions")).toEqual({ check: { command: "clippy" } });
+
+    // Turned off: marked in the list.
+    await user.click(within(pane).getByRole("checkbox", { name: /Use rust-analyzer for Rust files/ }));
+    expect(stagedFor("languageServers.rust-analyzer.enabled")).toBe(false);
+    expect(listItem("rust-analyzer")).toHaveTextContent("Disabled");
+
+    await user.click(within(pane).getByRole("button", { name: "Restore Defaults" }));
+    expect(stagedFor("languageServers.rust-analyzer")).toBeNull();
+    expect(listItem("rust-analyzer")).not.toHaveTextContent("Disabled");
+    expect(args).toHaveValue("");
+  });
+
+  it("adds a server of one's own from its command line, then removes it", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderPage();
+    await screen.findByLabelText("rust-analyzer details");
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Add Language Server…" }));
+    const dialog = screen.getByRole("dialog", { name: "New Language Server" });
+    const ok = within(dialog).getByRole("button", { name: "OK" });
+    await user.type(within(dialog).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Command" }), "/opt/bin/ruff server");
+    expect(within(dialog).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Name" })).toHaveValue("ruff");
+    expect(ok).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(dialog).toHaveTextContent("Choose the languages it serves.");
+
+    const picker = within(dialog).getByRole("button", { name: "Languages" });
+    expect(picker).toHaveTextContent("Choose languages…");
+    await user.click(picker);
+    await user.click(await screen.findByRole("checkbox", { name: "Python" }));
+    await user.keyboard("{Escape}");
+    expect(picker).toHaveTextContent("Python");
+    await user.click(ok);
+
+    expect(stagedFor("languageServers.ruff")).toEqual({
+      command: "/opt/bin/ruff",
+      args: ["server"],
+      languages: ["python"],
+    });
+    // Listed and selected before Apply, as a new server.
+    await waitFor(() => expect(listItem("ruff")).toHaveAttribute("aria-current", "true"));
+    expect(listItem("ruff")).toHaveTextContent("New");
+    const pane = details("ruff");
+    expect(within(pane).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Command" })).toHaveValue("/opt/bin/ruff");
+    expect(within(pane).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Arguments" })).toHaveValue("server");
+    expect(pane).toHaveTextContent("Checked when the settings are applied.");
+
+    // Edits go into the staged entry.
+    await user.type(within(pane).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Root markers" }), "pyproject.toml");
+    expect(useTestForm.getState().values).toMatchObject({
+      languageServers: { ruff: { rootMarkers: ["pyproject.toml"] } },
+    });
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Remove Language Server" }));
+    expect(stagedFor("languageServers.ruff")).toBeNull();
+    expect(listItem("ruff")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the remove button for servers of one's own", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    resetTestForm({ languageServers: { ruff: { command: "ruff", languages: ["python"] } } });
+    renderPage();
+    await screen.findByLabelText("rust-analyzer details");
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Remove Language Server" })).toBeDisabled();
+    await user.click(listItem("ruff")!);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Remove Language Server" })).toBeEnabled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/tools/__tests__/settingsForm.tsx b/src/features/tools/__tests__/settingsForm.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5682aea7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/tools/__tests__/settingsForm.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/** A Settings dialog stand-in: a page's form over plain values, staging into `staged`. */
+import { useMemo, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { create } from "zustand";
+import { SettingsFormContext, type SettingsForm } from "@/workbench/contributions";
+
+interface FormState {
+  values: Record<string, unknown>;
+  /** Staged writes in order, as `settingsSet` would get them on Apply. */
+  staged: Array<[string, unknown]>;
+}
+
+export const useTestForm = create<FormState>(() => ({ values: {}, staged: [] }));
+
+const getAt = (v: unknown, key: string) =>
+  key
+    .split(".")
+    .reduce<unknown>((cur, k) => (cur && typeof cur === "object" ? (cur as Record<string, unknown>)[k] : undefined), v);
+
+function putAt(source: unknown, key: string, value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const [head, ...rest] = key.split(".");
+  const base = { ...(source as Record<string, unknown> | undefined) };
+  if (rest.length) base[head!] = putAt(base[head!], rest.join("."), value);
+  else if (value == null) delete base[head!];
+  else base[head!] = value;
+  return base;
+}
+
+export function resetTestForm(values: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+  useTestForm.setState({ values, staged: [] });
+}
+
+/** The last value staged for `key`. */
+export function stagedFor(key: string): unknown {
+  return useTestForm.getState().staged.findLast(([k]) => k === key)?.[1];
+}
+
+export function TestSettingsForm({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+  const form = useMemo<SettingsForm>(
+    () => ({
+      scope: "global",
+      useValue: (key) => useTestForm((s) => getAt(s.values, key)),
+      set: (key, value) =>
+        useTestForm.setState((s) => ({ values: putAt(s.values, key, value), staged: [...s.staged, [key, value]] })),
+    }),
+    [],
+  );
+  return <SettingsFormContext.Provider value={form}>{children}</SettingsFormContext.Provider>;
+}
diff --git a/src/features/tools/__tests__/tools.test.tsx b/src/features/tools/__tests__/tools.test.tsx
index 480ec419d..7a37e9c11 100644
--- a/src/features/tools/__tests__/tools.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/tools/__tests__/tools.test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { MemoryToolsBackend, sampleTools, setToolsBackend } from "../backend";
 import { cancelInstall, installTool, refreshTools, uninstallTool, useTools } from "../store";
 import { filterTools, LanguageServersPage } from "../LanguageServersPage";
 import { installMissingServerPrompts, missingKey } from "../missing";
+import { resetTestForm, stagedFor, TestSettingsForm } from "./settingsForm";
 
