# emacs-ng/emacs-ng

A new approach to Emacs - Including TypeScript, Threading, Async I/O, and WebRender.

Repository: https://github.com/emacs-ng/emacs-ng
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/emacs-ng
Homepage: https://emacs-ng.github.io/emacs-ng/
Language: Emacs Lisp
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: emacs-ng, javascript, deno, emacs, async, webworkers, rust, webrender, gpu, gpu-acceleration, webassembly, wasm
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:13:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2201, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 571, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1808, forks 75 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.363624+00:00)

## What it is
emacs-ng is a fork of GNU Emacs that adds a native layer with Deno's JavaScript/TypeScript runtime, async I/O, threading, and Mozilla's GPU-based WebRender rendering engine. It aims to modernize Emacs while keeping full Elisp compatibility and introspectability.

## Use cases
- extend emacs with javascript or typescript instead of elisp
- gpu-accelerated emacs rendering with webrender
- run async i/o and threads inside emacs
- try a modernized emacs fork built on rust
- embed a deno runtime in a text editor

## When to choose
- you want to script Emacs in JavaScript/TypeScript
- you need async I/O or threading natively in Emacs
- you want to experiment with GPU-based rendering in Emacs

## When to avoid
- you need a battle-tested, stable Emacs for daily work
- you rely on packages that assume vanilla Emacs behavior
- you don't want to track a fork that merges upstream weekly

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, concurrency, graphics, interpreter
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, graphics
- platform: windows, rust, cpp
- tags: emacs, deno, typescript, webrender, gpu-acceleration, fork, elisp, async-io, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- emacs-ng/emacs-ng (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.363624+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 2026-08-30T03:21:22.252104+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/emacs-ng/emacs-ng (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.363624+00:00, sha 07727a90f6ab)
  - homepage: https://emacs-ng.github.io/emacs-ng/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:12.660935+00:00, sha 1fdd9a8889e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.