GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor - and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing.
The features of GNU Emacs include:
- Content-sensitive editing modes, including syntax coloring, for a wide-range of file types
- Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users
- Full Unicode support for nearly all human languages and their scripts
- Highly customizable, using Emacs Lisp code or a graphical interface
- Includes a project planner, mail and news reader, debugger interface, calendar, and more
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Observed history
| App | Change | Version | When ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| updated | 31.1 | 5 Oct 2026 |
Upstream releases
Release notes supplied by the developer. These dates are not Flathub package publication times.
31.124 Aug 2026
No release notes supplied.
30.214 Aug 2025
No release notes supplied.
30.123 Feb 2025
No release notes supplied.
29.424 Jun 2024
No release notes supplied.