 type Note = Parameters<NotificationService["notify"]>[0];
 let notes: Note[];
@@ -126,12 +127,19 @@ describe("missing language server prompt", () => {
 });
 
 describe("LanguageServersPage", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => resetTestForm());
+  const renderPage = () =>
+    render(
+      <TestSettingsForm>
+        <LanguageServersPage />
+      </TestSettingsForm>,
+    );
   const listItem = (name: string) =>
     screen.getByRole("list", { name: /language servers/i }).querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-tool="${name}"]`)!;
 
   it("lists tools and installs from the details pane", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    render(<LanguageServersPage />);
+    renderPage();
     await screen.findByText("gopls");
     await user.click(listItem("gopls"));
     const details = screen.getByLabelText("gopls details");
@@ -148,7 +156,7 @@ describe("LanguageServersPage", () => {
 
   it("explains why a tool cannot be installed", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    render(<LanguageServersPage />);
+    renderPage();
     await screen.findByText("solargraph");
     await user.click(listItem("solargraph"));
     expect(screen.getByText("gem install solargraph")).toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -156,23 +164,26 @@ describe("LanguageServersPage", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText("curl is required to download tools")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("sets and clears a custom path", async () => {
+  it("stages and clears a custom path", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    render(<LanguageServersPage />);
+    renderPage();
     await screen.findByText("gopls");
     await user.click(listItem("gopls"));
     const path = within(screen.getByLabelText("gopls details")).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Path" });
-    await user.type(path, "/opt/go/bin/gopls{Enter}");
-    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByLabelText("gopls details")).toHaveTextContent("Custom"));
-    expect(backend.customPaths).toEqual({ gopls: "/opt/go/bin/gopls" });
-    await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Use auto-detected" }));
-    await waitFor(() => expect(backend.customPaths).toEqual({}));
-    expect(screen.getByLabelText("gopls details")).toHaveTextContent("Missing");
+    await user.type(path, "/opt/go/bin/gopls");
+    expect(stagedFor("tools.gopls.path")).toBe("/opt/go/bin/gopls");
+    await user.clear(path);
+    expect(stagedFor("tools.gopls.path")).toBeNull();
+    // Picked with the file chooser.
+    backend.chosen = "/usr/local/bin/gopls";
+    await user.click(within(screen.getByLabelText("gopls details")).getByRole("button", { name: "Browse…" }));
+    expect(stagedFor("tools.gopls.path")).toBe("/usr/local/bin/gopls");
+    expect(path).toHaveValue("/usr/local/bin/gopls");
   });
 
