Emacs
Extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor
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Hacker News mentions: 4 mentions (2007) to 366 mentions (2026)
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Homebrew analytics installs: 2,021 installs (2026) to 2,469 installs (2026)
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Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 8 questions (2008) to 0 questions (2026)
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Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 5.46 % of respondents (2017) to 4.25 % of respondents (2024)
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Wikipedia pageviews: 3,705 views (2015) to 3,593 views (2026)
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About Emacs
Emacs is an extensible and customizable text editor built around an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of Lisp designed for text editing tasks. The tool offers content-aware editing modes with syntax highlighting, full Unicode support, and complete built-in documentation. Beyond basic text editing, it provides functionality including a project planner, mail and news reader, debugger interface, calendar, and IRC client. A packaging system allows users to download and install extensions to expand capabilities. The editor is highly customizable through Emacs Lisp code or a graphical interface.
Emacs is developed by the GNU Project and runs on BSD, Microsoft Windows, and macOS platforms. The tool is free and open-source software, reflecting its alignment with free software principles. Its extensibility through Lisp programming makes it adaptable to various workflows and preferences. The built-in tutorial and documentation support new users in learning the editor's features and capabilities.
Checked 23 October 2026.
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Posts about Emacs
- Agent session portability: txcript, ACP and what a moved session loses
Agent session portability rewrites one agent's saved conversation into another's format. txcript does it for 11 agents; hooks, MCP and subagents stay behind.