GNU Emacs
GNU version of the Emacs text editor
Also known as Emacs
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- Founded
- 1984
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- Emacs Lisp reason for preferred rank: most frequent value
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Sources- 1.Stated in Open Hub“The emacs Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page”openhub.net/p/emacs/analyses/latest/languages_summaryRetrieved 2018-09-05
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Sources- 1.Stated in Open Hub“The emacs Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page (English)”openhub.net/p/emacs/analyses/latest/languages_summaryRetrieved 2023-10-28
- Emacs Lisp reason for preferred rank: most frequent value
- Latest version
- 31.1 version type: stable version · released: August 24, 2026 · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 31.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2026-08/msg00006.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-24
- 24.4 released: October 20, 2014
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 24.4 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2014-10/msg00008.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 24.5 released: April 10, 2015 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org, ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 24.5 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2015-04/msg00002.htmlRetrieved 2020-08-11
- 24.3 released: March 11, 2013
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 24.3 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2013-03/msg00001.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 24.2 released: August 27, 2012
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 24.2 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2012-08/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 24.1 released: June 10, 2012
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 24.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2012-06/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 23.4 released: January 29, 2012
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 23.4 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2012-01/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 23.3 released: March 10, 2011
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 23.3 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2011-03/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
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- 23.2 released: May 8, 2010
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 23.2 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2010-05/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 23.1 released: July 29, 2009
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 23.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2009-07/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 22.3 released: September 5, 2008
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 22.3 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2008-09/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 22.2 released: March 26, 2008
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 22.2 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2008-03/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 22.1 released: June 2, 2007
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 22.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2007-06/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 21.4 released: February 6, 2005
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 21.4 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2005-02/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 21.3 released: March 24, 2003
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 21.3 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2003-03/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 21.2 released: March 18, 2002
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 21.2 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2002-03/msg00000.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 21.1 released: October 28, 2001
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 21.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2001-10/msg00009.htmlRetrieved 2015-12-11
- 25.1 released: September 17, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 25.2 released: April 21, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 25.3 released: September 11, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 26.1 version type: stable version · released: May 28, 2018
- 26.2 released: April 12, 2019 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.gnu.org/software/emacs/history.html
- 2.“Emacs 26.2 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2019-04/msg00003.htmlRetrieved 2025-04-09
- 26.3 version type: stable version · released: August 28, 2019 · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org, ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.gnu.org/software/emacs/history.html
- 2.“Emacs 26.3 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2019-08/msg00007.htmlRetrieved 2020-08-11
- 27.1 released: August 10, 2020 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org, ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 27.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2020-08/msg00003.htmlRetrieved 2020-08-11
- 27.2 released: March 25, 2021 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 27.2 is released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-03/msg01249.htmlRetrieved 2021-03-25
- 28.1 released: April 4, 2022 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 28.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2022-04/msg00001.htmlRetrieved 2022-04-04
- 28.2 released: September 12, 2022 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 28.2 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg00730.htmlRetrieved 2022-09-12
- 29.1 released: July 30, 2023 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 29.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-07/msg00879.htmlRetrieved 2023-07-30
- 29.2 released: January 18, 2024 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 29.2 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-01/msg00666.htmlRetrieved 2024-01-18
- 29.3 released: March 24, 2024 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 29.3 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-03/msg00005.htmlRetrieved 2024-03-28
- 29.4 released: June 22, 2024 · version type: bug-fix release, stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 29.4 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-06/msg00007.htmlRetrieved 2024-06-22
- 30.0.93 released: December 19, 2024 · version type: beta version, pre-release version · download url: alpha.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 30.0.93 pretest is available”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-12/msg00869.htmlRetrieved 2024-12-27
- 30.1 released: February 23, 2025 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 30.1 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-02/msg00009.htmlRetrieved 2025-08-16
- 30.2 released: August 14, 2025 · version type: stable version · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 30.2 released”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-08/msg00004.htmlRetrieved 2025-08-16
- 30.1.90 version type: beta version, pre-release version · download url: alpha.gnu.org · released: May 18, 2025
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Sources- 1.“Emacs pretest 30.1.90”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-05/msg00409.htmlRetrieved 2025-09-19
- 31.0.90 version type: beta version, pre-release version · download url: alpha.gnu.org · released: June 5, 2026
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Sources- 1.“Emacs 31.0.90 pretest is available”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-06/msg00118.htmlRetrieved 2026-06-06
- 31.1 version type: stable version · released: August 24, 2026 · download url: ftpmirror.gnu.org
- Maintained by
- Eli Zaretskii(since 2016)
- Richard Stallman
- Andrea Corallo(since 2024)
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Sources- 1.“A new Emacs maintainer: Andrea Corallo.”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-05/msg00789.htmlRetrieved 2024-05-16
- Stefan Kangas(since 2023)
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Sources- 1.“Stefen Kangas is now an Emacs maintainer”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg00991.htmlRetrieved 2024-06-22
- Sean Whitton(since 2025)
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Sources- 1.“New Maintainer”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-12/msg00788.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-24
- John Wiegley(since 2015)
- Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen(since 2020)
- Stefan Monnier(2008–2015)
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Sources- 1.emacs-fu.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-chong-yidong-and-stefan.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-24
- 2.“Feature freeze”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-09/msg00849.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-24
- 3.“Stefan Monnier (and Chong Yidong), Emacs Maintainer, 2008 to 2015”xahlee.info/emacs/misc/stefan_monnier_emacs_maintainer.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-24
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- Yidong Chong(2008–2012)
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Sources- 1.emacs-fu.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-chong-yidong-and-stefan.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-24
- 2.“Stefan Monnier (and Chong Yidong), Emacs Maintainer, 2008 to 2015”xahlee.info/emacs/misc/stefan_monnier_emacs_maintainer.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-24
- 3.“Emacs co-maintainer position”lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-06/msg00259.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-24
On other databases
41 identifiers linking GNU Emacs across the web's reference databases
- AlternativeTo IDgnu-emacs
- Arch Linux packageemacs
- AUR packageemacs-git
- BabelNet ID15533236n
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID12573216d
- BIBSYS ID90639209
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10782166
- Chocolatey Community package IDEmacs
- ComputerLanguage.com definitionEmacs
- Debian source packageemacs
- Debian stable packageemacs
- FAST ID1376186
- Fedora packageemacs
- Flathub IDorg.gnu.emacs
- Framalibre IDgnu-emacs
- Free Software Directory entryEmacs
- Freebase ID/m/0_fqh5m
- FreeBSD porteditors/emacs
- Gentoo packageapp-editors/emacs
- Gentoo Wiki articleGNU_Emacs
- GitHub accountemacs-mirror
- GitHub topicemacs
- GND ID4280005-5
- GNU Savannah project IDemacs
- Guix Variable Nameemacs
- Homebrew formula nameemacs
- IdRef ID035048808
- J9U entity ID987007588789305171
- Lemmy community IDemacs@lemmy.ml
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn91060970
- NetBSD package IDeditors/emacs
- Open Hub IDemacs
- Open Library subject IDgnu_emacs
- OpenBSD porteditors/emacs
- Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID3992
- Repology project nameemacs
- SILL software ID174
- Subredditemacs
- Ubuntu packageemacs
- VIAF cluster ID183953183
- YSO ID19593