   it("moves the selection with the arrow keys", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    render(<LanguageServersPage />);
+    renderPage();
     await screen.findByText("gopls");
     await user.click(listItem("rust-analyzer"));
     await user.keyboard("{ArrowDown}");
@@ -181,7 +192,7 @@ describe("LanguageServersPage", () => {
 
   it("filters to missing tools", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    render(<LanguageServersPage />);
+    renderPage();
     await screen.findByText("gopls");
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("radio", { name: /missing/i }));
     expect(screen.queryByText("rust-analyzer")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -193,7 +204,7 @@ describe("LanguageServersPage", () => {
 
   it("shows backend errors", async () => {
     vi.spyOn(backend, "list").mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("boom"));
-    render(<LanguageServersPage />);
+    renderPage();
     expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent("boom");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/features/tools/backend.ts b/src/features/tools/backend.ts
index 4083162da..4aca205f8 100644
--- a/src/features/tools/backend.ts
+++ b/src/features/tools/backend.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 import { Channel } from "@tauri-apps/api/core";
 import type { InstallEvent, RequestId, ToolInfo } from "@/bindings";
 import { call, commands, IpcError, isTauri } from "@/platform/ipc";
-import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
+
+export interface LanguageChoice {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+}
 
 export interface ToolsBackend {
   list(): Promise<ToolInfo[]>;
@@ -14,10 +18,10 @@ export interface ToolsBackend {
   cancel(request: RequestId): void;
   /** Restarts running language servers named `name` (after an install). */
   restartServers(name: string): Promise<void>;
-  /** Launches `command` from `path` instead of the detected one (global setting); "" clears it. */
-  setCustomPath(command: string, path: string): Promise<void>;
   /** File chooser for an executable; null when cancelled. */
   chooseExecutable(title: string, defaultPath?: string): Promise<string | null>;
+  /** Languages a server defined in settings can serve. */
+  languages(): Promise<LanguageChoice[]>;
 }
 
 export const tauriToolsBackend: ToolsBackend = {
@@ -40,18 +44,13 @@ export const tauriToolsBackend: ToolsBackend = {
       servers.filter((s) => s.name === name).map((s) => call(commands.lspRestart(s.id)).catch(() => {})),
     );
   },
-  setCustomPath: async (command, path) => {
-    const tools = { ...(await commands.settingsGet()).tools };
-    if (path) tools[command] = { path };
-    else delete tools[command];
-    const settings = await call(commands.settingsSet("global", "tools", JSON.stringify(tools)));
-    useProject.setState({ settings });
-  },
   chooseExecutable: async (title, defaultPath) => {
     const { open } = await import("@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog");
     const picked = await open({ directory: false, multiple: false, title, defaultPath: defaultPath || undefined });
     return (Array.isArray(picked) ? picked[0] : picked) ?? null;
   },
+  languages: async () =>
+    (await commands.languages()).map((l) => ({ id: l.id, name: l.name })).sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name)),
 };
 
 function tool(partial: Partial<ToolInfo> & Pick<ToolInfo, "name" | "languages">): ToolInfo {
@@ -69,6 +68,8 @@ function tool(partial: Partial<ToolInfo> & Pick<ToolInfo, "name" | "languages">)
     installHint: null,
     homepage: null,
     customError: null,
+    defaultArgs: [],
+    defaultInitializationOptions: null,
     ...partial,
   };
 }
@@ -202,22 +203,21 @@ export class MemoryToolsBackend implements ToolsBackend {
     this.restarted.push(name);
   }
 
-  /** Paths set through `setCustomPath`, by command. */
-  customPaths: Record<string, string> = {};
   /** What `chooseExecutable` answers. */
   chosen: string | null = null;
 
