Barry's Emacs

Barry's Emacs is an easy to use and accessible, yet powerful, text editor.

You can start using Barry's Emacs as a notepad replacement. Then, at your own speed use more advanced features.

There are pre-built kits available for Windows, macOS and Linux systems, Fedora.

It's user interface uses the familiar Windows style user interface, key bindings, menus, toolbar and dialogs. Barry's Emacs is integrated with the Windows explorer.

News

8-Apr-2023 V8.9.4 release with kits for Windows 10 64 bit and later, Mac OS X 64 bit and Fedora 37 and 36.

Support building for Debian and Ubuntu.
Add remote file editing via ssh's sftp.
Support HiDPI screens, so called Retinae or 4K displays.
Port to PyQt6.
Stop cursor blinking when Emacs is not the focused app.
Wayland on Linux required changes to the way icons and desktop files are named and used.

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Features

Full HTML documentation
Windows style user interface
Edit multiple files
Multiple buffers
Syntax colouring
Regular expression searching
Fully programmable
Integrated Python extension language
Available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
Dark mode support

Downloads

V8.6 is now the recommended version of Barry's Emacs.

Download information for Barry's Emacs V8 and for the older Barry's Emacs V7.2.

The source code is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/barry-scott/BarrysEmacs.

Operating System	Download instructions
macOS 64 bit	Use V8.9
Fedora Linux	Use V8.9
Windows 10 and 11 64 bit	Use V8.9
Windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0	Use the legacy V7.2

Barry's Emacs FAQ

Check the FAQ for frequently asked questions.

Discussion group

Barry's Emacs is discussed on groups.io barrys-emacs.