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. ecode icon
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    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)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • FreeBSD
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    Vim Outliner of Markups Turns Vim into a two-pane outliner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Caret is a Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux. It stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Pyzo icon
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    Pyzo is a cross-platform Python IDE focused on interactivity and introspection, which makes it very suitable for scientific computing. Its practical design is aimed at simplicity and efficiency. It consists of two main components, the editor and the shell, and uses a set of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
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  5. Haroopad icon
     68 likes

    Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. PyScripter icon
     22 likes

    PyScripter is a free and open-source Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE) created with the ambition to become competitive in functionality with commercial Windows-based IDEs available for other languages.

    44 PyScripter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Zeus IDE icon
     4 likes

    A powerful, feature packed, fully configurable IDE specifically designed for Windows developers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Zeus IDE screenshot 1
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  8. MacVim icon
     31 likes

    MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to macOS. MacVim supports multiple windows with tabbed editing and a host of other features such as:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Leo Editor icon
     5 likes

    Leo is an open source text editor/outliner that features clones (virtual copies of outline nodes) as its central tool of organization, navigation, customization and scripting.

    10 Leo Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Justmd icon
     2 likes

    A lightweight markdown viewer and editor. Multi-platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Pluma icon
     17 likes

    Pluma, fork of gedit , is a text editor part of MATE Desktop Environment. It supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text...

    161 Pluma alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. LiteIDE icon
     7 likes

    LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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