-  async setCustomPath(command: string, path: string) {
-    if (path) this.customPaths[command] = path;
-    else delete this.customPaths[command];
-    for (const t of this.tools.filter((x) => x.command === command)) {
-      this.replace(path ? { ...t, status: "custom", path, version: null } : { ...t, status: "missing", path: null });
-    }
-  }
-
   async chooseExecutable() {
     return this.chosen;
   }
+
+  async languages() {
+    return [
+      { id: "go", name: "Go" },
+      { id: "python", name: "Python" },
+      { id: "rust", name: "Rust" },
+      { id: "typescript", name: "TypeScript" },
+    ];
+  }
 }
 
 let backend: ToolsBackend | null = null;
diff --git a/src/features/tools/index.ts b/src/features/tools/index.ts
index 37993487d..5086f5781 100644
--- a/src/features/tools/index.ts
+++ b/src/features/tools/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,19 @@ export function activateSettingsPages(): () => void {
     title: "Language Servers",
     group: "Languages & Frameworks",
     order: 400,
-    keywords: ["lsp", "language server", "debugger", "adapter", "dap", "install", "rust-analyzer", "gopls", "pyright"],
+    keywords: [
+      "lsp",
+      "language server",
+      "debugger",
+      "adapter",
+      "dap",
+      "install",
+      "initialization options",
+      "rust-analyzer",
+      "gopls",
+      "pyright",
+    ],
+    projectScope: true,
     component: lazyComponent(() => import("./LanguageServersPage").then((m) => m.LanguageServersPage)),
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/features/tools/serverConfig.ts b/src/features/tools/serverConfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00ab9118c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/tools/serverConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/**
+ * Settings › Language Servers entries (`languageServers.<name>` in settings.toml):
+ * text ↔ value conversions for the editor fields. Parsers return `null` for an
+ * empty field (the setting is removed) and throw `Error` with a user-facing message.
+ */
+import type { LanguageServerSettings } from "@/bindings";
+
+/** What the settings set for a server (any field may be absent). */
+export type ServerEntry = Partial<LanguageServerSettings>;
+export type ServerField = keyof LanguageServerSettings;
+
+/** Settings keys of a server's entry and of a tool's executable. */
+export const serverKey = (name: string, field?: ServerField) =>
+  field ? `languageServers.${name}.${field}` : `languageServers.${name}`;
+export const toolPathKey = (command: string) => `tools.${command}.path`;
+
+/** The server's name proposed for an executable (`/opt/bin/ruff` → `ruff`). */
+export function nameFromCommand(command: string): string {
+  const base = command.trim().split(/[\\/]/).pop() ?? "";
+  return base.replace(/\.(exe|cmd|bat)$/i, "").replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9_+-]/g, "-");
+}
+
+/** Names become settings keys: no dots or spaces. */
+export const SERVER_NAME = /^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_+-]*$/;
+
+/** Shell-like split: whitespace separates, quotes group, backslash escapes. */
+export function parseArgs(text: string): string[] | null {
+  const out: string[] = [];
+  let cur = "";
+  let started = false;
+  let quote: '"' | "'" | null = null;
+  for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+    const c = text[i]!;
+    if (quote) {
