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Spacemacs
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 Spacemacs with recent files and editing windows open |
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| Original author(s) | Sylvain Benner[1] |
| Developer(s) | Sylvain Benner and many others[2] |
| Initial release | 30 October 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-30) |
| Repository | github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs  |
| Written in | Emacs Lisp |
| Operating system | Unix, Linux, Windows NT, macOS |
| Available in | English (by default) |
| Type | Text editor |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later[3][4][5] |
| Website | www.spacemacs.org |
Spacemacs is a configuration framework for GNU Emacs.[6] It can take advantage of all of GNU Emacs' features, including both graphical and command-line user interfaces, and being executable under X Window System and within a Unix shell terminal.[7] It is free and open-source software (FOSS) released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.[3][4][5]
Spacemacs consists mainly of configuration files, pre-defined internal commands, and configurations for various plug-ins (called 'packages').[8][9][10] It features a novel mnemonic key binding design (e.g., commands for file manipulation often start with "f",) which attempts to improve ergonomics (and avoid emacs pinky), a system for adding or excluding pre-configured features called 'layers', and includes verbose software documentation. It has three user-selectable input modes: Emacs mode, Vim mode (based on the evil Emacs package for Vim emulation), and Hybrid mode.
Spacemacs has a light and dark theme that are the fifthe most downloaded emacs theme as of 2025 based on MELPA downloads.[11]
As of 2021[update], its repository on GitHub has been starred over 21,100 times and has over 11,300 commits.[12]
- ^ "Spacemacs: Emacs advanced Kit focused on Evil". www.spacemacs.org.
- ^ Contributors to Spacemacs, GitHub
- ^ a b Benner, Sylvain. "License". Github.com.
- ^ a b "Apply GPLv3 terms explicitly to all elisp files". GitHub. 2021-03-26.
- ^ a b "Add missing GPLv3 headers to various files". GitHub. 2021-04-09.
- ^ Nedrich, Matt (2016-08-30). "An Introduction to Spacemacs".
- ^ Erickson, Alejandro (2016-07-11). "Emacs to Evil to Spacemacs, A Journey". Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ Benner, Sylvain (2016-10-03). "Frequently Asked Questions".
- ^ C.H., Swaroop (2015-05-22). "Tech: Using Spacemacs". Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ McCowan, Ian (2014-04-07). "A Vimmer's Emacs Prerequisites".
- ^ "Emacs Themes: Top Themes". 2025-04-13.
- ^ spacemacs on GitHub