caisah/emacs.dz

Awesome emacs config files

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** Starter packs/defaults

   - [[https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs][Spacemacs]]
   - [[https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs][Doom Emacs]]
   - [[https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude][Prelude]]
   - [[https://github.com/SystemCrafters/crafted-emacs][Crafted Emacs]]
   - [[https://github.com/overtone/emacs-live][Emacs Live]]
   - [[https://github.com/seagle0128/.emacs.d][Centaur Emacs]]
   - [[https://github.com/jkitchin/scimax][Scimax]]
   - [[https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/better-defaults][Better Defaults]]
   - [[https://github.com/thefrontside/frontmacs][Frontmacs]]
   - [[https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs][Nano Emacs]]
   - [[https://github.com/abougouffa/minemacs][MinEmacs]]
   - [[https://github.com/jcs-emacs/jcs-emacs][JCS-Emacs]]
   - [[https://github.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d][minimal-emacs.d]]
   - [[https://github.com/LionyxML/emacs-kick][Emacs-Kick]]
   - [[https://github.com/LionyxML/emacs-solo][Emacs Solo]]
   - [[https://github.com/corgi-emacs/corgi][Corgi Emacs]]
   - [[https://codeberg.org/ashton314/emacs-bedrock/][Emacs Bedrock]]