+      if (c === quote) quote = null;
+      else if (c === "\\" && quote === '"' && i + 1 < text.length) cur += text[++i];
+      else cur += c;
+    } else if (c === '"' || c === "'") {
+      quote = c;
+      started = true;
+    } else if (c === "\\" && i + 1 < text.length) {
+      cur += text[++i];
+      started = true;
+    } else if (/\s/.test(c)) {
+      if (started) out.push(cur);
+      cur = "";
+      started = false;
+    } else {
+      cur += c;
+      started = true;
+    }
+  }
+  if (quote) throw new Error(`Unclosed ${quote} quote`);
+  if (started) out.push(cur);
+  return out.length ? out : null;
+}
+
+export function formatArgs(args: readonly string[] | undefined | null): string {
+  return (args ?? []).map((a) => (a === "" || /[\s"'\\]/.test(a) ? `"${a.replace(/["\\]/g, "\\$&")}"` : a)).join(" ");
+}
+
+/** `NAME=value` pairs separated by `;` (or new lines), as in run configurations. */
+export function parseEnv(text: string): Record<string, string> | null {
+  const env: Record<string, string> = {};
+  for (const raw of text.split(/[;\n]/)) {
+    const pair = raw.trim();
+    if (!pair) continue;
+    const eq = pair.indexOf("=");
+    const key = eq < 0 ? "" : pair.slice(0, eq).trim();
+    if (!/^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$/.test(key)) throw new Error(`Expected NAME=value: ${pair}`);
+    env[key] = pair.slice(eq + 1).trim();
+  }
+  return Object.keys(env).length ? env : null;
+}
+
+export function formatEnv(env: Record<string, string> | undefined | null): string {
+  return Object.entries(env ?? {})
+    .map(([k, v]) => `${k}=${v}`)
+    .join("; ");
+}
+
+/** A JSON object (settings.toml has no `null`, so neither may the object). */
+export function parseJsonObject(text: string): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+  if (!text.trim()) return null;
+  let value: unknown;
+  try {
+    value = JSON.parse(text);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e), { cause: e });
+  }
+  if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null || Array.isArray(value)) throw new Error("Expected a JSON object");
+  const nullAt = findNull(value, "");
+  if (nullAt !== null) throw new Error(`null is not supported (at ${nullAt || "top level"})`);
+  return value as Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+function findNull(v: unknown, path: string): string | null {
+  if (v === null) return path;
+  if (typeof v !== "object") return null;
+  for (const [k, child] of Object.entries(v as Record<string, unknown>)) {
+    const hit = findNull(child, Array.isArray(v) ? `${path}[${k}]` : path ? `${path}.${k}` : k);
+    if (hit !== null) return hit;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function formatJson(value: unknown): string {
+  return value == null ? "" : JSON.stringify(value, null, 2);
+}
+
+/** Comma / whitespace separated names. */
+export function parseList(text: string): string[] | null {
+  const items = text.split(/[\s,]+/).filter(Boolean);
+  return items.length ? [...new Set(items)] : null;
+}
+
+export function formatList(items: readonly string[] | undefined | null): string {
+  return (items ?? []).join(", ");
+}
diff --git a/src/features/tools/store.ts b/src/features/tools/store.ts
index 76baa23b1..4c07e3a6c 100644
--- a/src/features/tools/store.ts
+++ b/src/features/tools/store.ts
@@ -180,23 +180,6 @@ export async function uninstallTool(name: string): Promise<boolean> {
   }
 }
 
