eval-exec/neomacs
NEO Emacs (WIP): GPU powered Emacs written in Rust with a modern display engine. Aiming for modern design & multi-threaded Elisp, 10x performance, zero-pause concurrent GC and 100% Emacs compatibility. observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 100
- Longevity 15
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: 5
- age_days: 211
- days_rel: 3
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 16
Adoption not part of the score
1168 stars · 47 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Neomacs is a work-in-progress rewrite of GNU Emacs in Rust with a GPU-accelerated display engine (wgpu), aiming for 100% Emacs/Elisp compatibility, multi-threaded Elisp, and a concurrent zero-pause garbage collector. It is a hard fork of GNU Emacs with the ~300,000-line C core replaced by Rust, verified against GNU Emacs as a test oracle.
Use cases
- run Emacs with GPU-accelerated rendering and animations
- use a modern Rust-based Emacs-compatible editor
- try multi-threaded Elisp with better performance
- use my existing Emacs config and packages on a faster editor
- get an Emacs build with no C dependency
- explore an alternative to GNU Emacs and Neovim
When to choose
- you want Emacs-like editing with GPU rendering and smooth animations
- you want to experiment with a modernized, Rust-based Emacs
- you need better performance and concurrency than stock Emacs
When to avoid
- you need a fully stable, production-ready editor today
- you depend on every GNU Emacs feature or package working flawlessly
- you dislike breaking changes and rough edges in daily-driver software
Facets
application · maturity experimental
editor graphics interpreter programming-language text-editors developer-tools graphics programming-languages windows rust emacs elisp gpu-rendering wgpu text-editor lisp linux macos gpu
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/eval-exec/neomacs · fetched 2026-09-03 · 608bdb9a39c5
- homepage: https://neomacs.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8550fb8a0a19
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/neomacs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3cb27a1aba22
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| eval-exec/neomacs | main | 83 |
For agents
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