| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 9.0 (#4) | 7.9 (#48) |
| Column editing | Yes | Yes |
| Extension support | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 1990 | 2026 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Macro recording | Yes | Yes |
| Support | 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. | The maker directs support requests and bug reports to the macOS or Linux GitHub issue tracker. |
| Supported platforms | GNU/Linux, BSDs, Haiku, Windows, macOS, and Android. | macOS,Linux |