emacs-app

Install command:
brew install --cask emacs-app

Name: Emacs

GNU Emacs text editor

https://emacsformacosx.com/

Development: Pull requests

Cask JSON API: /api/cask/emacs-app.json

Cask code: emacs-app.rb on GitHub

Current version: 31.1

Former tokens: emacs

Requirements: macOS >= 11

Conflicts with casks:

emacs-app@nightly 2026-09-05_00-09-... GNU Emacs text editor Emacs
emacs-app@pretest 31.1-rc1 GNU Emacs text editor Emacs

Artifacts:

Artifact Type Platform
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App Default platforms
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary Default platforms
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-arm64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary Default platforms
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-arm64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary Default platforms
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-arm64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary Default platforms
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage Default platforms
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage Default platforms
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage Default platforms
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage Default platforms
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Golden gate)
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Tahoe)
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Sequoia)
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Sonoma)
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App macOS on Intel (Ventura)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary macOS on Intel (Ventura)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary macOS on Intel (Ventura)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary macOS on Intel (Ventura)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary macOS on Intel (Ventura)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Ventura)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Ventura)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Ventura)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Ventura)
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App macOS on Intel (Monterey)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary macOS on Intel (Monterey)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary macOS on Intel (Monterey)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary macOS on Intel (Monterey)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary macOS on Intel (Monterey)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Monterey)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Monterey)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Monterey)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Monterey)
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App macOS on Intel (Big sur)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary macOS on Intel (Big sur)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary macOS on Intel (Big sur)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary macOS on Intel (Big sur)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary macOS on Intel (Big sur)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Big sur)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Big sur)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Big sur)
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage macOS on Intel (Big sur)
Emacs.app -> /Applications/Emacs.app App Linux on Intel
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacs Binary Linux on Intel
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/ebrowse -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ebrowse Binary Linux on Intel
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/emacsclient -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/emacsclient Binary Linux on Intel
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-11/etags -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/etags Binary Linux on Intel
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz Manpage Linux on Intel
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz Manpage Linux on Intel
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz Manpage Linux on Intel
$APPDIR/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz -> $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz Manpage Linux on Intel

Supported platforms:

Apple Silicon golden gate 31.1
tahoe 31.1
sequoia 31.1
sonoma 31.1
ventura 31.1
monterey 31.1
big sur 31.1
Intel tahoe 31.1
sequoia 31.1
sonoma 31.1
ventura 31.1
monterey 31.1
big sur 31.1

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