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GNU ELPA vs MELPA

GNU ELPA

elpa.gnu.org

MELPA

melpa.org

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FigureGNU ELPAMELPA
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WebYesYes
Linux—Yes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published11
Spec score · Package Registries8.6 (#8)7.6 (#18)
PurposeGNU ELPA is the default package repository for GNU Emacs.MELPA is a collection of package.el-compatible Emacs Lisp packages built automatically from upstream source using recipes.

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GNU ELPA

  • GNU ELPAFree

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MELPA

  • MELPAFree

MELPA pricing →

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MELPA

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