| Spacemacs | |
| Author: | Sylvain Benner[1] |
| Developer: | Sylvain Benner and many others |
| Programming Language: | Emacs Lisp |
| Operating System: | Unix, Linux, Windows NT, macOS |
| Language: | English (by default) |
| Genre: | Text editor |
| License: | GPL-3.0-or-later[2] [3] [4] |
Spacemacs is a configuration framework for GNU Emacs.[5] 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.[6] It is free and open-source software (FOSS) released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.
Spacemacs consists mainly of configuration files, pre-defined internal commands, and configurations for various plug-ins (called 'packages').[7] [8] [9] 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.[10]
, its repository on GitHub has been starred over 21,100 times and has over 11,300 commits.
