# railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport

Emacs mac port formulae for the Homebrew package manager

Repository: https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/homebrew-emacsmacport
Language: Ruby
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-13T01:03:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4937, "days_push": 82, "days_rel": 448, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1766, forks 136 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:33.532740+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, editor
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cli
- tags: homebrew-tap, emacs, emacs-mac-port, package-manager, gui, macos

## Member repositories
- railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.532740+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 2026-08-30T03:26:29.865569+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.532740+00:00, sha 6800ce72e223)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.