Emacs 31.1 released

# Emacs 31.1 released Source: [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/msg00004.html](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/msg00004.html) --- \[[Date Prev](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/msg00003.html)\]\[Date Next\]\[[Thread Prev](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/msg00003.html)\]\[Thread Next\]\[[Date Index](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/index.html#00004)\]\[[Thread Index](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/threads.html#00004)\] --- **From**:Sean Whitton**Subject**:Emacs 31\.1 released**Date**:Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:43:32 \+0100 --- ``` Hello everyone, Version 31.1 of Emacs, the extensible text editor, should now be available from your nearest GNU mirror: https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-31.1.tar.gz https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-31.1.tar.xz The tarballs are signed; you can get the PGP signature files at: https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-31.1.tar.gz.sig https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-31.1.tar.xz.sig You can choose a mirror explicitly from the list at: https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html Mirrors may take some time to update; the main GNU ftp server is at: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ -------------------------------------- To verify that the tarball is intact, download both the .sig and the tarball, and run this command: gpg --verify emacs-31.1.tar.gz.sig (and similarly for emacs-31.1.tar.xz if you download that format). If that command fails because you don't have the required public key, run this command to import it: gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv-keys \ 8DC2487E51ABDD90B5C4753F0F56D0553B6D411B Alternative keyservers include keyserver.ubuntu.com and keys.openpgp.org. You can also run sha256sum or sha512sum and confirm that these checksums match: SHA256 emacs-31.1.tar.gz 3cad7fd1466c0e24867df8d2609da3ac75abc90d7c4c0175e410e9be46d4092a SHA256 emacs-31.1.tar.xz 1da5790d9580c81932b5bf700633114468da7b3412d69faa767daebf974f4586 SHA512 emacs-31.1.tar.gz 1d6e34a99367e1cdc2ab08ef7c073bbabda7cff21cda616c346591f507128df9437698fc74143ba46267a269c64148b18c2967de8f8ae0544322b68f0009acfa SHA512 emacs-31.1.tar.xz 25cb810d09eaaa58306f4c10f406466c424517657dd1c9db056dadb624f0bc33db58f3bcdf527d81e5059e492b81c237f164eb3997bf4357bd84c696537f6836 ---------------------------------------- For a summary of changes in Emacs 31, see the etc/NEWS file in the tarball; you can view it from Emacs by typing 'C-h n', or by clicking Help->Emacs News from the menu bar. You can also browse NEWS on-line using this URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-31 For the complete list of changes and the people who made them, see the various ChangeLog files in the source distribution. For a summary of all the people who have contributed to Emacs, see the etc/AUTHORS file. For more information about Emacs, see: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs -- Sean Whitton ``` **[](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/pgpylkLIF7lsL.pgp)[signature\.asc](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/pgpylkLIF7lsL.pgp)** *Description:*PGP signature --- --- \[Prev in Thread\]**Current Thread**\[Next in Thread\]- **Emacs 31\.1 released**,*Sean Whitton***<=** --- - Prev by Date:**[2026\-08\-17 Emacs news](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/msg00003.html)** - Previous by thread:**[2026\-08\-17 Emacs news](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/msg00003.html)** - Index\(es\):- [**Date**](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/index.html#00004) - [**Thread**](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2026-08/threads.html#00004)