--- title: M-x Reloaded: The Second Golden Age of Emacs | daily.dev description: Emacs is currently experiencing its second Golden Age due to various factors such as the creation of GitHub, the popularity of Clojure, the impact of MELPA,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/m-x-reloaded-the-second-golden-age-of-emacs-e846gzvmk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: M-x Reloaded: The Second Golden Age of Emacs | daily.dev og:description: Emacs is currently experiencing its second Golden Age due to various factors such as the creation of GitHub, the popularity of Clojure, the impact of MELPA,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/m-x-reloaded-the-second-golden-age-of-emacs-e846gzvmk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/e846gZvMk.png og:image:alt: M-x Reloaded: The Second Golden Age of Emacs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # M-x Reloaded: The Second Golden Age of Emacs **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 7 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Emacs is currently experiencing its second Golden Age due to various factors such as the creation of GitHub, the popularity of Clojure, the impact of MELPA, the presence of killer 'apps' like org-mode and Magit, the influence of Spacemacs, the adoption of shared editor infrastructure, and the progressive Emacs maintainers. 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