Emacs Bedrock 2.0
Emacs Bedrock 2.0 starter kit requires Emacs 31, switching to lexical-binding, improved tree-sitter config, and use-package auto-install defaults.
Bedrock 2.0 is a minimal Emacs starter kit built on better defaults with no third-party packages in its base configuration. The release requires Emacs 31 (released August 2026) and breaks compatibility with Emacs 29. Changes include lexical-binding cookies, use-package auto-install, embark-auto-prefix-help-mode replacing which-key, and improved tree-sitter and isearch configuration.
- Requires Emacs 31, breaking compatibility with Emacs 29 (2024)
- No automatic upgrade path: users diff configs and cherry-pick changes
- Optional third-party package configs live in a separate extras/ folder
From the original article
3 min read at lambdaland.orgBedrock 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.
By ashton314 · lambdaland.org
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