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GNU Emacs

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GNU Emacs

Summary

GNU Emacs is a text editor[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of text_editor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (650 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • GNU Emacs is the creator of Richard Stallman[3].
  • GNU Emacs was influenced by Q131382[4].
  • GNU Emacs's instance of is recorded as text editor[5].
  • GNU Emacs's instance of is recorded as GNU package[6].
  • GNU Emacs's instance of is recorded as computing platform[7].
  • GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as John Wiegley[8].
  • GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Eli Zaretskii[9].
  • GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen[10].
  • GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Richard Stallman[11].
  • GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Andrea Corallo[12].
  • GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Stefan Kangas[13].
  • GNU Emacs is associated with the free software movement movement[14].
  • GNU Emacs's developer is recorded as GNU Project[15].
  • GNU Emacs's developer is recorded as Richard Stallman[16].
  • GNU Emacs's developer is recorded as Q92991[17].
  • GNU Emacs's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[18].
  • GNU Emacs's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[19].
  • GNU Emacs's programmed in is recorded as Emacs Lisp[20].
  • GNU Emacs is a type of Emacs[21].
  • GNU Emacs is a type of computing platform[22].
  • GNU Emacs's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[23].
  • GNU Emacs's operating system is recorded as BSD[24].
  • GNU Emacs's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[25].
  • GNU Emacs's operating system is recorded as macOS[26].
  • GNU Emacs's operating system is recorded as GNU/Hurd[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

GNU Emacs is the creator of Richard Stallman[3].

Publication

GNU Emacs is part of GNU Project[28].

Subject and Themes

GNU Emacs is associated with the free software movement movement[14].

Cultural Impact

Things named for GNU Emacs include Aidermacs[29], an AI pair programming tool[30].

Why It Matters

GNU Emacs ranks in the top 4% of text_editor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (650 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Aidermacs[29], an AI pair programming tool[30].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · ~2026-33419-12 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 24.4, 24.5, 24.3 +31
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 31.0.90"
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