Atom Alternatives

Atom is described as 'Open-source, Electron based text editor with a massive ecosystem of plugins and themes that are easily accessible through a built-in package manager. Being built with Electron, it uses web technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Node' and is a leading Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Atom for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Atom alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Atom are Notepad++, Sublime Text, Vim and VSCodium.

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  1. Pulsar Editor icon

    Pulsar Editor

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    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    74 Pulsar Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron
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    Mark
    Positive
    2

    Pulsar is the spiritual successor to Atom.

    Buster_Blue
    Positive
    1

    It's the community-run direct successor (it's a fork) of Atom. If you really liked Atom and wish you could keep using it, this is the obvious choice, because it IS Atom, just with a new name and new maintainers.

    tuva-hayabi
    Positive
    0

    Atom is dead and gone, Pulse is alive and well.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Pulsar Editor is a great Atom alternative.

    • Pulsar Editor is Free and Open SourceAtom is Free Personal and Open Source
    • Pulsar Editor is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAtom is not according to our users
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    ghostwriter

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    ghostwriter is a feature-rich text editor using Markdown syntax which makes it suitable for note-taking, document redaction, simple HTML website creation and much more.

    136 ghostwriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    Matt Adamek
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    One-way relationship. Atom is an extensible IDE (Integrated Development Environment) made for developers. It may be used as a markdown editor, being an alternative to ghostwriter. Ghostwriter is a single-purpose markdown editor.

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    • ghostwriter is Free and Open SourceAtom is Free Personal and Open Source
    • ghostwriter is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAtom is not according to our users
  4. Lite XL icon

    Lite XL

     52 likes
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    Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.

    57 Lite XL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    EmEditor

    Versatile Windows editor offering lightweight, ultra-fast performance with robust support for text, code, and CSV files, AI-assisted writing, macros, Unicode, plugins, syntax highlighting, advanced search, column editing, split v...

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  7. WebStorm icon

    WebStorm

     134 likes
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    JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform.

    54 WebStorm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Adobe Dreamweaver icon

    Adobe Dreamweaver

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    Advanced web authoring tool supports designing and coding tasks from a visual perspective and backs it up with robust coding. Offers live preview, customizable templates, endless design options, and tools like drag-and-drop visual design capabilities, FTP/SFTP transfer, and supports multiple monitors.

    92 Adobe Dreamweaver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Adobe Dreamweaver is the most popular commercial alternative to Atom.

    • Adobe Dreamweaver is Paid and ProprietaryAtom is Free Personal and Open Source
  10. Notepad3 icon

    Notepad3

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    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    209 Notepad3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Supports RTL languages out of the box.
     
  11. TextMate icon

    TextMate

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    TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

    160 TextMate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. CudaText icon

    CudaText

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    CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.

    193 CudaText alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    Multi-selections, Replace dialog at bottom
     
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    Guest
    Positive
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    Leight weight Good plugin system

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • CudaText is Free and Open SourceAtom is Free Personal and Open Source
    • CudaText is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAtom is not according to our users
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    Qt Creator

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    Qt Creator is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) built for the maximum developer experience. Qt Creator runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS desktop operating systems and allows developers to create software across desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms.

    129 Qt Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  14. Notepads icon

    Notepads

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    Considering that most text editors are eather too heavy or look too old, the author came up with Notepads, designed to be a modern-looking UWP app.

    24 Notepads alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  15. Lapce icon

    Lapce

     26 likes
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    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    187 Lapce alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Lapce as an Alternative to Atom
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Lightweight, fast. But really early days. A lot of features missing.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Lapce is Free and Open SourceAtom is Free Personal and Open Source
    • Lapce is LightweightAtom is not according to our users
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