Software:Spacemacs

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Spacemacs
Spacemacs with recent files and editing windows open
Original author(s)Sylvain Benner[1]
Developer(s)Sylvain Benner and many others[2]
Initial release30 October 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10-30)
Written inEmacs Lisp
Operating systemUnix, Linux, Windows NT, macOS
Available inEnglish (by default)
TypeText editor
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later[3][4][5]
Websitewww.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 fifth most downloaded emacs theme as of 2025 based on MELPA downloads.[11]

As of 2021, its repository on GitHub has been starred over 21,100 times and has over 11,300 commits.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Spacemacs: Emacs advanced Kit focused on Evil". https://www.spacemacs.org/. 
  2. ↑ Contributors to Spacemacs, GitHub, https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/graphs/contributors 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Benner, Sylvain. "License". https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs#license. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Apply GPLv3 terms explicitly to all elisp files". 2021-03-26. https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/commit/97cd83e169a7d3a5633bfebe561b0084a5ed6c1a. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Add missing GPLv3 headers to various files". 2021-04-09. https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/commit/be6f820256fa3753069a89c928df6dfe6bba9f3e. 
  6. ↑ Nedrich, Matt (2016-08-30). "An Introduction to Spacemacs". https://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/08/30/introduction-to-spacemacs/. 
  7. ↑ Erickson, Alejandro (2016-07-11). "Emacs to Evil to Spacemacs, A Journey". http://alejandroerickson.com/j/2016/06/11/emacs-to-evil-to-spacemacs-a-journey.html. 
  8. ↑ Benner, Sylvain (2016-10-03). "Frequently Asked Questions". http://spacemacs.org/doc/FAQ.html. 
  9. ↑ C.H., Swaroop (2015-05-22). "Tech: Using Spacemacs". https://www.swaroopch.com/2015/05/22/spacemacs/. 
  10. ↑ McCowan, Ian (2014-04-07). "A Vimmer's Emacs Prerequisites". http://ian.mccowan.space/2015/04/07/Spacemacs/. 
  11. ↑ "Emacs Themes: Top Themes". 2025-04-13. https://emacsthemes.com/popular/index.html. 
  12. ↑ on GitHub



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