Org-mode Contributed Packages

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This page lists the contributed packages to Org-mode, with links to available documentation. Most of these packages are located in the contrib directory of the Org distribution. Some have made it into the core by now, but we keep the documentation here because it is more extensive than what is available in the manual. If no documentation link is present, see the file header of the package – it will hopefully have some documentation.

docco side-by-side annotated code export to HTML
The docco tool (see http://jashkenas.github.com/docco/) generates HTML from JavaScript source code providing an attractive side-by-side display of source code and comments. This file (see contrib/scripts/org-docco.org) generates the same type of output from Org-mode documents with code embedded in code blocks. For example org-docco output see http://eschulte.github.com/org-docco/org-docco.html.
HTML presentations from an Org file
Several possibilities here:
htmlize.el – convert buffer text and decorations to HTML

Written by Hrvoje Niksic. Link to raw file.

org-annotate-file.el – annotate a file with org syntax

The annotation is in a separate file, with links back to the annotated file. Written by Philip Jackson. Link to raw file.

org-annotation-helper.el – managing browser bookmarks

Org-annotation-helper allows to create Org-mode links and annotations while working in a browser, by simply clicking a bookmarklet. Written by Bastien Guerry and Daniel M German. Link to legacy raw file.
This module has been superseded by org-protocol.el, part of the Org core, and documented in the manual.

Org-babel – execution of source code blocks

The embedded code evaluation and literate programming subsystem written by Eric Schulte and Dan Davison
Org Babel is now part of the Org core and documented in the manual.

org-bibtex-extras.el – extras for working with org-bibtex entries

Written by Eric Schulte. Link to raw file.

Org-bom – Bill of Materials

This add-on by Christian Fortin helps you build collections from your Org buffer and gather data in tables. Every item identified as a component will be totalized in a temporary database, from which you can extract useful information, such as the number of item per section. You should find here all you would expect from a BOM of a professionnal CAD software. Link to raw file

org-bookmark.el – support for links to Emacs bookmarks

Written by Tokuya Kameshima. Link to raw file.

org-browser-url.el – bookmark from a browser into org links

Written by Ross Patterson. Link to legacy raw file.
This module has been superseded by org-protocol.el, part of the Org core, and documented in the manual.

org-checklist.el – org functions for checklist handling

Reset checklists in repeating entries. Written by James TD Smith. Link to raw file.

org-choose.el – decision management for org-mode

Org-choose helps documenting a decision-making process by using TODO keywords for different degrees of chosenness, and by automatically keeping a set of alternatives in a consistent state. Writen by Tom Breton. Link to raw file.

org-collector.el – collect properties into tables

Collect and process properties into a table. Written by Eric Schulte. Link to raw file.

org-contacts.el – manage contacts

Written by Julien Danjou. Link to raw file.

org-depend.el – TODO dependencies for Org-mode

Make TODO state changes in one entry trigger changes in another, or be blocked by the state of another entry. Also, easily create chains of TODO items with exactly one active item at any time. Written by Carsten Dominik. Link to raw file.

org-drill.el – flashcards and spaced repetition for org-mode

Items in org-mode outlines can be used as flashcards. The user can conduct interactive "drill sessions" to memorize the material in a set of flashcards; cards are scheduled for review using the spaced repetition algorithms popularised by SuperMemo and similar programs. Numerous flashcard types are defined, and the user can add their own card types using elisp. Written by Paul Sexton. Link to raw file.

org-element.el – Parser and applications for Org syntax

Written by Nicolas Goaziou. Link to raw file.

org-elisp-symbol.el – Org links to emacs-lisp symbols.

