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A list of people with nice emacs config files

Name	config	Key Bindings	Literate	Package	Emacs version	Clonable	Highlights
Aaron Culich	.emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package	25+	✔	OSX, latex, scala
Alain M. Lafon	.emacs.d	classic, evi	✔	package	24+	✔	mu4e
Alex Kost	emacs-config	non-standard		quelpa		✔	multiple systems
Bailey Ling	dotemacs	evil, classic		package		✔	KISS
Chen Bin	emacs.d	evil		package	24.3.1+	✔	robust, windows
Chris Barrett	.emacs.d	classic		use-package		✔	git subtrees instead of Emacs package manager
Christopher Wellons	.emacs.d	classic		use-package	24.4+	✔	feed, youtube, jekyll
Chunyang Xu	emacs.d	classic		use-package	24+	✔	eshell, helm
Damien Cassou	emacs.d	classic		borg + use-package	25+	✔	borg, multi mail accounts, carddav+caldav, password store
Daniel Kraus	dmacs	classic	✔	borg + use-package	25+	✔	borg, exwm, remote setup, email
Dennis Ogbe	settings.org	classic	✔	package			org blog, matlab, latex, email
Dmytro Lispyvnyi	emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package	24.4+	✔	Russian and Ukrainian localizations, web-browsing, mu4e
Howard Abrams	dot-files	classic	✔	use-package		✔	inspirational, programming languages, file management
Ista Zahn	dotemacs	classic, non-standard	✔	package	26	✔	newbie friendly, ide like, for scientists
Ivan Malison	emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package	25		term-mode (projectile), org (export), language support
Jason Milkins	.emacs.d	classic		use-package	25+	✔	inspirational, lots of goodies
Jay Dixit	Emacs-Settings	classic		package		✔
Jim Myhrberg	.emacs.d	classic		package	26.1	✔	programming, fully featured, project navigation
Joe Di Castro	Emacs Configuration	classic	✔	use-package			org, uses even images, hydras, mu4e
John Wiegley	dot-emacs	classic		use-package		✔	inspirational, fully featured, lots of utils, gnus, modules
Jonathan Hayase	emacs-config	evil		use-package	25.1+	✔	a lot of weird stuff you might not see in other configs
Joost Diepenmaat	emacs-literal-config	classic	✔	package		✔	programming, org-babel
Jordon Biondo	.emacs.d	key chords, classic		use-package	25+	✔
Jorgen Schäfer	Config	classic		package		✔	circe
Julien Fantin	.emacs.d	classic		use-package		✔	theme helpers, prose, programming languages, lisp
Junpeng Qiu	.emacs.d	evil, classic		package		✔	inspired
Justin Talbott	hemacs	classic		use-package	25+	✔	osx, programming languages
Karl Voit	.emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package	25+	✔	org, OS-independent, hydra, PIM
Kaushal Modi	.emacs.d	classic		use-package	24.5+	✔	GNU/Linux, Windows, Termux (Android), custom theme.
Lars Andersen	.emacs.d	evil		package		✔
Lars Tveito	dot-emacs	classic	✔	package		✔
Magnar Sveen	.emacs.d	classic	✔	package		✔
Matthew Bauer	README.org	classic	✔	use-package	25+	✔	org, nix, haskell, tangle
Matthew Zeng	emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package	26+	✔	popular
Matus Goljer	.emacs.d	evil, classic		package, use-package		✔
Musa Al-hassy	emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package	25+	✔	Extensively documented
Nathan Typanski	emacs.d	evil	✔	use-package		✔
Nicolas Petton	emacs.d	classic		borg		✔
Oleh Krehel	oremacs	evil		use-package	24.4	✔
Ono Hiroko	.emacs.d	classic		package	26.1	✔
Phil Hagelberg	.emacs.d	classic		package		✔
PythonNut	emacs-config	evil		straight use-package	24.4+	✔
Protesilaos Stavrou	.emacs.d	classic	✔	package	27
Radon Rosborough	Radian	classic		straight use-package	25+	✔	elegance, consistency, future-proof, deferred installation
Ryan C. Thompson	dotemacs	classic	✔	straight use-package		✔
Sacha Chua	.emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package		✔
Samuel Tonini	emacs.d	classic		use-package	24+	✔
Steckerhalter	steckemacs.el	classic		use-package	24.4	✔
Steve Purcell	emacs.d	classic		package	24.1+	✔	web development
Syohei Yoshida	emacs	classic		el-get	25+	✔
Taichi Kawabata	.emacs.d	classic		use-package	25+	✔
Terencio Agozzino	.emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package	25+	✔	popular
Thierry Volpiatto	emacs-config	classic		use-package	24+	✔
Tianxiang Xiong	.emacs.d	classic	✔	package		✔
tecosaur	emacs-config	evil	✔	straight, use-package	27.1+	✔	LaTeX, inspirational, well documented, html version
Vasilij Schneidermann	dotemacs	evil	✔	quelpa		✔
Wilfred Hughes	.emacs.d	classic	✔	use-package		✔
Yuta Yamada	emacs.d	classic		el-get	24+

FAQ

Who are these people?

Most of the people on this list are either heavy contributors to MELPA or people who get involved in the community beyond having only an .emacs.d dir. If you spend time checking out MELPA packages, /r/emacs or Emacs StackExchage you would probably know most of them.

How do you get yourself on this list?

First you should ask yourself why would you want to get on this list? (I’m kiddin’…) Most of the times a pull request would suffice. Keep in mind though that I won’t accept self submission if the config is not vetted by the other people or is not original enough. One can also contribute by adding suggestions to this thread.

Can you ask your friend to list you?

Why not? Though if it’s a real friend he would probably also state what makes your config special. 😉

How did this list come about in the first place?

This list was inspired by awesome-emacs and started as a simple list of a few popular configs but lately is getting a lot of attention. :P