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. Onivim 2 icon
     11 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Onivim 2 vs Atom Comments
    nosheep
    Positive
    0

    Great editor which modernize definitely Vim!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Onivim 2 is Paid and Open SourceAtom is Free Personal and Open Source
  2. Atheos IDE icon
     6 likes

    Atheos is a web-based IDE framework with a small footprint and minimal requirements, built on top of Codiad by FluidByte and the Codiad Team.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. CodeRunner icon
     17 likes

    A simple programmer's editor with a tightly-integrated console.

    It's excellent for rapidly prototyping code with its super fast edit-run-edit -run-save workflow, and its Cocoa integration gives it a real edge over the command line.

    It has syntax highlighting and code co.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. EditPlus icon
     30 likes

    EditPlus is a text editor, HTML editor and programmers editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

    64 EditPlus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. GNOME Builder icon
     20 likes

    Builder 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.

    57 GNOME Builder alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
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    GNOME Builder vs Atom Comments
    David Ross
    Positive
    1

    Does 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 SourceAtom is Free Personal and Open Source
    • GNOME Builder is LightweightAtom is not according to our users
  6. wxMEdit icon
     28 likes

    wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. ecode icon
     6 likes

    Lightweight multi-platform code editor with hardware-accelerated GUI, customizable minimalist interface, syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, terminal and LSP support, plugin extensibility, unlimited editor splits, persistent project state, and portable, ad-free use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • FreeBSD
     
  8. NINJA-IDE icon
     35 likes

    NINJA-IDE (from the recursive acronym: "Ninja-IDE Is Not Just Another IDE"), is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE). NINJA-IDE runs on Linux/X11, Mac OS X and Windows desktop operating systems, and allows developers to create applications for...

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. SourceLair icon
     8 likes

    sourceLair is a cloud based software development environment aiming to revolutionize its market by letting developers work everywhere, with the most reliable, efficient and elegant development environment available.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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