This can create annotated links that exactly point to the definition location of a variable of function. Written by Bastien Guerry. Link to raw file.

org-eval.el – show evaluation result of code

The <lisp> tag, adapted from Emacs Wiki and Emacs Muse, allows text to be included in a document that is the result of evaluating some code. Other scripting languages like perl can be supported with this package as well. Written by Carsten Dominik. Link to raw file.
This modules has been superseded by the Org Babel functionality, which is part of the Org core and documented in the manual.

org-eval-light.el – display result of evaluating code in various languages (light)

Org-eval-light allows the execution of source code embedded in an org-mode file. The results of the execution are placed into the org-mode file. It is a reworking of Carsten's org-eval with the goals of a more uniform syntax, safer default execution rules, and increased ease of execution. Written by Eric Schulte. Link to raw file.
This modules has been superseded by the Org Babel functionality, which is part of the Org core and documented in the manual.

org-exp-bibtex.el – Export bibtex fragments

Written by Taru Karttunen. Link to raw file.

org-exp-blocks.el – pre-process blocks when exporting org files

Org-export-blocks allows for the pre-processing or blocks in org-mode files to create images, or specially formatted HTML or LaTeX output. Written by Eric Schulte.
Org-exp-blocks is now part of the Org core. Link to raw file.

org-expiry.el – expiry mechanism for Org entries

Written by Bastien Guerry. Link to raw file.

org-export.el – Generic Export Engine For Org

Generic export engine for Org built on Org Elements. Written by Nicolas Goaziou. Link to raw file.
Back-ends for org-export.el (ascii, html, latex, odt, publish) are currently located in the EXPERIMENTAL directory of the Org distribution. Link to tree.

org-export-generic.el – Export org files to user-defined output formats

Org-export-generic provides the ability to create an org file and then export it to any given format you desire. This is done by defining a set of variables that include prefixes and suffixes for each line type (E.G., header, list item, etc …) and then running org-export-generic on the file to process it. Written by Wes Hardaker. Link to raw file.

org-feed.el – add RSS feed items to Org files

Read RSS feeds from the web, add new items to Org files, and trigger actions when items have changed. Written by Carsten Dominik. Link to raw file.
This module is part of the Org core documented in the manual.

org-git-link.el – link to files under git version control

This package adds new link types to link to specific versions of a file, which will be checked out when the link is activated. Written by Reimar Finken. Link to raw file.

org-google-weather.el – weather forecast in the agenda buffer

Allow %%(org-google-weather "New York") sexps for displaying weather forecast in the agenda buffer. Written by Julien Danjou.

org-import-icalendar.el – import iCal events in an Org buffer

Written by Vagn Johansen.

org-interactive-query.el – interactive modification of tags queries

After running a general query in Org, this package allows to narrow down the results by adding more tags or keywords. Written by Christopher League. Link to raw file.

org-invoice.el – help manage client invoices

Written by Peter Jones. Link to raw file.

org-jira.el – add a jira:ticket protocol to Org

Written by Jonathan Arkell. Link to raw file.

org-learn.el – Implements SuperMemo's incremental learning algorithm

Written by John Wiegley. Link to raw file.

org-mac-iCal.el – import OS X iCal.app events into Emacs diary

Written by Christopher Suckling. Link to raw file.

org-mac-link-grabber.el – grab links from various mac applications

grab the current link or selection from an open mac application and insert it as a hyperlink at point in an org-mode document. Written by Anthony Lander. Link to raw file.

org-mac-message.el – linking to messages in OS X Mail.app

Create links to selected or flagged messages in Mail.app. Written by John Wiegley and Christopher Suckling. Link to raw file.
This module is part of the Org core.

org-mairix.el – hook mairix search into Org for different MUAs

Written by Georg C. F. Greve. Link to raw file.

org-man.el – support for links to manpages in Org-mode.

Written by Carsten Dominik. Link to raw file.

org-mediawiki.el – convert Org files to mediawiki syntax

This uses the org-export.el engine from Org's EXPERIMENTAL/ directory. Written by Bastien Guerry.

org-mime.el – org html export for text/html MIME emails

org-mime can be used to send HTML email using Org-mode HTML export.

This approximates a WYSiWYG HTML mail editor from within Emacs, and can be useful for sending tables, fontified source code, and inline images in email. Written by Eric Schulte. Link to raw file.

org-mtags.el – support for some Muse-like tags in Org-mode

This package allows you to write <example> and <src> and other syntax copied from Emacs Muse, right inside an Org file. The goal here is to make it easy to publish the same file using either org-publish or Muse. Written by Carsten Dominik. Link to raw file.

org-notify.el – notifications for Org-mode

Written by Peter Münster. Link to raw file.

