claude-code-ide.el
Shares rank 22 of 24 Emacs packages by recommenders
Emacs package that runs Claude Code with a side chat window, resume options and MCP tools that run Emacs commands. Main caveat: no concurrent sessions per project.
Emacs package that runs Claude Code with a side chat window, resume options and MCP tools that run Emacs commands. Main caveat: no concurrent sessions per project.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No concurrent sessions per project
“its lack of concurrent sessions per project has prevented me from fully adopting it”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving” Many friction points
“it's got a large number of friction points”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical”
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| Evil mode for Emacs | 39 | 7 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
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| TRAMP for Emacs | 25 | 10 | 71% | 8 | — | Approved |
| gptel | 20 | 1 | 95% | 12 | — | Approved |
| claude-code-ide.elThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've been using claude-code-ide.el instead”
“it's got a large number of friction points”
“having the chat interface to the side, with really nice support for various resume options”
“claude-code-ide.el that gives you more of a cursor like experience with autocomplete, simple chat, etc.”
“its lack of concurrent sessions per project has prevented me from fully adopting it”
“Ghostel support recently landed in claude-code-ide.el!”
“Like with claude-code-ide you can define custom MCP tools that run Emacs commands.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.