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railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport

Emacs mac port formulae for the Homebrew package manager observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport · Ruby · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

73/100

  • Activity 87
  • Release rhythm 40
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 0
  • age_days: 4937
  • days_rel: 448
  • days_push: 82
  • n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1766 stars · 136 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Homebrew tap providing formulas and casks for installing the Emacs Mac Port, a patched GNU Emacs build with enhanced native macOS GUI support. It packages builds from the upstream emacs-mac repository, including experimental Emacs 30/31 versions.

Use cases

  • install emacs mac port on macos with homebrew
  • get native mac gui emacs with better integration than the cocoa build
  • install prebuilt emacs binaries via homebrew cask
  • try experimental emacs 30 mac port builds
  • keep emacs mac port up to date via brew upgrade

When to choose

  • you want Emacs with native macOS features like smooth scrolling and native tabs on a Mac
  • you already use Homebrew and want an easy install/upgrade path for Emacs Mac Port

When to avoid

  • the official NS (Cocoa) Emacs build is good enough for you
  • you are not on macOS
  • you need Emacs 30+ stability rather than experimental builds

Facets

application · maturity active

developer-tools editor text-editors developer-tools apple-ecosystem cli homebrew-tap emacs emacs-mac-port package-manager gui macos

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacportmain73

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