# rnkn/olivetti

Emacs minor mode to automatically balance window margins

Repository: https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/olivetti
Language: Emacs Lisp
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: emacs, emacs-lisp, writing, prose
Last push: 2026-05-24T02:13:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4528, "days_push": 102, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1293, forks 33 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:16.119965+00:00)

## What it is
Olivetti is an Emacs minor mode that automatically balances window margins to keep text at a comfortable body width for writing prose. It supports character- or fraction-based widths, interactive resizing, and buffer-local configuration.

## Use cases
- create a distraction-free writing environment in Emacs
- center text in the Emacs window with balanced margins
- adjust text body width while writing prose
- write prose and code side-by-side in the same frame
- get a page-like writing layout with margins and fringes

## When to choose
- you write prose in Emacs and want comfortable line lengths
- you want a lightweight, buffer-local writing mode that coexists with coding buffers
- you want simple margin balancing without heavyweight distraction-free features

## When to avoid
- you need a full distraction-free writing mode with themes and more scope (use Writeroom Mode)
- you don't use Emacs
- you need rich-text or word-processor features

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: editor, ui-components
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: emacs-minor-mode, distraction-free-writing, prose, window-margins, melpa, writing, emacs

## Member repositories
- rnkn/olivetti (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.119965+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 2026-08-30T04:54:42.919358+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.119965+00:00, sha ff66849420ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.