-/** Launches `command` from `path` (empty: auto-detect again), then re-checks the tools. */
-export async function setCustomPath(command: string, path: string): Promise<boolean> {
-  try {
-    await toolsBackend().setCustomPath(command, path.trim());
-    await refreshTools();
-    return true;
-  } catch (e) {
-    notifications().notify({
-      group: "tools",
-      level: "error",
-      title: `Failed to set the path of ${command}`,
-      body: errorText(e),
-    });
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
 export const STATUS_LABEL: Record<ToolInfo["status"], string> = {
   installed: "Installed",
   onPath: "On PATH",
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
index 133d2300d..d09f15885 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@
   "Hide Library Frames": "隐藏库帧",
   "Hide Replace": "隐藏替换",
   "Hide debug window on process termination": "进程终止时隐藏调试窗口",
+  "Auto-detect": "自动检测",
   "Hide install log": "隐藏安装日志",
   "Hierarchies": "层次结构",
   "Hierarchy": "层次结构",
@@ -2384,14 +2385,11 @@
   "Language server": "语言服务器",
   "Path": "路径",
   "Missing": "缺失",
-  "Leave empty to use the IDE-installed copy, else the one on PATH.": "留空则使用 IDE 安装的副本，否则使用 PATH 上的版本。",
-  "Installs into the IDE's own tools folder via": "安装到 IDE 自己的工具目录，方式：",
+  "Installs into the IDE's own tools folder via {installMethod}": "通过 {installMethod} 安装到 IDE 自己的工具文件夹",
   "No tool selected": "未选择工具",
-  "Use auto-detected": "使用自动检测",
   "Custom": "自定义",
   "On PATH": "PATH 中",
   "Reinstall": "重新安装",
-  "Auto-detect": "自动检测",
   "Move focus to the Editor with Escape": "按 Escape 将焦点移到编辑器",
   "Otherwise Escape goes to the shell.": "否则 Escape 发送给 shell。",
   "Configure terminal keybindings": "配置终端快捷键",
@@ -3596,7 +3594,6 @@
   "Failed to download JDK {version}": "下载 JDK {version} 失败",
   "Java Settings…": "Java 设置…",
   "{name} needs JDK {version} to run": "{name} 需要 JDK {version} 才能运行",
-  "Failed to set the path of {command}": "设置 {command} 的路径失败",
   "Search for branches, actions, repositories": "搜索分支、操作、仓库",
   "Git Settings": "Git 设置",
   "Repositories and branches": "仓库和分支",
@@ -3976,6 +3973,35 @@
   "Delete the layout '{name}'?": "是否删除布局 '{name}'？",
   "In {left}, not in {right}": "在 {left} 中，不在 {right} 中",
   "Local branch '{local}' has commits that do not exist in '{remote}'. Rebase '{local}' onto '{remote}', or drop local commits?": "本地分支 '{local}' 有 '{remote}' 中不存在的提交。是将 '{local}' 变基到 '{remote}'，还是丢弃本地提交？",
+  "Add Language Server…": "添加语言服务器…",
+  "Use {displayName}": "使用 {displayName}",
+  "Select {name}": "选择 {name}",
+  "Root markers": "根标记",
+  "Initialization options": "初始化选项",
+  "Global": "全局",
+  "This project": "此项目",
+  "Executable name or path": "可执行文件名或路径",
+  "Select the server executable": "选择服务器可执行文件",
+  "Remove Language Server": "移除语言服务器",
+  "Missing ({missingCount})": "缺失 ({missingCount})",
+  "Choose languages…": "选择语言…",
+  "Filter languages": "筛选语言",
+  "No languages match.": "没有匹配的语言。",
+  "Checked when the settings are applied.": "应用设置后检查。",
+  "Using": "使用",
+  "Not found on PATH.": "在 PATH 中未找到。",
+  "Use {displayName} for {join} files": "对 {join} 文件使用 {displayName}",
+  "Files marking the workspace root.": "标记工作区根目录的文件。",
+  "Merged over the defaults shown when empty.": "与默认值（为空时显示）合并。",
+  "Workspace Configuration": "工作区配置",
+  "Enter the command that starts the server.": "请输入启动服务器的命令。",
+  "Name: letters, digits, - _ + only.": "名称：只能包含字母、数字、- _ +。",
+  "{effectiveName} already exists.": "{effectiveName} 已存在。",
+  "Choose the languages it serves.": "请选择它服务的语言。",
+  "New Language Server": "新建语言服务器",
+  "Any language server that talks LSP over stdio, with its arguments.": "任何通过 stdio 使用 LSP 的语言服务器，可带参数。",
+  "Changing these restarts the server.": "修改这些设置会重启服务器。",
+  "Sent to the running server; no restart needed.": "发送给运行中的服务器，无需重启。",
   "SSH Configurations": "SSH 配置",
   "User name": "用户名",
   "Authentication type": "身份验证类型",
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/textCatalog.test.ts b/src/platform/locales/textCatalog.test.ts
index 759d2746c..e24475c49 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/textCatalog.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/locales/textCatalog.test.ts
@@ -182,9 +182,13 @@ const UNTRANSLATED = new Set<string>([
   "kebab-case",
   "KEY=value; OTHER=value",
   "NAME",
+  "NAME=value; OTHER=value",
   "node_modules/typescript",
   "PascalCase",
+  "pyproject.toml, .git",
+  "ruff server",
   "snake_case",
+  '{ "section": { "key": "value" } }',
   // Identifiers that only look like text: icon names, error codes, categories, console output
   "app",
   "cancelled",
diff --git a/src/workbench/contributions.ts b/src/workbench/contributions.ts
index 9824bdf7e..0c67e9161 100644
--- a/src/workbench/contributions.ts
+++ b/src/workbench/contributions.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@
  * The workbench renders whatever is registered; the action
  * `toolwindow.<id>` toggles it (registered automatically).
  */
-import { useEffect, useRef, type ComponentType, type ReactNode, type RefObject } from "react";
+import {
+  createContext,
+  useContext,
+  useEffect,
+  useRef,
+  type ComponentType,
+  type ReactNode,
+  type RefObject,
+} from "react";
 import type { RunConfig } from "@/bindings";
 import type { MenuItem } from "@/ui/Menu";
 import { create } from "zustand";
@@ -453,7 +461,10 @@ export interface EmbeddedTerminalOptions {
   "aria-label"?: string;
 }
 
