Open Source Atom Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Atom is Notepad++. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Atom and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Atom are Vim, VSCodium, Geany and Kate.

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Atom alternatives page was last updated Mar 24, 2023
  1. IT-Edit icon
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    IT-Edit (Integrated Terminal Editor) provide a text editor with syntax highlight, line numbering and with the basics text editing functionalities, a file managing interface and terminals in the same window as the editor.

    128 IT-Edit alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update was in May 2016.

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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.

    153 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. Codeit icon
     1 like

    Codeit is a mobile code editor connected to Git. Runs on the web, open source and free. Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Bootstrap, XML and more. Easy to use without how to.

    20 Codeit alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
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  4. MarkRight icon
     6 likes

    MarkRight is a simple but very efficient Markdown editor built using Electron and ClojureScript. It uses a dual pane interface that lets you focus on the task of writing, while providing a live preview so you can instantly see the results.

    83 MarkRight alternatives
    MarkRight screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell

    MarkRight Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  Dual Pane Support
    Discontinued

    The development of the project is currently frozen. Last version, 0.1.11, released in June 2016, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

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  5. Eclipse Orion icon
     14 likes

    Orion is an open source project under the Eclipse top-level project.

    19 Eclipse Orion alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Eclipse Orion Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Browser-based
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  6. MS Paint IDE icon
     3 likes

    People joke about what IDE they use often, things like Word, MS Notepad, sometimes even Eclipse, and then often times MS Paint. People joke about MS Paint because it's not even a text editor, people joke about it because it doesn't have one feature in common with IDEs.

    179 MS Paint IDE alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Paint

    MS Paint IDE Features

    1.  OCR
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  7. EdytorNC icon
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    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

    179 EdytorNC alternatives
    EdytorNC screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update on Nov 2018.

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