elpaca VS consult

Compare elpaca vs consult and see what are their differences.

elpaca

An elisp package manager (by progfolio)

consult

:mag: consult.el - Consulting completing-read (by minad)
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elpaca

Posts with mentions or reviews of elpaca. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-24.
  • Zed is now open source
    26 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Jan 2024
    Elpaca [1] does not do this. I use it and it works a treat.

    1: https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca

  • Package contribution workflow
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 8 Jun 2023
  • Returning emacs user - what packages are common now?
    9 projects | /r/emacs | 9 May 2023
    As others have said your packages work well and should still be widely supported. use-package has been blessed by the maintainers of emacs and will be a default package when Emacs 29 is released. If you are looking for another package manager /u/nv-elisp 's https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca would be a good one to checkout.
  • If you like Straight, you should try Elpaca
    3 projects | /r/emacs | 9 May 2023
    One of my biggest challenges with it is for packages that have extensions. Where they just work with Elpa/Melpa but then when you convert over to Elpaca they break and you have to go digging around Elpaca's manual and try to figure out the right file incantation that will make things works.
  • Using package loader (e.g. use-package) in file besides init.el?
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 30 Mar 2023
    ;; Example Elpaca configuration -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- (defvar elpaca-installer-version 0.3) (defvar elpaca-directory (expand-file-name "elpaca/" user-emacs-directory)) (defvar elpaca-builds-directory (expand-file-name "builds/" elpaca-directory)) (defvar elpaca-repos-directory (expand-file-name "repos/" elpaca-directory)) (defvar elpaca-order '(elpaca :repo "https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca.git" :ref nil :files (:defaults (:exclude "extensions")) :build (:not elpaca--activate-package))) (let* ((repo (expand-file-name "elpaca/" elpaca-repos-directory)) (build (expand-file-name "elpaca/" elpaca-builds-directory)) (order (cdr elpaca-order)) (default-directory repo)) (add-to-list 'load-path (if (file-exists-p build) build repo)) (unless (file-exists-p repo) (make-directory repo t) (condition-case-unless-debug err (if-let ((buffer (pop-to-buffer-same-window "*elpaca-bootstrap*")) ((zerop (call-process "git" nil buffer t "clone" (plist-get order :repo) repo))) ((zerop (call-process "git" nil buffer t "checkout" (or (plist-get order :ref) "--")))) (emacs (concat invocation-directory invocation-name)) ((zerop (call-process emacs nil buffer nil "-Q" "-L" "." "--batch" "--eval" "(byte-recompile-directory \".\" 0 'force)"))) ((require 'elpaca)) ((elpaca-generate-autoloads "elpaca" repo))) (kill-buffer buffer) (error "%s" (with-current-buffer buffer (buffer-string)))) ((error) (warn "%s" err) (delete-directory repo 'recursive)))) (unless (require 'elpaca-autoloads nil t) (require 'elpaca) (elpaca-generate-autoloads "elpaca" repo) (load "./elpaca-autoloads"))) (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'elpaca-process-queues) (elpaca `(,@elpaca-order)) ;; Install use-package support (elpaca elpaca-use-package ;; Enable :elpaca use-package keyword. (elpaca-use-package-mode) ;; Assume :elpaca t unless otherwise specified. (setq elpaca-use-package-by-default t)) ;; Block until current queue processed. (elpaca-wait) ;;Load your "./modes" files here (cl-loop for mode in (directory-files "./modes" 'full "\\.el$") (load-file mode)) ;; Local Variables: ;; no-byte-compile: t ;; no-native-compile: t ;; no-update-autoloads: t ;; End:
  • How to Make Emacs Look Cooler with Simple Customization
    7 projects | /r/emacs | 10 Mar 2023
    Elpaca. https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca - an alternative to the built in package manager. Very fast with an eminently decent UI, and allows for any or no fine-tuning how any given package should be installed.
  • Emacs lisp huge single file packages
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 6 Mar 2023
    Here's an overview of the current structure of Elpaca:
  • Elpaca: The Basics
    3 projects | /r/emacs | 27 Feb 2023
  • emacs can be "heavy" but still blazingly fast
    1 project | /r/emacs | 22 Feb 2023
    If you get around to actually measuring it, let me know. I'm collecting data points for comparison with Elpaca.
  • Will any emacs package manager let me audit packages before installing them?
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 15 Feb 2023
    Elpaca has the elpaca-fetch command for this purpose. It fetches a package repository and will display the commit log. Each commit hash is a button which will open a magit diff view if magit is installed. It could very easily be extended to work with vc, ediff, etc. Here's a screenshot of what the update log looks like:

consult

Posts with mentions or reviews of consult. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.
  • Emacs Advent Calendar 9: devdocs, code-cells, dREPL, etc.
    17 projects | /r/emacs | 9 Dec 2023
    BTW, as an alternative to swiper, you can check out consult-line and related commands from consult.
  • Project grep search with folded results, navigable file preview, search term and results window retention?
    1 project | /r/emacs | 21 Nov 2023
    Consult is what you are looking for: https://github.com/minad/consult In particular try consult-ripgrep
  • Emacs 29.1 Released
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Jul 2023
    Emacs has code peek.

    With lsp-mode it has that little window: https://emacs-lsp.github.io/lsp-ui/#lsp-ui-peek

    Personally I use eglot with consult which temporarily switches the entire buffer to do the "peek" functionality rather than popping up a tiny window: https://github.com/minad/consult

  • Highlight multiple lines in consult-line
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 15 Jun 2023
    Thanks for working on this! I just added a consult--maybe-recenter function in a recent commit. This is a nice idea since it can reduce the jumpiness of Consult preview quite a bit.
  • Returning emacs user - what packages are common now?
    9 projects | /r/emacs | 9 May 2023
    An example relevant to your list would be some changes many people are taking with their completion framework - using package that leverage core emacs functionality rather than replacing it with a complete package that 'overrides' it. Consult, vertico, orderless and associate packages come to mind here. If you do a bit of a search you'll find plenty of info. Here is a video from Prot on the subject, but there are many others as well. I think Prot actually went on to write his own completion system to overlay native emacs functionality as well.
  • What's that email client doing here?
    10 projects | /r/emacs | 5 May 2023
    For the "lauch workspaces", I use burly which just uses simple bookmarks. Then with consult, I just use C-x b, then m to narrow to bookmarks and I have all the workspaces available (remote as well).
  • What is wrong with this face definition??? (error "Invalid face" bookmark-menu-heading)
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 2 May 2023
    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Invalid face" bookmark-menu-heading) internal-set-lisp-face-attribute(bookmark-menu-heading :family unspecified 0) set-face-attribute(bookmark-menu-heading nil :foreground unspecified :background unspecified :family unspecified :slant unspecified :weight unspecified :height unspecified :underline unspecified :overline unspecified :box unspecified :inherit nano-face-strong) set-face(bookmark-menu-heading nano-face-strong) #() eval-after-load-helper("/usr/local/share/emacs/29.0.90/lisp/bookmark.elc") run-hook-with-args(eval-after-load-helper "/usr/local/share/emacs/29.0.90/lisp/bookmark.elc") do-after-load-evaluation("/usr/local/share/emacs/29.0.90/lisp/bookmark.elc") require(bookmark) byte-code("\300\301!\210\300\302!\210\303\304\305\306\307\310\307\311\307\312\313\314\313\315\313\316\317\320&\21\210\321\322\323\324\325DD\326\327\330%\210\321\331\323\324\332DD\333\327..." [require compat bookmark custom-declare-group consult nil "Consulting `completing-read'." :link (info-link :tag "Info Manual" "(consult)") (url-link :tag "Homepage" "https://github.com/minad/consult") (emacs-library-link :tag "Library Source" "consult.el") :group files outlines minibuffer :prefix "consult-" custom-declare-variable consult-narrow-key funcall function #f(compiled-function () #) "Prefix key for narrowing during completion.\n\nGood ..." :type (choice key (const nil)) consult-widen-key #f(compiled-function () #) "Key used for widening during completion.\n\nIf this ..." (choice key (const nil)) consult-project-function #f(compiled-function () #) "Function which returns project root directory.\nThe..." (choice function (const nil)) consult-async-refresh-delay #f(compiled-function () #) "Refreshing delay of the completion UI for asynchro..." float consult-async-input-throttle #f(compiled-function () #) "Input throttle for asynchronous commands.