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Acme vs GNU Emacs

Acme

9fans.github.io

GNU Emacs

gnu.org

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FigureAcmeGNU Emacs
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
Windows—Yes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Android—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Code editors7.1 (#45)8.9 (#4)
Editor typedesktopIt is a customizable text editor with an Emacs Lisp interpreter at its core.
LicenseThe project license grants permission to use, copy, modify, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies of the software, subject to its conditions.GNU Emacs is free software distributed under conditions of the GNU General Public License.
SupportThe project lists a plan9port-dev mailing list and a GitHub issue tracker for contact.Users can seek help through the help-gnu-emacs mailing list or gnu.emacs.help newsgroup, and report bugs with M-x report-emacs-bug.

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Acme

  • AcmeFree

Acme pricing →

GNU Emacs

  • GNU EmacsFree

GNU Emacs pricing →

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