Atom AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Code Editors for Linux - Page 7

There are many alternatives to Atom for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux Code Editor alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Atom and loads of them are Code Editors available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux Code Editor alternatives to Atom are Sublime Text, Vim, VSCodium and Kate.

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Atom alternatives page was last updated Mar 24, 2023
  1. Code icon
     18 likes

    Code (formerly known as Scratch) is an advanced text editor built for and bundled with elementary OS. A very intuitive interface keeps complex functionality like Vim emulation, Git and terminal integration accessible but out of the way while...

    45 Code alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Tabbed interface
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  2. Howl icon
     6 likes

    Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.

    150 Howl alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Programmable
    3.  Keyboard Shortcuts
    Discontinued

    The last version (0.6) is from April 2019.

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  3. Vy icon
     2 likes

    vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.

    169 Vy alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update and release on Nov 2020.

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  4. Enki icon
     11 likes

    Enki is a text editor for programmers. It is: –User friendly. Intuitive interface. Works out of the box. You don’t have to read a lot of docs -Hacker friendly. Code as quickly as possible. Without mouse. -Lighweight. Some IDEs show splashscreen. enki will never do it. It just sta.

    84 Enki alternatives
    Enki screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Enki Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Support for MarkDown
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  5. Lines code editor icon
     3 likes

    Lines is a modern and minimalist text editor - IDE with support for over 150 programming languages, embedded code inspectors and many other cool tools to help you write better code.

    180 Lines code editor alternatives
    Responsive preview, code outline, project explorer, tabs. (new version 5.2)

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Built-in Color Picker
    5.  Javascript scripting
    6.  External commands
    7.  Integrated Search
    8.  Integrated Web Browser
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  6. Tilde icon
     3 likes

    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    122 Tilde alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Terminal-based
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  7. Traditional Ex - Vi editor icon
     10 likes

    The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    67 Traditional Ex - Vi editor alternatives
    Vi session editing, tildes signify lines not present in the file.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2013.

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