This package looks for todo-entries with deadline in your agenda files. For such entries, you can get configurable reminders: notification-pop-ups, emails, noise, and so on. You can define various notification-types, each one with its own actions and timings. Each todo-entry can have its own notification-type, defined by a property. For some notification actions (pop-ups) it's possible to mark something "done", or to shift the deadline just by one mouse-click.

org-notmuch.el – support for links to notmuch messages

Written by Matthieu Lemerre. Link to raw file.

org-occur-goto.el – search open org buffers with an occur interface

Usage: M-x oog, then start typing. Select from the occur matches with up/down/pgup/pgdown and press enter (you can navigate the history with M-p/M-n). The search string must be at least 3 characters long (by default).

org-panel.el – simplified and display-aided access to some Org commands

Written by Lennart Borgman. Link to raw file.

org-protocol.el – Trigger actions through URLs

org-protocol intercepts calls from emacsclient to trigger custom actions without external dependencies. Only one protocol has to be configured with your external applications or the operating system.
This package is part of the Org core and also documented in the manual.

org-R.el – Computing and data visualisation in Org-mode using R

Written by Dan Davison. Link to legacy raw file.
This modules has been superseded by the Org Babel functionality, which is part of the Org core and documented in the manual.

org-refer-by-number.el – refer to things by number, when direct linking is not possible

These reference numbers are added to and kept in a table along with the timestamp of their creation. The reference numbers may then be used to refer to things outside of Org (e.g. by writing them on a piece of paper or use them as part of a directory name). Within Org you may then refer to these things by their number (e.g. "R153"). Later, these reference numbers can be looked up easily. Written by Marc-Oliver Ihm. Link to raw file .

org-registry.el – a registry for Org links

Find out from where links point to a given file or location. Written by Bastien Guerry. Link to raw file.

org2rem.el – Convert org appointments into reminders for remind

Written by Bastien Guerry and Sharad Pratap. Link to raw file.

org-screen.el – visit screen sessions through Org-mode links

Written Andrew Hyatt. Link to raw file.

org-search-goto.el – Use search to go to locations in your org buffers

Usage: M-x osg, then start typing. Select from the matches with up/down/pgup/pgdown and press enter to go that location (you can navigate the history with M-p/M-n). If the search string contains several strings separated by spaces then these substrings can appear in any order in the results. See the announcement on the list.

org-search-goto-ml.el – Use multiline search to go to locations in your org buffers

Usage: M-x osg, then start typing. Select from the matches with up/down/pgup/pgdown and press enter to go that location (you can navigate the history with M-p/M-n). If the search string contains several strings separated by spaces then these substrings can appear in any order in the results. The search handles an org heading and its text as one block, so the substrings can match in any part of an org entry. If the heading is not matching, only the body, the heading is added to the results anyway to indicated which entry is matched.

org-secretary.el – Team management with org-mode

Written by Juan Reyero. Link to raw file.

org-special-blocks.el – turn blocks into LaTeX envs and HTML divs

Written by Chris Gray. Link to raw file.
This package is part of the Org core.

org-static-mathjax.el – Muse-like tags in Org-mode

Written by Jan Böker. Link to raw file.

org-sudoku.el – Create and solve SUDOKU games in Org tables

Written by Carsten Dominik. Link to raw file.

orgtbl-sqlinsert.el – convert Org-mode tables to SQL insertions

Written by Jason Riedy. Link to raw file.

org-toc.el – table of contents in a separate buffer

With fast access to sections and easy visibility cycling. Written by Bastien Guerry. Link to raw file.

org-track.el – Keep current with Org-mode development: M-x org-track-update

Download org-latest.tar.gz, unpack it, generate autoloads file and compile sources using one simple command.
Written by Bastien Guerry, Eric S Fraga and Sebastian Rose. Link to raw file.

org-velocity.el – something like Notational Velocity for Org

Written by Paul M. Rodriguez. Link to raw file.

org-wikinodes.el – CamelCase wiki-like links to nodes

Written by Carsten Dominik. Link to raw file.

Documentation from the http://orgmode.org/worg/ website (either in its HTML format or in its Org format) is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 or later. The code examples and css stylesheets are licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.