Emacs Liquid Glass Icons

Emacs app icons in macOS 26's new Liquid Glass style.

The Icons

EmacsLG1

EmacsLG1 simplifies and changes the outer shape of the default icon to comply with the shape of Liquid Glass icons.

EmacsLG2

EmacsLG2 stays as close to the original round icon as possible, while giving it that Liquid Glass flair.

EmacsLG3

EmacsLG3 is the biggest divergence from Emacs' default icon, and is inspired by the changes Apple has made to some of its own icons in macOS 26.

Usage

macOS 15 and earlier

Grab the .icns file you prefer from the Resources directory, and replace Contents/Resources/Emacs.icns within your Emacs.app.

You may need to rename the Emacs app to something else (like "EmacsX") and then back again to "Emacs" for the icon change to take immediate effect.

macOS 26

On macOS 26, the icons support light/dark mode, clear glass mode, and custom color tints as well. However, this works a bit different from the old .icns files.

Grab the Assets.car from the Resources directory, and place it into Contents/Resources within your Emacs.app.

Then edit Contents/Info.plist, and add the following:

<key>CFBundleIconName</key>
<string>EmacsLG1</string>

Set the value to one of EmacsLG1, EmacsLG2, or EmacsLG3 depending on which icon you want to use. All three are contained in the Assets.car file.

The existing Contents/Resources/Emacs.icns file with the original icon can be left alone.