Emacs Bedrock 2.0
Bedrock 2.0 has been released as a minimal starter-kit for the Emacs text editor, requiring Emacs 31. The update introduces breaking changes, including a shift to lexical binding and improved tree-sitter configurations.
Why it matters
It provides a streamlined, dependency-free configuration framework for power users of the Emacs text editor.
Bedrock is a minimal, human-crafted starter-kit for Emacs, and today I’m pleased to announce that version 2.0 of Bedrock is available! This release requires Emacs 31, which came out in August 2026. If you are unable to upgrade Emacs that high, you should be able to remove some of the Emacs 31-specific config without too much trouble. Bedrock is essentially a collection of better defaults for Emacs, and it uses no third-party packages in its base configuration. Part of the appeal of Emacs, of course, is the vast set of packages developed and maintained by the community, so Bedrock includes sample configurations for some of the most popular packages that I, personally, find utterly indispensable.
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