GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- F-Droid
- Haiku
- Debian
- MacPorts
- Homebrew




Comments about GNU Emacs as an Alternative to Atom

Almost everyone thinks GNU Emacs is a great Atom alternative.
GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to Atom.
- GNU Emacs is Free and Open Source
- GNU Emacs is Privacy focused and Lightweight















Its more than just a text editor, its an list interpreter and an shell. Good for computer setups without mouse