Emacs
8 recommend 1 criticize 4 moved to it 1 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“Same here! Aside from the basic unix tools in /[usr]/bin/, there is very little software with the longevity of emacs.”jjav, 2026-10-29original comment ↗
“I switched from vi readline mode to emacs recently primarily for Ctrl-r and Alt-. (insert the argument from the last command). I love how interactive they feel.”meken, 2026-09-16original comment ↗
“I recently switched from full IDE to Emacs”KallDrexx, 2026-08-27original comment ↗
“My "stack" is all open-source: from Linux to Emacs to what-have-you.”TacticalCoder, 2026-05-04original comment ↗
“I switched from IntelliJ to emacs for this reason and it’s been great”ATMLOTTOBEER, 2026-03-26original comment ↗
“Emacs, for example, has rx notation.”db48x, 2026-01-28original comment ↗
“i feel that this could finally be a stable platform/ide for once”tacker2000, 2025-12-27original comment ↗
“The last 3-4 releases have really enriched vanilla Emacs (LSP support, tree sitter support, project.el).”pxc, 2025-12-14original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“Emacs' support of GUI toolkits is very cumbersome thing.”ordu, 2026-08-23original comment ↗
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Hackers moved from Emacs to
- Emacs → IDE (1 hacker)
Hackers moved to Emacs from
- IntelliJ IDEA → Emacs (1 hacker)
- Neovim → Emacs (1 hacker)
- vi → Emacs (1 hacker)
- vi readline mode → Emacs (1 hacker)
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