Vertico
Hacker ApprovedRanked 6 of 24 Emacs packages by recommenders
Free Emacs package that shows completion candidates vertically in the minibuffer; people praise how well it integrates with Emacs and works with consult, marginalia and orderless.
Free Emacs package that shows completion candidates vertically in the minibuffer; people praise how well it integrates with Emacs and works with consult, marginalia and orderless.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 95%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: 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 carries the badge
- 18 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 18 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Part of a popular completion stack
“Having a good completion package (e.g. `vertico` + `unordered`) goes a long way to finding stuff.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Emacs, how it all started (for me)” “man does vertico, consult, orderless and marginalia help with discovery”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Emacs Turns 50” “Vertico + Marginalia + Embark in my case”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Two Years of Emacs Solo: 35 Modules, Zero External Packages, and a Full Refactor” - Comment from 28 Oct 2026 in “Emacs Turns 50”
Integrates cleanly with native Emacs
“packages like consult, vertico, marginalia etc all built on Emacs' facilities improving not just the package itself but how it integrates”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Even More Batteries Included with Emacs” “They're more cleanly integrated with the native capabilities.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?” Vertical candidate list in minibuffer
“Emacs has some really innovative UI plugins (things like Vertico)”
Comment from 16 Nov 2025 in “IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs” “vertical display of candidates in the minibuffer”
Comment from 1 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?” Feels essential for daily use
“demonstrates powerful completion workflows that use daily in Emacs”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Emacs Completion Showcase with Vompeccc” “Vertico feels like a must-have to me these days”
Comment from 18 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 |
| VerticoThis page | 18 | 1 | 95% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
16 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“man does vertico, consult, orderless and marginalia help with discovery”
“I much prefer the new wave.”
“Vertico/Counsel/Orderless is very nice”
“which are supremely nice but perhaps no longer essential”
“Having a good completion package (e.g. `vertico` + `unordered`) goes a long way to finding stuff.”
“Vertico feels like a must-have to me these days”
“packages like consult, vertico, marginalia etc all built on Emacs' facilities improving not just the package itself but how it integrates”
“A fantastic UI pattern and it's wide applicability”
“Fuzzy search is standard.”
“demonstrates powerful completion workflows that use daily in Emacs”
“If you use things like that depend on something like ivy/vertico/...”
“Vertico + Marginalia + Embark in my case”
“Emacs has some really innovative UI plugins (things like Vertico)”
“vertical display of candidates in the minibuffer”
“They're more cleanly integrated with the native capabilities.”
“they each add up to a brilliant emacs experience”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.