-export type EmbeddedTerminalFactory = (host: HTMLElement, options: EmbeddedTerminalOptions) => Promise<EmbeddedTerminal>;
+export type EmbeddedTerminalFactory = (
+  host: HTMLElement,
+  options: EmbeddedTerminalOptions,
+) => Promise<EmbeddedTerminal>;
 
 const services: {
   editor?: EditorService;
@@ -587,6 +598,29 @@ export interface SettingsPageContribution {
   /** Extra words matched by the settings search. */
   keywords?: string[];
   component: ComponentType;
+  /** The page edits settings that a project can override (Global / This project switch). */
+  projectScope?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * What a settings page edits through: values of the page's scope with the
+ * edits not applied yet. Edits are written on Apply / OK and dropped on Cancel.
+ */
+export interface SettingsForm {
+  scope: "global" | "project";
+  /** Value of a dotted key (map entries too, e.g. `languageServers.ruff.args`). */
+  useValue(key: string): unknown;
+  /** Stages a value; `null` removes the key on Apply. */
+  set(key: string, value: unknown): void;
+}
+
+export const SettingsFormContext = createContext<SettingsForm | null>(null);
+
+/** The form of the settings page being shown (provided by the Settings dialog). */
+export function useSettingsForm(): SettingsForm {
+  const form = useContext(SettingsFormContext);
+  if (!form) throw new Error("useSettingsForm outside a settings page");
+  return form;
 }
 
 export const useSettingsPages = create<{ pages: Map<string, SettingsPageContribution> }>(() => ({ pages: new Map() }));
@@ -684,14 +718,7 @@ export function projectViewRoots(map: ReadonlyMap<string, ProjectViewRootContrib
 // in `paths[0]`, the target directory (features/templates: file templates, http-client: HTTP Request).
 
 export type ContextMenuId =
-  | "editor"
-  | "projectView"
-  | "editorTab"
-  | "editorGutter"
-  | "openIn"
-  | "stopProcess"
-  | "selectIn"
-  | "new";
+  "editor" | "projectView" | "editorTab" | "editorGutter" | "openIn" | "stopProcess" | "selectIn" | "new";
 
 export interface MenuGroupContext {
   /** Files / directories the menu is for (absolute paths; a virtual URI for virtual documents). */
@@ -883,7 +910,9 @@ export interface RunConfigTypeContribution {
   debugAdapter?: string;
 }
 
-export const useRunConfigTypes = create<{ types: Map<string, RunConfigTypeContribution> }>(() => ({ types: new Map() }));
+export const useRunConfigTypes = create<{ types: Map<string, RunConfigTypeContribution> }>(() => ({
+  types: new Map(),
+}));
 
 export function registerRunConfigType(type: RunConfigTypeContribution): () => void {
   useRunConfigTypes.setState((s) => ({ types: new Map(s.types).set(type.id, type) }));
@@ -1019,7 +1048,11 @@ export function setLocalChanges(provider: string, lists: LocalChangelist[]): ()
 }
 
 /** Paths of the changed files, of one list (`listId`) or all; `existing` leaves out deleted files. */
-export function localChangedPaths(lists: readonly LocalChangelist[], listId?: string | null, existing = false): string[] {
+export function localChangedPaths(
+  lists: readonly LocalChangelist[],
+  listId?: string | null,
+  existing = false,
+): string[] {
   const out: string[] = [];
   for (const l of lists) {
     if (listId && l.id !== listId) continue;
@@ -1067,7 +1100,9 @@ export function registerRunAnythingProvider(p: RunAnythingProvider): () => void
 
 /** Registered providers in order. */
 export function runAnythingProviderList(): RunAnythingProvider[] {
-  return [...runAnythingProviders.values()].sort((a, b) => (a.order ?? 100) - (b.order ?? 100) || a.id.localeCompare(b.id));
+  return [...runAnythingProviders.values()].sort(
+    (a, b) => (a.order ?? 100) - (b.order ?? 100) || a.id.localeCompare(b.id),
+  );
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------