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Port details
emacs-libvterm Emacs libvterm integration
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Maintainer: tslight@pm.me search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-02-04 03:24:06
Last Update: 2026-02-04 03:22:53
Commit Hash: f13b9e1
Also Listed In: elisp
License: GPLv3+
WWW:
https://github.com/akermu/emacs-libvterm/
Description:
Emacs-libvterm (vterm) is fully-fledged terminal emulator inside GNU Emacs based on libvterm, a C library. As a result of using compiled code (instead of elisp), emacs-libvterm is fully capable, fast, and it can seamlessly handle large outputs.
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Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
There is no configure plist information for this port.
USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • emacs-libvterm>0:misc/emacs-libvterm
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/misc/emacs-libvterm/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install misc/emacs-libvterm
  • pkg install emacs-libvterm
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: emacs-libvterm
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • full: emacs-libvterm
  • canna: emacs-libvterm-emacs_canna
  • nox: emacs-libvterm-emacs_nox
  • wayland: emacs-libvterm-emacs_wayland
  • devel_full: emacs-libvterm-emacs_devel
  • devel_nox: emacs-libvterm-emacs_devel_nox
distinfo:
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Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  2. emacs-30.2 : editors/emacs@full
Runtime dependencies:
  1. emacs-30.2 : editors/emacs@full
Library dependencies:
  1. libvterm.so : devel/libvterm
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
misc_emacs-libvterm
USES:
cmake:noninja emacs
pkg-message:
For install:
Final emacs-libvterm setup instructions: Add (require 'vterm) to your Emacs configuration. M-x 'vterm' to open a new terminal.
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/akermu/emacs-libvterm/tar.gz/a01a2894a1c1e81a39527835a9169e35b7ec5dec?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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g20251119
04 Feb 2026 03:22:53
commit hash: f13b9e1698c5be792228df8fff743709c7895f96commit hash: f13b9e1698c5be792228df8fff743709c7895f96commit hash: f13b9e1698c5be792228df8fff743709c7895f96commit hash: f13b9e1698c5be792228df8fff743709c7895f96 files touched by this commit
Joseph Mingrone (jrm) search for other commits by this committer
Author: tslight
misc/emacs-libvterm: New port for Emacs libvterm integration

Emacs-libvterm (vterm) is fully-fledged terminal emulator inside GNU
Emacs based on libvterm, a C library. As a result of using compiled
code (instead of elisp), emacs-libvterm is fully capable, fast, and it
can seamlessly handle large outputs.

Reviewed by:	jrm
Pull Request:	https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/pull/480

Number of commits found: 1