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Vim, Neovim, Emacs, editor configuration, plugins, workflows, and keybindings.

3,922 stories · 53 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026513 stories
Emacs 31 is around the corner: The changes I'm daily driving↗ rahuljuliato.com · HN · 284 comments · 471 points · Jun 18, 2026
The Emacsification of Software↗ sockpuppet.org · HN · 284 comments · 465 points · May 13, 2026
Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)↗ hamvocke.com · HN · 279 comments · 457 points · Apr 13, 2026
Anatomy of the .claude/ folder↗ blog.dailydoseofds.com · HN · 265 comments · 627 points · Mar 27, 2026
Vim 9.2↗ vim.org · HN · 194 comments · 435 points · Feb 14, 2026
2025514 stories
Notes on switching to Helix from Vim↗ jvns.ca · HN · 236 comments · 337 points · Oct 10, 2025
VIM Master↗ github.com · HN · 115 comments · 378 points · Aug 27, 2025
Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs↗ github.com · HN · 266 comments · 782 points · Aug 06, 2025
Llama.vim – Local LLM-assisted text completion↗ github.com · HN · 108 comments · 530 points · Jan 23, 2025
Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in Vim↗ eieio.games · HN · 61 comments · 598 points · Jan 12, 2025
2024508 stories
Delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for Git, diff, grep, and blame output↗ github.com · HN · 92 comments · 642 points · Nov 08, 2024
Vim Racer↗ vim-racer.com · HN · 86 comments · 351 points · Aug 25, 2024
SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet↗ github.com · HN · 122 comments · 420 points · Jul 04, 2024
Add coffee stains to LaTeX documents (2021)↗ ctan.org · HN · 140 comments · 501 points · Feb 09, 2024
I just wanted Emacs to look nice – Using 24-bit color in terminals↗ chadaustin.me · HN · 179 comments · 523 points · Jan 30, 2024
2023575 stories
Emacs-copilot: Large language model code completion for Emacs↗ github.com · HN · 156 comments · 377 points · Dec 31, 2023
Emacs from Scratch Part Two↗ arne.me · HN · 22 comments · 83 points · Dec 28, 2023
Vim users are encouraged to make a donation to ICCF↗ vimhelp.org · HN · 11 comments · 149 points · Dec 28, 2023
Show HN: CuteVim – Portable Vim with a cute vimrc↗ github.com · HN · 70 comments · 95 points · Dec 25, 2023
Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 10 comments · 116 points · Aug 08, 2023
2022645 stories
Eglot has landed on master: Emacs now has a built-in LSP client↗ lists.gnu.org · HN · 153 comments · 376 points · Oct 20, 2022
Notepad++ v8.4.3: Unhappy Users' Edition↗ notepad-plus-plus.org · HN · 244 comments · 441 points · Jul 08, 2022
Vim 9.0↗ vim.org · HN · 268 comments · 433 points · Jun 30, 2022
What’s new in Emacs 28.1?↗ masteringemacs.org · HN · 284 comments · 378 points · Apr 06, 2022
Vim 9 will be dedicated to Sven Guckes↗ groups.google.com · HN · 91 comments · 363 points · Feb 21, 2022
2021533 stories
Emfy: Emacs for You – Quickly set up vanilla Emacs for editing↗ github.com · HN · 160 comments · 454 points · Dec 29, 2021
My Emacs Lisp book is finished↗ mbork.pl · HN · 61 comments · 410 points · Nov 09, 2021
A Vim Guide for Advanced Users↗ thevaluable.dev · HN · 172 comments · 603 points · Feb 27, 2021
Show HN: I built an online interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster↗ vim.so · HN · 280 comments · 667 points · Jan 20, 2021
The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCode gorilla↗ murilopereira.com · HN · 343 comments · 429 points · Jan 17, 2021
2020634 stories
Emacs is special regarding UIs↗ lists.gnu.org · HN · 413 comments · 477 points · Sep 10, 2020
VTM: A Text-Based Desktop Environment↗ vtm.netxs.online · HN · 141 comments · 524 points · Aug 22, 2020
Making Emacs Popular Again↗ lwn.net · HN · 761 comments · 544 points · May 07, 2020
Tmux for Mere Mortals↗ zserge.com · HN · 166 comments · 586 points · Apr 28, 2020
How to Exit Vim↗ github.com · HN · 395 comments · 1111 points · Jan 08, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted↗ unsung.aresluna.org · HN · 341 comments · 382 points · Sep 27, 2026
Emacs Bedrock 2.0↗ lambdaland.org · HN · 58 comments · 191 points · Sep 07, 2026
Neomacs: GPU rendered Rust hard fork of Emacs↗ github.com · HN · 5 comments · 42 points · Sep 26, 2026
The Emacs Cat: Running Emacs in MicroVM↗ olddeuteronomy.github.io · HN · 0 comments · 41 points · Sep 26, 2026
What's new in Emacs 31.1↗ masteringemacs.org · HN · 119 comments · 346 points · Aug 24, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted↗ unsung.aresluna.org · HN · 341 comments · 382 points · Sep 27, 2026
Emacs Bedrock 2.0↗ lambdaland.org · HN · 58 comments · 191 points · Sep 07, 2026
Why Emacs Consult async searches feel slow and how to speed them up↗ jamescherti.com · HN · 26 comments · 60 points · Sep 09, 2026
Neomacs: GPU rendered Rust hard fork of Emacs↗ github.com · HN · 5 comments · 42 points · Sep 26, 2026
The Emacs Cat: Running Emacs in MicroVM↗ olddeuteronomy.github.io · HN · 0 comments · 41 points · Sep 26, 2026
El Yayster – a resident LLM that inhabits Emacs↗ github.com · HN · 6 comments · 37 points · Sep 07, 2026
Linus Torvalds' uEmacs – the editor he has used since the 1980s↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 31 points · Sep 01, 2026
ExactTex. A gradually-typed superset of LaTeX↗ github.com · HN · 22 comments · 28 points · Sep 01, 2026
AI Mode for Emacs↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 27 points · Sep 22, 2026
Pimacs – An Emacs UI for Pi↗ ananthakumaran.in · HN · 0 comments · 25 points · Sep 05, 2026

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