emacs
brew install emacs
v30.2_2
GPL-3.0-or-later
Extensible text editor and Lisp environment with modes for programming, markup, and productivity.
Why you might care
Emacs is a heavyweight, highly programmable editor favored by long-term users who customize workflows via Elisp. Unlike VS Code or vim, it doubles as a development environment with built-in shell, mail, version control, and org-mode for task management and literate programming. Single-binary installation via Homebrew; tree-sitter support improves parsing for modern languages.
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30-day installs · #939
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90-day · #934
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365-day · #540
Runtime dependencies
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Links
- https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
- Brew formula source: Formula/e/emacs.rb
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