# technomancy/emacs-starter-kit

[ARCHIVED] this is ancient history

Repository: https://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/emacs-starter-kit
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-05-28T13:16:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6497, "days_push": 3019, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2846, forks 868 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:24.957066+00:00)

## What it is
The Emacs Starter Kit is a prose guide recommending Emacs packages and settings to improve the editor experience, formerly a drop-in configuration bundle. It is archived and described by its author as ancient history.

## Use cases
- set up a better emacs configuration
- learn which emacs packages to install
- get started customizing emacs
- find alternatives to a one-size-fits-all emacs config
- manage emacs packages with git subtree

## When to choose
- you want guidance on building your own personal Emacs configuration from focused packages
- you are learning Emacs and want curated package recommendations like magit and paredit

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained, drop-in Emacs configuration
- you need an actively supported starter kit with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: emacs, elisp, editor-configuration, starter-kit, archived, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- technomancy/emacs-starter-kit (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.957066+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 2026-08-30T07:37:04.218687+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.957066+00:00, sha 151f23bbe926)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.