** A list of people with nice [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][emacs]] config files

|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name                  | config               | Key Bindings          | Literate | Package               | Emacs version | Clonable | Highlights                                                  |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Aaron Culich          | [[https://github.com/aculich/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        | OSX, latex, scala                                           |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Alain M. Lafon        | [[https://github.com/munen/emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic, evi          | ✔        | package               |           24+ | ✔        | mu4e                                                        |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Alvaro Ramirez        | [[https://github.com/xenodium/dotsies/tree/main/emacs][emacs]]                | classic               |          | package, use-package  |               | ✔        | macOS, Swift/iOS, Hammerspoon, org, LLM                     |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Alex Kost             | [[https://github.com/alezost/emacs-config][emacs-config]]         | non-standard          |          | quelpa                |               | ✔        | multiple systems                                            |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bailey Ling           | [[https://github.com/bling/dotemacs][dotemacs]]             | evil, classic         |          | package               |               | ✔        | KISS                                                        |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Chen Bin              | [[https://github.com/redguardtoo/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | evil                  |          | package               |       24.3.1+ | ✔        | robust, windows                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Chris Barrett         | [[https://github.com/chrisbarrett/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | use-package           |               | ✔        | git subtrees instead of Emacs package manager               |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Christopher Wellons   | [[https://github.com/skeeto/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | use-package           |         24.4+ | ✔        | feed, youtube, jekyll                                       |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Chunyang Xu           | [[https://github.com/xuchunyang/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               |          | use-package           |           24+ | ✔        | eshell, helm                                                |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Damien Cassou         | [[https://github.com/DamienCassou/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               |          | borg + use-package    |           25+ | ✔        | borg, multi mail accounts, carddav+caldav, password store   |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Daniel Kraus          | [[https://github.com/dakra/dmacs][dmacs]]                | classic               | ✔        | borg + use-package    |           25+ | ✔        | borg, exwm, remote setup, email                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Dennis Ogbe           | [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170413150436/https://ogbe.net/emacsconfig.html][settings.org]]         | classic               | ✔        | package               |               |          | org blog, matlab, latex, email                              |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Dmytro Lispyvnyi      | [[https://github.com/a13/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |         24.4+ | ✔        | Russian and Ukrainian localizations, web-browsing, mu4e     |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| enzu.ru               | [[https://github.com/enzuru/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | meow, lispy           |          | straight use-package  |           29+ | ✔        | cutting edge, maximalist, lisp support, organized by folder |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Howard Abrams         | [[https://github.com/howardabrams/dot-files][dot-files]]            | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |               | ✔        | inspirational, programming languages, file management       |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ista Zahn             | [[https://github.com/izahn/dotemacs][dotemacs]]             | classic, non-standard | ✔        | package               |            26 | ✔        | newbie friendly, ide like, for scientists                   |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ivan Malison          | [[http://ivanmalison.github.io/dotfiles/][emacs.d]]              | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |            25 |          | term-mode (projectile), org (export), language support      |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jason Milkins         | [[https://github.com/ocodo/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        | inspirational, lots of goodies                              |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jay Dixit             | [[https://github.com/incandescentman/Emacs-Settings][Emacs-Settings]]       | classic               |          | package               |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jim Myhrberg          | [[https://github.com/jimeh/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | package               |          26.1 | ✔        | programming, fully featured, project navigation             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Joe Di Castro         | [[https://github.com/joedicastro/dotfiles/tree/master/emacs/.emacs.d][Emacs Configuration]]  | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |               |          | org, uses even images, hydras, mu4e                         |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| John Wiegley          | [[https://github.com/jwiegley/dot-emacs][dot-emacs]]            | classic               |          | use-package           |               | ✔        | inspirational, fully featured, lots of utils, gnus, modules |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jonathan Hayase       | [[https://github.com/PythonNut/emacs-config][emacs-config]]         | evil                  |          | use-package           |         25.1+ | ✔        | a lot of weird stuff you might not see in other configs     |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Joost Diepenmaat      | [[https://github.com/joodie/emacs-literal-config][emacs-literal-config]] | classic               | ✔        | package               |               | ✔        | programming, org-babel                                      |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jordon Biondo         | [[https://github.com/jordonbiondo/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | key chords, classic   |          | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jorgen Schäfer        | [[https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/Config][Config]]               | classic               |          | package               |               | ✔        | circe                                                       |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Julien Fantin         | [[https://github.com/julienfantin/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | use-package           |               | ✔        | theme helpers, prose, programming languages, lisp           |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Junpeng Qiu           | [[https://github.com/cute-jumper/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | evil, classic         |          | package               |               | ✔        | inspired                                                    |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Justin Talbott        | [[https://github.com/waymondo/hemacs][hemacs]]               | classic               |          | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        | osx, programming languages                                  |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Karl Voit             | [[https://github.com/novoid/dot-emacs/][.emacs.d]]             | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        | org, OS-independent, hydra, PIM                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Kaushal Modi          | [[https://github.com/kaushalmodi/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | use-package           |         24.5+ | [[https://github.com/kaushalmodi/.emacs.d#using-my-emacs-setup][✔]]        | GNU/Linux, Windows, Termux (Android), custom theme.         |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Karthink Chikmagalur  | [[https://github.com/karthink/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | elpaca + use-package  |           27+ | ✔        | org, email, LaTeX, Anki, minibuffer workflow                |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Lars Andersen         | [[https://github.com/expez/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | evil                  |          | package               |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Lars Tveito           | [[https://github.com/larstvei/dot-emacs][dot-emacs]]            | classic               | ✔        | package               |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Magnar Sveen          | [[https://github.com/magnars/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               | ✔        | package               |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Matthew Bauer         | [[https://github.com/matthewbauer/bauer][README.org]]           | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        | org, nix, haskell, tangle                                   |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Matthew Zeng          | [[https://github.com/MatthewZMD/.emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |           26+ | ✔        | popular                                                     |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Matus Goljer          | [[https://github.com/Fuco1/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | evil, classic         |          | package, use-package  |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Musa Al-hassy         | [[https://github.com/alhassy/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        | Extensively documented                                      |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Nathan Typanski       | [[https://github.com/nathantypanski/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | evil                  | ✔        | use-package           |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Nicolas Petton        | [[https://github.com/NicolasPetton/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               |          | borg                  |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Oleh Krehel           | [[https://github.com/abo-abo/oremacs][oremacs]]              | evil                  |          | use-package           |          24.4 | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ono Hiroko            | [[https://github.com/kuanyui/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | package               |          26.1 | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phil Hagelberg        | [[https://github.com/technomancy/dotfiles/tree/master/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | package               |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| PythonNut             | [[https://github.com/PythonNut/emacs-config][emacs-config]]         | evil                  |          | straight use-package  |         24.4+ | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Nicholas Vollmer      | [[https://github.com/progfolio/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | evil, classic         | ✔        | elpaca + use-package  |           27+ | ✔        | literate, EXWM, custom theme, extensive keybinding system   |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Protesilaos Stavrou   | [[https://gitlab.com/protesilaos/dotfiles/-/tree/master/emacs/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               | ✔        | package               |            27 |          |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Radon Rosborough      | [[https://github.com/raxod502/radian][Radian]]               | classic               |          | straight use-package  |           25+ | ✔        | elegance, consistency, future-proof, deferred installation  |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ryan C. Thompson      | [[https://github.com/DarwinAwardWinner/dotemacs][dotemacs]]             | classic               | ✔        | straight use-package  |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sacha Chua            | [[https://github.com/sachac/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Samuel Tonini         | [[https://github.com/tonini/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               |          | use-package           |           24+ | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Steckerhalter         | [[https://framagit.org/steckerhalter/steckemacs.el][steckemacs.el]]        | classic               |          | use-package           |          24.4 | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Steve Purcell         | [[https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               |          | package               |         24.1+ | ✔        | web development                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Syohei Yoshida        | [[https://github.com/syohex/dot_files/tree/master/emacs][emacs]]                | classic               |          | el-get                |           25+ | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Taichi Kawabata       | [[https://github.com/kawabata/dotfiles/tree/master/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               |          | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Terencio Agozzino     | [[https://github.com/rememberYou/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |           25+ | ✔        | popular                                                     |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Thierry Volpiatto     | [[https://github.com/thierryvolpiatto/emacs-config][emacs-config]]         | classic               |          | use-package           |           24+ | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tianxiang Xiong       | [[https://github.com/xiongtx/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               | ✔        | package               |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| tecosaur              | [[https://github.com/tecosaur/emacs-config][emacs-config]]         | evil                  | ✔        | straight, use-package |         27.1+ | ✔        | LaTeX, inspirational, well documented, [[https://tecosaur.github.io/emacs-config/config.html][html version]]         |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Vasilij Schneidermann | [[https://depp.brause.cc/dotemacs/][dotemacs]]             | evil                  | ✔        | quelpa                |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Wilfred Hughes        | [[https://github.com/Wilfred/.emacs.d][.emacs.d]]             | classic               | ✔        | use-package           |               | ✔        |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Yuta Yamada           | [[https://github.com/yuutayamada/emacs.d][emacs.d]]              | classic               |          | el-get                |           24+ |          |                                                             |
|-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------|



** FAQ

**** Who are these people?
     Most of the people on this list are either heavy contributors to [[https://melpa.org/#/][MELPA]] or people who get involved in the community beyond having only an ~.emacs.d~ dir. If you spend time checking out MELPA packages, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/][/r/emacs]] or [[https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions][Emacs StackExchage]] you would probably know most of them.

**** How do you get yourself on this list?
     First you should ask yourself why would you want to get on this list? ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzRg--jhO8g][I'm kiddin'...]])
     Most of the times a pull request would suffice. Keep in mind though that I won't accept self submission if the /config/ is not vetted by the other people or is not original enough.
     One can also contribute by adding suggestions to [[https://github.com/caisah/emacs.dz/issues/34][this thread]].

**** Can you ask your friend to list you?
     Why not? Though if it's a real friend he would probably also state what makes your /config/ special. :wink:

**** How did this list come about in the first place?
     This list was inspired by [[https://github.com/emacs-tw/awesome-emacs][awesome-emacs]] and started as a simple list of a few popular /configs/ but lately is getting a lot of attention. :P

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