clojure-emacs/clojure-mode

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-07, confidence 0.98

An Emacs major mode package providing syntax highlighting, indentation, navigation, and refactoring support for Clojure, ClojureScript, and related dialects. It bundles several derived major modes including clojurescript-mode, clojurec-mode, edn-mode, and modes for ClojureDart, Jank, and Joker.

Use cases

• edit Clojure files in Emacs with proper syntax highlighting
• get automatic indentation for ClojureScript code
• navigate and refactor Clojure code in Emacs
• edit EDN data files with a dedicated mode
• work with .cljc cross-platform Clojure files
• set up Clojure development environment in Emacs

When to choose

• you use Emacs as your editor and write Clojure or ClojureScript
• you need syntax highlighting and indentation for Clojure-family languages
• you want a mature, actively maintained Clojure editing experience in Emacs

When to avoid

• you use a different editor like VS Code or IntelliJ (use CIDER alternatives like Calva or Cursive)
• you need a REPL integration — pair this with CIDER
• you don't write Clojure or related Lisp dialects

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

editor developer-tools programming-languages text-editors developer-tools cross-platform emacs-lisp clojure clojurescript major-mode syntax-highlighting indentation refactoring edn emacs

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