Corfu
Shares rank 17 of 24 Emacs packages by recommenders
An Emacs package that shows inline completion popups at point, praised for making context and completions easy to reach while editing.
An Emacs package that shows inline completion popups at point, praised for making context and completions easy to reach while editing.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 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
Some find it no longer essential
“which are supremely nice but perhaps no longer essential”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “What's new in Emacs 31.1” Hard to get satisfying results
“tried corfu and completion-preview several times but didn't get something I'm happy with from it”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving”
Other Emacs packages people recommend
The four most recommended other Emacs packages, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evil mode for Emacs | 39 | 7 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
| agent-shell | 25 | 6 | 81% | 11 | — | Approved |
| TRAMP for Emacs | 25 | 10 | 71% | 8 | — | Approved |
| gptel | 20 | 1 | 95% | 12 | — | Approved |
| CorfuThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I much prefer the new wave.”
“which are supremely nice but perhaps no longer essential”
“tried corfu and completion-preview several times but didn't get something I'm happy with from it”
“providing easily accessible context for the user right at the point where they are working”
“demonstrates powerful completion workflows that use daily in Emacs”
“gives me nice inline popups”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.