jwiegley/use-package
A use-package declaration for simplifying your .emacs observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 38
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: n/a
- age_days: 5190
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 375
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4462 stars · 260 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Emacs Lisp macro for declaring and organizing package configuration in your .emacs init file in a tidy, performance-oriented way. It supports deferred/lazy loading, keybindings, hooks, and integration with package managers; it is now part of Emacs core and the GitHub repo is archived.
Use cases
- organize my emacs init file
- speed up emacs startup time
- lazy load emacs packages
- set keybindings for emacs packages declaratively
- manage configuration for 80+ emacs packages
- defer loading packages until needed in emacs
When to choose
- You use Emacs and want clean, declarative package configuration with fast startup
- You want lazy/deferred loading and autoload-based keybinding setup for Emacs packages
- You are on a modern Emacs where use-package is built in
When to avoid
- You need a package manager - use-package explicitly is not one
- You are configuring editors other than Emacs
- You expect active development on this GitHub repo - it is archived; development happens in Emacs core
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
configuration-management developer-tools plugin-system text-editors developer-tools cli cross-platform emacs-lisp emacs-packages lazy-loading autoload dotfiles macro melpa emacs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0f6877782af1
- homepage: https://jwiegley.github.io/use-package · fetched 2026-08-29 · 850c34d3415c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jwiegley/use-package | main | 10 |
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