# zachcurry/emacs-anywhere

Configurable automation + hooks called with application information

Repository: https://github.com/zachcurry/emacs-anywhere
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/emacs-anywhere
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: emacs, emacs-lisp, keyboard-shortcuts, osx, linux
Last push: 2021-07-05T22:38:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3117, "days_push": 1885, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1098, forks 50 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:34.789224+00:00)

## What it is
A shell-based utility that lets users invoke Emacs from any application via a keyboard shortcut, editing text in an Emacs frame and pasting it back into the original window. It provides configurable automation and hooks with window/application information.

## Use cases
- edit text from any app in emacs
- quickly edit browser textareas with emacs
- system-wide emacs scratch buffer via hotkey
- automate pasting emacs-edited text back into apps
- use emacsclient as a popup editor anywhere

## When to choose
- you use Emacs and want it available system-wide on macOS or Linux/Xorg
- you prefer editing text in Emacs over native app text fields
- you want configurable hooks with window context

## When to avoid
- you use Wayland instead of Xorg on Linux
- you don't use Emacs
- you need Windows support
- you want a maintained tool with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: cli
- tags: emacs, clipboard, keyboard-shortcut, shell-script, xorg, automation, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- zachcurry/emacs-anywhere (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.789224+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:46:20.448790+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zachcurry/emacs-anywhere (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.789224+00:00, sha 9ca52d5cac81)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.