\n\nThe asy..." consult-async-input-debounce #f(compiled-function () #) "Input debounce for asynchronous commands.\n\nThe asy..." consult-async-min-input #f(compiled-function () #) "Minimum number of letters needed, before asynchron..." natnum consult-async-split-style #f(compiled-function () #) "Async splitting style, see `consult-async-split-st..." ...] 18) require(consult) byte-code("\300\301!\210\302\303\304\305#\210\306\211\203,\0\211@\303\1N\203%\0\304\1N\204%\0\307\304\2\303\4N#\210\1A\266\202\202\13\0\210\310\303\304\311#..." [require consult defvaralias consult-notes-sources consult-notes-file-dir-sources nil (saved-value saved-variable-comment) put make-obsolete-variable "0.6" consult-notes--all-sources consult-notes-all-sources custom-declare-group consult-notes "Search notes with consult." :group convenience custom-declare-variable consult-notes-category funcall function #f(compiled-function () #) "Category symbol for the notes in this package." :type symbol #f(compiled-function () #) "Sources for `consult-notes'." (repeat symbol) #f(compiled-function () #) "Directories of files for searching with `consult-n..." (list string key string) consult-notes-file-dir-annotate-function #f(compiled-function () #) "Function to call for annotations of file note dire..." consult-notes-use-rg #f(compiled-function () #) "Whether to use ripgrep or just grep for text searc..." boolean consult-notes-ripgrep-args #f(compiled-function () #) "Arguments for `ripgrep' and `consult-notes-search-..." string consult-notes-grep-args #f(compiled-function () #) "Arguments for `grep' and `consult-notes-search-in-..." consult-notes-default-format #f(compiled-function () #) "Default format for `consult-notes' open function." sexp consult-notes-max-relative-age ...] 8) (consult-notes-org-headings-mode) eval-buffer() ; Reading at buffer position 2730 funcall-interactively(eval-buffer) call-interactively(eval-buffer record nil) command-execute(eval-buffer record) execute-extended-command(nil "eval-buffer" "eval-bu") funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "eval-buffer" "eval-bu") call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil) command-execute(execute-extended-command)
  • Why does elpaca make emacs startup so much faster?
    9 projects | /r/emacs | 23 Apr 2023
    Wow, interesting that my response is getting down voted. It seems not enough that I give away my work for free. Nevertheless I appreciate support from the community, as other Emacs package developers. The support is actually helpful. To clarify, publishing my configuration would translate into quite a bit of work, requiring separation of private and public bits.
  • Which package manager should I use?
    5 projects | /r/emacs | 12 Apr 2023
    They're still coming in. This one is from yesterday: https://github.com/minad/consult/issues/793
  • Alternative keyboard layouts
    5 projects | /r/emacs | 19 Mar 2023
    If you like meow-visit also try imenu it is built into Emacs and can be very useful either by itself or as part of consult. consult also has a consult-mark function that can be helpful, meow kind of breaks it since it makes a lot of marks.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing elpaca and consult you can also consider the following projects:

elpa-mirror - Create local emacs package repository. 15 seconds to install 115 packages.

helm - Emacs incremental completion and selection narrowing framework

straight.el - 🍀 Next-generation, purely functional package manager for the Emacs hacker.

consult-projectile

consult-notes - Use consult to search notes

doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]

ejira - Emacs JIRA integration

vertico - :dizzy: vertico.el - VERTical Interactive COmpletion

toggleterm.nvim - A neovim lua plugin to help easily manage multiple terminal windows

swiper - Ivy - a generic completion frontend for Emacs, Swiper - isearch with an overview, and more. Oh, man!

GNU Emacs - Mirror of GNU Emacs

selectrum - 🔔 Better solution for incremental narrowing in Emacs.