# magnars/multiple-cursors.el

Multiple cursors for emacs.

Repository: https://github.com/magnars/multiple-cursors.el
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/multiple-cursorsel
Language: Emacs Lisp
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-04-19T09:31:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5335, "days_push": 136, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2540, forks 169 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.318173+00:00)

## What it is
An Emacs Lisp package that adds multiple-cursor editing to Emacs, letting users place several cursors and edit many locations simultaneously. It is available on MELPA and NonGNU ELPA and has been in daily use by the author since 2011.

## Use cases
- add a cursor to every line in a selected region
- mark and edit all occurrences of a word at once
- edit multiple non-contiguous locations simultaneously
- perform repetitive text edits across a buffer in one pass
- rename similar tokens in a file without regex

## When to choose
- you use Emacs and want Sublime-style multi-cursor editing
- you need to make the same edit in many places in a buffer
- you want a mature, lightweight package installable from MELPA

## When to avoid
- you use a different editor than Emacs
- you need guaranteed upstream support for edge cases, since the issue tracker is closed
- you need features the author does not personally use, as fixes are best-effort

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: emacs-lisp, multiple-cursors, editing, melpa, emacs

## Member repositories
- magnars/multiple-cursors.el (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.318173+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 2026-08-30T02:25:09.091454+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/magnars/multiple-cursors.el (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.318173+00:00, sha 224e8ca1e9aa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.