# use-package for Emacs

7 Hacker News commenters recommended use-package for Emacs and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for being stable and for standardising Emacs package configuration, including :vc support for installing packages straight from version control.

## Why people recommend it

- Plugin management and :vc installs (2 comments): "Now that use-package supports the :vc keyword" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49679701)) "use-package for plugin management" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45856085))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Evil mode for Emacs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/evil-mode.md): 39 recommend
- [TRAMP for Emacs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tramp.md): 25 recommend
- [SLIME](https://hackerapproved.com/p/slime.md): 19 recommend
- [Vertico](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vertico.md): 18 recommend
- [Eglot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eglot.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "use-package for Emacs", https://hackerapproved.com/p/use-package/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).