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 free. 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 Kate.

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Atom alternatives are mainly Code Editors but may also be Text Editors or IDEs.  Other popular filters includes Linux + Open Source. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Atom.
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Atom alternatives page was last updated Mar 24, 2023
  1. 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.

    65 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.

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  2. MadEdit icon
     14 likes

    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    138 MadEdit alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

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  3. Tilde icon
     3 likes

    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    124 Tilde alternatives
    Tilde screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Terminal-based
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  4. 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
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  5. Ecere SDK icon
     15 likes

    A cross-platform Software Development Kit including a GUI toolkit, a 2D/3D graphics engine, a networking library, an audio output library, an IDE, a compiler for the eC programming language, and more.

    58 Ecere SDK alternatives
    Ecere SDK screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ecere SDK Features

    1.  Debugging
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  6. Left icon
     13 likes

    Left is a distractionless writing tool with auto-complete, a synonyms dictionary, writing statistics, markup-based navigation and a speed-reader.

    20 Left alternatives
    Left screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Left Features

    1.  Electron based
    Discontinued

    Last commit in February 2022

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  7.  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.  Vim
    4.  Vim plugin
    5.  Outliner
    Discontinued

    Last update is from 2017.

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