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. Atheos IDE icon
     5 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.

    39 Atheos IDE alternatives
    Atheos IDE screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No Tracking
    7. Git icon  Git Support
    8.  Real time collaboration
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Web-Based
    11.  Community-based
    12. Git icon  Git integration
    Atheos IDE iconAtom Icon

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  2.  3 likes

    Vim Outliner of Markups Turns Vim into a two-pane outliner.

    27 VOoM alternatives
    VOoM screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    VOoM Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Text editing
    3.  Outliner
    Discontinued

    Last update is from 2017.

    Atom Icon

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  3. GoLand icon
     9 likes

    A Clever IDE to Go.

    13 GoLand alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    GoLand Features

    1.  Debugging
    2.  Refactoring
    3.  Code Completion
    GoLand iconAtom Icon

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  4. ReText icon
     48 likes

    ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.

    198 ReText alternatives
    ReText screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  WYSIWYG Support
    4.  ReStructuredText
    ReText iconAtom Icon

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  5. CodeLobster IDE icon
     2 likes

    CodeLobster IDE is a free cross-platform IDE primarily intended for editing PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript files with special support Drupal, Joomla, JQuery, AngularJS, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Laravel, Magento, Symfony, Twig, Yii and...

    47 CodeLobster IDE alternatives
    CodeLobster IDE screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    CodeLobster IDE Features

    1.  PHP IDE
    2.  Debugging
    CodeLobster IDE iconAtom Icon

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  6. 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.

    11 Leo Editor alternatives
    Leo Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Leo Editor Features

    1.  Personal Information Manager (PIM)
    2.  PKM
    3.  Outliner
    Leo Editor iconAtom Icon

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  7. Haroopad icon
     69 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.

    105 Haroopad alternatives
    Haroopad screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Haroopad Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Vim Key Mapping
    3.  Publishing
    Discontinued

    The last update was in December 2018.

    Haroopad iconAtom Icon

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