god-mode
Shares rank 19 of 24 Emacs packages by recommenders
An Emacs minor mode that lets you run Emacs commands without holding Ctrl, and a bridge into modal editing for people already used to Emacs.
An Emacs minor mode that lets you run Emacs commands without holding Ctrl, and a bridge into modal editing for people already used to Emacs.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Eases into modal editing
“as a way to kind of bridge the gap into modal editing”
Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic” “use evil mode or another modal mode for Emacs like god mode”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Ratatui – App Showcase” Preferred modal mode for Emacs
“god-mode is my modal input minor mode of choice”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “How I am deeply integrating Emacs” “use evil mode or another modal mode for Emacs like god mode”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Ratatui – App Showcase”
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 |
| god-modeThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“as a way to kind of bridge the gap into modal editing”
“I do have escape bound to god-local-mode for those rare times I need a long chain of chords”
“to avoid having to keep Ctrl pressed as that hurts”
“god-mode and devil-mode if you already are used to Emacs”
“god-mode is my modal input minor mode of choice”
“use evil mode or another modal mode for Emacs like god mode”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.