emacs
brew install emacsGNU Emacs text editor
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/emacs.json
Formula code: emacs.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 31.1 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| gmp | 6.3.0 | GNU multiple precision arithmetic library |
| gnutls | 3.8.13 | GNU Transport Layer Security (TLS) Library |
| tree-sitter | 0.27.1 | Incremental parsing library |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| texinfo | 7.3 | Official documentation format of the GNU project |
Uses from macOS: libxml2, ncurses
Binaries:
ebrowse,
emacs,
emacs-31.1,
emacsclient,
etags
Service:
| Start now and at login: | brew services start emacs |
| Run directly: | $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/emacs/bin/emacs --fg-daemon |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 22,836 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 3,376,271 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 2,851 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 8.0× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-02T00:44:26Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-03 to 2026-11-02. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 2,847 | 12,441 | 53,894 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 4 | 14 | 122 |
| Installs on Request | 2,089 | 8,738 | 39,246 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 4 | 14 | 122 |
| Build Errors | 8 |