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Emacs

An extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.

Category: editorFirst released: 1976Created by: Richard Stallman (GNU Project)License: GPL-3.0Platforms: macOS, Linux, Windows

GNU Emacs is a free, extensible text editor and computing environment. It runs on several operating systems regardless of the machine type. Emacs is known for its powerful extensibility via Emacs Lisp, allowing it to serve as a shell, file manager, mail client, web browser, and much more.

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Extensible via Emacs LispOrg mode for notes and planningMagit Git integrationTramp remote file editingBuilt-in shell and terminalDired file managerPackages via ELPA/MELPAInfo documentation browser