Installing Emacs on Windows

Installing Emacs

GNU Releases

• Official releases
• Pre-test builds
• Alpha releases

Unpack the zip file to a directory and read the included file README.W32 for more information on installation.

Cygwin

Recommended for unix-savvy users who need to get work done on a Windows machine. Uses a dpkg-style package manager which includes Emacs, X11 and many other standard GNU, BSD and POSIX tools.

Unofficial Releases

• EmacsW32
• Emacs for Windows
• EmacsW64, also available on Chocolatey package manager

See GNU Emacs FAQ For MS Windows for more information.

Additional Binaries

EZWinPorts made available by Eli Zaretskii