Prelude – Emacs distribution that aims to enhance the default Emacs experience

Prelude is an Emacs distribution that enhances the standard Emacs experience while remaining relatively close to traditional Emacs conventions.

It supplies sensible defaults, a curated collection of additional packages and a modular configuration system. Most optional functionality is provided through modules, letting users add programming-language support and other features without loading everything by default.

Prelude 2 modernised the distribution around functionality available in Emacs 29, including tree-sitter, Eglot and use-package. It requires Emacs 29.1 or later.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Improved defaults while retaining the traditional Emacs workflow.
• Simple modular architecture with most additional modules opt-in.
• Automatically installs many programming modes when required.
• Curated collection of third-party packages.
• Built around modern Emacs functionality including use-package.
• Tree-sitter support for languages including C, C++, Python, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Elixir, Shell, YAML and CSS.
• Automatically uses tree-sitter modes when the appropriate grammar is available.
• LSP support with Eglot by default, with lsp-mode available as an alternative.
• Programming modules for a wide range of languages.
• Vertico available for minibuffer completion.
• Designed as a foundation which users can understand, extend and customise.
• Can be tested separately from an existing configuration using Emacs’ --init-dir option.
• Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: prelude.emacsredux.com
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Bozhidar Batsov and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Prelude is written in Emacs Lisp. Learn Lisp with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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