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. Metacode icon
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    Code faster in natural language. Metacode converts natural language into code in realtime, so you don't have to switch out of your text editor to look up code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  2. Markdown Edit icon
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    Markdown Edit is a Windows desktop Markdown editor with an emphasis on content and keyboard shortcuts. There is minimal window chrome and most functions are accessed through keyboard shortcuts.

    69 Markdown Edit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Caret-T icon
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    Fork of Caret Editor that has full Tern integration (Intellisense for Javascript)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
     
  4. Codeit icon
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    Codeit is a mobile code editor connected to Git. Runs on the web, open source and free. Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Bootstrap, XML and more. Easy to use without how to.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Text icon
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    Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
     
  6. PaizaCloud icon
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    PaizaCloud Cloud IDE is a browser-based online development environment for web development like Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Django, PHP, Laravel, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Neutron IDE icon
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    Neutron IDE is a web based IDE. Neutron IDE allows you to edit code via your web browser on any server you own.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. TeaCode icon
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    A powerful app, created to write code super fast.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Projucer icon
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    The Projucer is a comprehensive project management and code editing tool with a revolutionary C++ live coding environment which has full C++11 support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Eclipse Orion icon
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    Orion is an open source project under the Eclipse top-level project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. BowPad icon
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    BowPad is a small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. TextPad icon
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    TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and 2008.

    125 TextPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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