Emacs

org.gnu.Emacs · Developer Tools · vVersion 26.1

Native Version Spotted 3 devices · 167.4 MB · Impact: 50/100

Native Version Spotted

Apple Silicon version latest seen at vVersion 31.0.50 · Reported by 18 Macs in the community.

All sighted native versions (7):

vVersion 28.2 (Universal) ×2 vVersion 30.2 ×3 vVersion 30.2 (Universal) ×8 vVersion 30.1 (Universal) ×2 vVersion 29.4 (Universal) ×1 v29.1 ×1 v29.4 ×1

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About This App

Emacs is a highly customizable, free and open-source text editor and integrated development environment widely used by programmers, system administrators, and power users. Originally developed by GNU, it runs on macOS, Linux, Windows and other platforms. The editor is known for its extensive keyboard shortcuts, powerful scripting language (Emacs Lisp), and ability to be extended with thousands of community-contributed packages and modes for editing nearly every programming language, markup format and file type. Many users rely on Emacs for development workflows, configuration file editing, and general text manipulation, often running it for years without restarting.

Versions Seen 3 versions

vVersion 27.1 vVersion 26.1 v28.1

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https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html

A native Apple Silicon (Universal) build of Emacs has been confirmed running on real Macs. Anyone still running an older Intel-only build under Rosetta will see better performance and improved responsiveness on M-series Macs after updating to the latest version. The recommended way to update is to download the native build directly from the GNU Emacs project website or install it via Homebrew with "brew install emacs" (which now serves the native Universal Binary on M-series Macs). Existing configuration files and packages will carry over without any changes needed.