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<p>Spacemacs is a configuration <a href="/facts/Application_framework/xSzKMgdn">framework</a> for <a href="/facts/GNU_Emacs/MPxf7qRC">GNU Emacs</a>. It can take advantage of all of GNU Emacs' features, including both <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">graphical</a> and <a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">command-line</a> user interfaces, and being executable under <a href="/facts/X_Window_System/ac2vRIQL">X Window System</a> and within a <a href="/facts/Unix_shell/2G4T2Fb9">Unix shell</a> terminal. It is <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source software</a> (FOSS) released under the <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> license. </p><p>Spacemacs consists mainly of <a href="/facts/Configuration_file/DDzU0FLJ">configuration files</a>, pre-defined internal <a href="/facts/Command_(computing)/zUrvQbFy">commands</a>, and configurations for various <a href="/facts/Plug-in_(computing)/351Du3Wu">plug-ins</a> (called 'packages'). It features a novel mnemonic <a href="/facts/Key_binding/mjeb82kI">key binding</a> design (e.g., commands for file manipulation often start with "f",) which attempts to improve <a href="/facts/Ergonomics/prAcGtDW">ergonomics</a> (and avoid <a href="/facts/Emacs_pinky/BvGxuAxQ">emacs pinky</a>), a system for adding or excluding pre-configured features called 'layers', and includes verbose <a href="/facts/Software_documentation/cSXDUPPg">software documentation</a>. It has three user-selectable input modes: <a href="/facts/Emacs/BvGxuAxQ">Emacs</a> mode, <a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">Vim</a> mode (based on the evil Emacs package for Vim emulation), and Hybrid mode. </p><p>As of 2021<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spacemacs&action=edit">[update]</a>, its <a href="/facts/Repository_(version_control)/PjE4Vkes">repository</a> on <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a> has been starred over 21,100 times and has over 11,300 <a href="/facts/Commit_(version_control)/4jfSuklB">commits</a>. </p>