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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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A lightweight yet powerful IDE/code editor that comes in both Web and desktop editions, the latter written with PHP and including choices for several platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
113 Leafpad alternativesLeafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Cygwin
- MacPorts
TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool.
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DiscontinuedThe developers announced that development of TextWrangler has stopped, in favor of concentrating their efforts on the development of BBEdit.Quoted from the TextWrangler webpage, "We are sunsetting TextWrangler, and we encourage anyone interested in TextWrangler to download and use BBEdit instead."
TextWrangler vs Atom Comments
- TextWrangler is Free and Proprietary
Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and ridiculously extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers. Written in a combination of C and Lua and relentlessly optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, Textadept is an ideal editor for programmers who want endless...
Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.
Graviton Editor vs Atom Comments
MaxitrucGraviton is very lightweight compared to Atom and it does not send any data to any server. Its plugin system is still young but it's almost at the level of Atom's.
- Graviton Editor is Free and Open Source
jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code...
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88 ReText alternativesReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.
64 GNOME Builder alternativesBuilder is an actively developed Integrated Development Environment for GNOME. It combines integrated support for essential GNOME technologies such as GTK+, GLib, and GNOME APIs with features that any developer will appreciate, like syntax highlighting and snippets.
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GNOME Builder vs Atom Comments
David RossDoes not rely on Electron. Loads of plugins and tweaks make this a great IDE. Simple design as you'd expect from a Gnome app, but don't let that disract you from how powerful it is.
- GNOME Builder is Free and Open Source
- GNOME Builder is an IDE
- GNOME Builder is Lightweight
Onivim 2 is a retro-futuristic modal editor - the next iteration of the Onivim project - combining Vim-style modal editing with the aesthetics and language features of modern editors.
DiscontinuedThe last GitHub commit is from December 11, 2021.
Onivim 2 vs Atom Comments
nosheepGreat editor which modernize definitely Vim!
- Onivim 2 is Paid and Open Source
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Initilally I used TextWrangler, on Mac. Working on Windows/ Linux Atom is a decent alternative.