Two Years of Emacs Solo: 35 Modules, Zero External Packages, and a Full Refactor
Two Years of Emacs Solo: 35 Modules, Zero External Packages, and a Full RefactorRahul M. JuliatoRahul M. JuliatoMarch 8, 2026#emacs#config# elispI’ve been maintaining Emacs Solo for a while now, and I think it’s time to talk about what happened in this latest cycle as the project reaches its two-year mark. For those who haven’t seen it before, Emacs Solo is my daily-driver Emacs configuration with one strict rule: no external packages. Everything is either built into Emacs or written from scratch by me in the lisp/ directory. No package-install, no straight.el, no use-package :ensure t pointing at ELPA or MELPA. Just Emacs and Elisp. I’m keeping this post text only, but if you’d like to check how Emacs Solo looks and feels, the repository has screenshots and more details. Why? Partly…
