diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index c276e7a19..4f51bca34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ on:
         description: 'enabled'
         default: true
 
-  schedule:
+  # schedule:
     # every day at 01:00
-    - cron:  '0 1 * * *'
+    # - cron:  '0 1 * * *'
 
   pull_request:
   
diff --git a/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/README.md b/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0c65a8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+# Emacs no X (via apt-get) (emacs-nox-apt-get)
+
+GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.
+
+## Example DevContainer Usage
+
+```json
+"features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/emacs-nox-apt-get:1": {}
+}
+```
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/devcontainer-feature.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..093c31dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "id": "emacs-nox-apt-get",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "name": "Emacs no X (via apt-get)",
+    "documentationURL": "http://github.com/devcontainers-contrib/features/tree/main/src/emacs-nox-apt-get",
+    "description": "GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.",
+    "options": {},
+    "installsAfter": [
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/apt-get-packages"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/install.sh b/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..22eebbaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash -i
+
+set -e
+
+source ./library_scripts.sh
+
+# nanolayer is a cli utility which keeps container layers as small as possible
+# source code: https://github.com/devcontainers-contrib/nanolayer
+# `ensure_nanolayer` is a bash function that will find any existing nanolayer installations, 
+# and if missing - will download a temporary copy that automatically get deleted at the end 
+# of the script
+ensure_nanolayer nanolayer_location "v0.5.6"
+
+
+$nanolayer_location \
+    install \
+    devcontainer-feature \
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/apt-get-packages:1.0.6" \
+    --option packages='emacs-nox'
+    
+
+
+echo 'Done!'
+
diff --git a/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/library_scripts.sh b/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/library_scripts.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f9bd9a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emacs-nox-apt-get/library_scripts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#!/bin/bash -i
+
+
+clean_download() {
+    # The purpose of this function is to download a file with minimal impact on container layer size
+    # this means if no valid downloader is found (curl or wget) then we install a downloader (currently wget) in a 
+    # temporary manner, and making sure to 
+    # 1. uninstall the downloader at the return of the function
+    # 2. revert back any changes to the package installer database/cache (for example apt-get lists)
+    # The above steps will minimize the leftovers being created while installing the downloader 
+    # Supported distros:
+    #  debian/ubuntu/alpine
+    
+    url=$1
+    output_location=$2
+    tempdir=$(mktemp -d)
+    downloader_installed=""
+
+    function _apt_get_install() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        # copy current state of apt list - in order to revert back later (minimize contianer layer size) 
+        cp -p -R /var/lib/apt/lists $tempdir 
+        apt-get update -y
+        apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends wget ca-certificates
+    }
+
+    function _apt_get_cleanup() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        echo "removing wget"
+        apt-get -y purge wget --auto-remove
+
+        echo "revert back apt lists"
+        rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists && mv $tempdir/lists /var/lib/apt/lists
+    }
+
+    function _apk_install() {
+        tempdir=$1
+        # copy current state of apk cache - in order to revert back later (minimize contianer layer size) 
+        cp -p -R /var/cache/apk $tempdir 
+
+        apk add --no-cache  wget
+    }
+
+    function _apk_cleanup() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        echo "removing wget"
+        apk del wget 
+    }
+    # try to use either wget or curl if one of them already installer
+    if type curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        downloader=curl
+    elif type wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        downloader=wget
+    else
+        downloader=""
+    fi
+
+    # in case none of them is installed, install wget temporarly
+    if [ -z $downloader ] ; then
+        if [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ] ; then
+            _apt_get_install $tempdir
+        elif [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+            _apk_install $tempdir
+        else
+            echo "distro not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        downloader="wget"
+        downloader_installed="true"
+    fi
+
+    if [ $downloader = "wget" ] ; then
+        wget -q $url -O $output_location
+    else
+        curl -sfL $url -o $output_location 
+    fi
+
+    # NOTE: the cleanup procedure was not implemented using `trap X RETURN` only because
+    # alpine lack bash, and RETURN is not a valid signal under sh shell
+    if ! [ -z $downloader_installed  ] ; then
+        if [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ] ; then
+            _apt_get_cleanup $tempdir
+        elif [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+            _apk_cleanup $tempdir
+        else
+            echo "distro not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi 
+
+}
+
+
+ensure_nanolayer() {
+    # Ensure existance of the nanolayer cli program
+    local variable_name=$1
+
+    local required_version=$2
+    # normalize version
+    if ! [[ $required_version == v* ]]; then
+        required_version=v$required_version
+    fi
+
+    local nanolayer_location=""
+
+    # If possible - try to use an already installed nanolayer
+    if [[ -z "${NANOLAYER_FORCE_CLI_INSTALLATION}" ]]; then
+        if [[ -z "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ]]; then
+            if type nanolayer >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "Found a pre-existing nanolayer in PATH"
+                nanolayer_location=nanolayer
+            fi
+        elif [ -f "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ] && [ -x "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ] ; then
+            nanolayer_location=${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}
+            echo "Found a pre-existing nanolayer which were given in env variable: $nanolayer_location"
+        fi
+
+        # make sure its of the required version
+        if ! [[ -z "${nanolayer_location}" ]]; then
+            local current_version
+            current_version=$($nanolayer_location --version)
+            if ! [[ $current_version == v* ]]; then
+                current_version=v$current_version
+            fi
+
+            if ! [ $current_version == $required_version ]; then
+                echo "skipping usage of pre-existing nanolayer. (required version $required_version does not match existing version $current_version)"
+                nanolayer_location=""
+            fi
+        fi
+
+    fi
+
+    # If not previuse installation found, download it temporarly and delete at the end of the script 
+    if [[ -z "${nanolayer_location}" ]]; then
+
+        if [ "$(uname -sm)" == "Linux x86_64" ] || [ "$(uname -sm)" == "Linux aarch64" ]; then
+            tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t nanolayer-XXXXXXXXXX)
+
+            clean_up () {
+                ARG=$?
+                rm -rf $tmp_dir
+                exit $ARG
+            }
+            trap clean_up EXIT
+
+            
+            if [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+                clib_type=musl
+            else
+                clib_type=gnu
+            fi
+
+            tar_filename=nanolayer-"$(uname -m)"-unknown-linux-$clib_type.tgz
+
+            # clean download will minimize leftover in case a downloaderlike wget or curl need to be installed
+            clean_download https://github.com/devcontainers-contrib/cli/releases/download/$required_version/$tar_filename $tmp_dir/$tar_filename
+            
+            tar xfzv $tmp_dir/$tar_filename -C "$tmp_dir"
+            chmod a+x $tmp_dir/nanolayer
+            nanolayer_location=$tmp_dir/nanolayer
+      
+
+        else
+            echo "No binaries compiled for non-x86-linux architectures yet: $(uname -m)"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # Expose outside the resolved location
+    declare -g ${variable_name}=$nanolayer_location
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/scenarios.json b/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/scenarios.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37e45e7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/scenarios.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "test_ubuntu": {
+        "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu",
+        "features": {
+            "emacs-nox-apt-get": {}
+        }
+    },
+    "test_debian": {
+        "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian",
+        "features": {
+            "emacs-nox-apt-get": {}
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/test_debian.sh b/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/test_debian.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8da6b46bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/test_debian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -i
+
+set -e
+
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+check "emacs --version" emacs --version
+
+reportResults
diff --git a/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/test_ubuntu.sh b/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/test_ubuntu.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8da6b46bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/emacs-nox-apt-get/test_ubuntu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -i
+
+set -e
+
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+check "emacs --version" emacs --version
+
+reportResults