emacs-builds VS build-emacs-for-macos

Compare emacs-builds vs build-emacs-for-macos and see what are their differences.

emacs-builds

Self-contained Emacs.app builds for macOS, with native-compilation support. (by jimeh)
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build-emacs-for-macos

Somewhat hacky script to automate building of Emac.app on macOS. (by jimeh)
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emacs-builds

Posts with mentions or reviews of emacs-builds. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-08.

build-emacs-for-macos

Posts with mentions or reviews of build-emacs-for-macos. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-23.
  • Is pgtk for MacOS worth it?
    1 project | /r/emacs | 18 Jun 2023
    I built emacs from source, native comp, a few months ago and recently heard about pgtk. Is this worth it (for more smoothness, better user experience) on MacOS? I saw this thread: https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos/issues/45 where it was mentioned that you have to turn off the MacOS specific flag, so I’m not sure if it’s more harm than good, and what benefit it may serve. Anyone have experience optimizing their emacs on MacOS as much as possible? I basically run native comp vanilla emacs with only about 100 lines in my init file, which I byte compile (I’m not sure if the init file byte compilation helps? It seems like even though packages get compiled down natively, going into the native code folder (alongside byte compilations) , init.el doesn’t have an option for it).
  • Building emacs via source on MacOS
    3 projects | /r/emacs | 23 Apr 2023
    Details about the helper is in the readme here, and source for the helper is here.
  • Emacs 29.0.90 pretest is available
    1 project | /r/emacs | 10 Apr 2023
    I've been stuck on a build from February 23rd, I think, because all other builds since then have had some instability or funny quirks. Just built this today from source (thank you build-emacs-for-macos) and it's been solid so far!
  • How to fix the code signature issue that happens in building emacs from source code?
    1 project | /r/emacs | 27 Jan 2023
    Hi fellows, I am using this repo to build emacs on aarch64 mac. During the building, there are a lot of warning messages like:
  • Emacs Webrender updates
    7 projects | /r/emacs | 3 Jan 2023
    I recognized your avatar. You're the one behind https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos . Nice project, I am using it to produce the macOS binary.
  • Ask HN: Emacs on macOS Ventura on Apple Silicon
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Dec 2022
    update: tried this build script and seems good

    https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos

  • Build problems on MacOS Ventura?
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 25 Oct 2022
    I've been using this: https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos
  • Emacs 28.2 is released
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 12 Sep 2022
    I use https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos which makes the custom build really easy.
  • Why is Doom Emacs So Slow?
    6 projects | /r/emacs | 21 Aug 2022
    Alternatively if you prefer to compile Emacs on your machine, there’s emacs-plus and my own build-emacs-for-macos which both have options to enable native compilation for 28.x and later builds.
  • Cons of Aquamacs
    3 projects | /r/emacs | 22 Jul 2022
    I would recommend building from source like this for MacOS nowadays: https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos

What are some alternatives?

When comparing emacs-builds and build-emacs-for-macos you can also consider the following projects:

build-emacs-macos - Build script for emacs and macos

nix - Nix, the purely functional package manager

pdf-tools - Emacs support library for PDF files.

GNU Emacs - Mirror of GNU Emacs

homebrew-emacs-plus - Emacs Plus formulae for the Homebrew package manager

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

homebrew-emacsmacport - Emacs mac port formulae for the Homebrew package manager

Nightlies - Nightly builds for DuckieTV

exec-path-from-shell - Make Emacs use the $PATH set up by the user's shell

emacs-builds vs build-emacs-macos build-emacs-for-macos vs nix emacs-builds vs pdf-tools build-emacs-for-macos vs pdf-tools emacs-builds vs GNU Emacs build-emacs-for-macos vs homebrew-emacs-plus emacs-builds vs homebrew-emacs-plus build-emacs-for-macos vs doom-emacs emacs-builds vs homebrew-emacsmacport build-emacs-for-macos vs homebrew-emacsmacport emacs-builds vs Nightlies build-emacs-for-macos vs exec-path-from-shell