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. Notepad Next icon
     7 likes

    A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

    57 Notepad Next alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Portable
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  2. Eric icon
     15 likes

    Eric is a full-featured IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Python and Ruby, This is one of the best options for programming in Python.

    44 Eric alternatives
    The IDE

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Eric Features

    1.  Python IDE
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    Eric VS Atom

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  3. Lime Text icon
     31 likes

    Experimental Sublime Text clone. The Backend is written in Go (Programming Language). If you are fluent in go, go ahead fork the projekt. This project is at an early stage. It is a chance and a challenge.

    63 Lime Text alternatives
    Lime Text screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    Discontinued

    It would appear that Lime Text has been abandoned. It's web site is unavailable and it appears no work has been done on it since last year.

    Lime Text iconAtom Icon

    Lime Text VS Atom

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  4.  2 likes

    Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with sam's structural regular expression based command...

    153 Vis alternatives
    Vis screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Vis Features

    1.  Console-based
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Modal editor
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    Vis VS Atom

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  5. 4coder icon
     1 like

    4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).

    167 4coder alternatives
    4coder screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    4coder Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
    4coder iconAtom Icon

    4coder VS Atom

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  6. Justmd icon
     2 likes

    A lightweight markdown viewer and editor. Multi-platform.

    17 Justmd alternatives
    Justmd screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Justmd Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    Discontinued

    Latest release on GitHub is from May 2021.

    Justmd iconAtom Icon

    Justmd VS Atom

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  7. Textosaurus icon
     3 likes

    Simple cross-platform text editor based on Qt and Scintilla.

    37 Textosaurus alternatives
    Textosaurus screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Code Formatting
    3.  Color coding
    4.  Native GUI
    Discontinued

    Last GitHub commit on Sep 2020 and last release on Dec 2019.

    Textosaurus iconAtom Icon

    Textosaurus VS Atom

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