Atom Alternatives for Linux

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 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 available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Atom are Sublime Text, Vim, VSCodium and Neovim.

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Atom is an 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...

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Atom alternatives page was last updated Mar 24, 2023
  1. Bluefish Editor icon
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    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    217 Bluefish Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Bluefish Editor Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for SFTP
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  2. SciTE icon
     148 likes

    SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...

    151 SciTE alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  3. JetBrains Fleet icon
     10 likes

    Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.

    194 JetBrains Fleet alternatives
    JetBrains Fleet screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Code Formatting
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    JetBrains Fleet iconAtom Icon

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  4. Graviton Editor icon
     17 likes

    Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.

    190 Graviton Editor alternatives
    Graviton Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Graviton Editor Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  Plugin API
    Graviton Editor iconAtom Icon

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    Comments about Graviton Editor as an Alternative to Atom
     
    Maxitruc

    Graviton 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.

    Positive commentJul 31, 2019
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    • Graviton Editor is Free and Open SourceAtom is Free Personal and Open Source
  5. Zed Code Editor icon
     19 likes

    Zed is a fully offline-capable text and code editor you can use to edit files locally, on Dropbox, or remotely on any server. It has all the code editor features you'd expect and more:

    105 Zed Code Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome

    Zed Code Editor Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Works Offline
    3. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    4.  Code Completion
    Discontinued

    No code committed in eight years. Linked website has no mention of any code editor.

    Zed Code Editor iconAtom Icon

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  6. jEdit icon
     115 likes

    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...

    140 jEdit alternatives
    jEdit on Windows

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    jEdit Features

    1.  Java based
    jEdit iconAtom Icon

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  7. Spacemacs icon
     27 likes

    Spacemacs is an beautiful Emacs distribution designed for both GNU Emacs and Vim users.

    40 Spacemacs alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Spacemacs Features

    1.  EMACS
    2.  Vim Key Mapping
    3. GNU Emacs icon  Emacs integration
    Spacemacs iconAtom Icon

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