undo-tree
Shares rank 15 of 24 Emacs packages by recommenders
Emacs package that keeps the full undo history and shows it as a tree you can browse, with documentation people praise.
Emacs package that keeps the full undo history and shows it as a tree you can browse, with documentation people praise.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 3 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: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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 |
| undo-treeThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“especially with tools like undo-tree”
“With undo tree you don’t lose any history, but the same is true for what Emacs does by default”
“I had occasional problems with undo-tree (the tree broke occasionally)”
“undo-tree-visualize is easily one of the biggest wow factors for unfamiliar users”
“It's one of those things that when you want it, you're really glad it exists.”
“the documentation is wonderful”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.