# overtone/emacs-live

M-x start-hacking

Repository: https://github.com/overtone/emacs-live
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/emacs-live
Homepage: http://overtone.github.com/emacs-live/
Language: Emacs Lisp
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-02-27T19:00:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5228, "days_push": 1648, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1542, forks 243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:01.174506+00:00)

## What it is
Emacs Live is an opinionated, modular Emacs configuration framework focused on live coding with Overtone and Quil, organized into discrete 'packs'. It also serves as a solid generic Clojure hacking setup and a source of config snippets to reuse.

## Use cases
- set up emacs for live coding with overtone
- get a preconfigured clojure development environment in emacs
- organize my emacs config into modular packs
- find emacs config snippets to steal for my own setup
- start live coding music and visuals quickly
- bootstrap a decent emacs config without manual tweaking

## When to choose
- you want a batteries-included Emacs setup for Clojure, Overtone, or Quil
- you want a modular, structured starting point for your Emacs config
- you are new to Emacs and want sensible defaults for live coding

## When to avoid
- you already have a carefully customized Emacs config and prefer incremental additions
- you need a config for languages or workflows beyond Clojure/live coding
- you require actively maintained tooling - the project is in maintenance mode with infrequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, editor, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: emacs, emacs-configuration, clojure, live-coding, overtone, quil, starter-config, packs, emacs-lisp

## Member repositories
- overtone/emacs-live (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.174506+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 2026-08-30T04:30:45.480675+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/overtone/emacs-live (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.174506+00:00, sha 515fe4c567e7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.