# emacs-eaf/emacs-application-framework

EAF, an extensible framework that revolutionizes the graphical capabilities of Emacs

Repository: https://github.com/emacs-eaf/emacs-application-framework
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/emacs-application-framework
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: emacs, emacs-application-framework, multimedia, browser, pdf-viewer, file-manager, rss-reader, video-player, eaf
Last push: 2026-08-23T13:41:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2992, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3487, forks 243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.022709+00:00)

## What it is
Emacs Application Framework (EAF) is an extensible framework that brings modern graphical capabilities to Emacs by bridging Emacs Lisp with Python, Qt6, and JavaScript. It ships a suite of applications including a browser, PDF viewer, video player, file manager, and RSS reader that run inside Emacs.

## Use cases
- browse the web inside emacs
- view pdf files without leaving emacs
- play videos in emacs
- manage files graphically in emacs
- read rss feeds in emacs
- extend emacs with modern gui applications

## When to choose
- you live in emacs and want graphical apps like browsers or pdf viewers embedded in it
- you want to extend emacs with python and qt6 instead of only emacs lisp
- you need multimedia capabilities that emacs lisp cannot provide

## When to avoid
- you use emacs only in the terminal without graphical display support
- you want a lightweight setup and don't need graphical applications
- you don't use emacs at all

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: gui, pdf-viewer, browser-extension, video-processing, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, cross-platform
- platform: python
- tags: emacs, qt6, graphical-applications, pdf-viewer, browser, multimedia, extensibility, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- emacs-eaf/emacs-application-framework (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.022709+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 2026-08-29T18:36:07.790300+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/emacs-eaf/emacs-application-framework (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.022709+00:00, sha 37e0e5c1309e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.