Atom
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 technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Node.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- Electron / Atom Shell
https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/"Sunsetting AtomWe are archiving Atom and all projects under the Atom organization for an official sunset on December 15, 2022."
Features
Properties
- Customizable
- Support for Themes
- Clean design
- Distraction-free
Features
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Package Control
Git Support- Community-based
- Add-ons
GitHub Integration- Live Preview
- Syntax Highlighting
- Teletype
- Unit Testing
- Real time collaboration
- Autocompletion
- Dark Mode
- Hackable
Gitlab integration- Multiple languages
- Separated workspaces
- Code Snippets
- Tabbed interface
- Minimap
Support for Node.js- Fuzzy Finder
- Code Completion
- Plugin API
- Plugin manager
- Collaborative writing
- Multiple Cursors
- Modular System
- Folder Hierarchy
- Electron based
Tags
- packages
- programming
- hackability
- programmers-editor
Atom News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Atom
The day has come, Atom is officially discontinuedBack in June 2022, Microsoft-owned GitHub officially announced the end of support for its open-sour...
Recent activities
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What is Atom?
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 technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Node.js) and offers the same editing experience across Mac, Windows and Linux desktops. Different from most editors, it uses that same technology for themes so the UI is highly configurable through HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
FEATURES
- Same familiar workflow across platforms.
- Built-in package manager.
- File system browser.
- Advanced find-and-replace that works across multiple files and folders.
- Smart autocompletion.
Atom information
Developed by
Github Inc. Licensing
Open Source and Free Personal product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0.Rating
Average rating of 3.7Alternatives
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- English
Comments and Reviews
I loved it, but Microsoft had to (of course) kill it. VS Code is not nearly as good as Atom. I will continue using it until it dies.
Needs a lot of space and system resources to do something way slower than others that I've tested.
Unfortunately, according to AlternativeTo, "Atom will be discontinued at the end of 2022," [0]. Can anyone recommend a similar editor?
[0] https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/
Atom is very similar to Notepad++. However, it brings more unnecessary features (thanks to electron), hogs a shit ton of your RAM for no reason, uses too much of your CPU, and uses a lot of storage. It's basically a text editor that tries so hard to be an IDE, but it fails so hard that it's laughable.
Also: To any app developers out there, please stop using electron. It's like a cancer that keeps on thriving everywhere, thanks to too many simple-minded developers.
One among best Code editors
Multiple cursor mode; plugins for almost anything; free!.
The worst text editor ever made.