Atom Alternatives

Atom has been discontinued. One of the most popular alternatives is Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim. Text Editors like Atom are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Chrome OS.

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  1. Pulsar Editor icon
     51 likes

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

    95 Pulsar Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron
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  2. Lite XL icon
     59 likes

    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.

    75 Lite XL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. ghostwriter icon
     116 likes

    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.

    160 ghostwriter alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  4. 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.

    90 Adobe Dreamweaver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. Notepads icon
     53 likes

    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.

    35 Notepads alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Notepad3 icon
     66 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. WebStorm icon
     135 likes

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

    58 WebStorm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. TextMate icon
     270 likes

    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.

    179 TextMate alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. CudaText icon
     56 likes

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

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  10. Qt Creator icon
     111 likes

    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.

    131 Qt Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. CotEditor icon
     48 likes

    Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings.

    181 CotEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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