What is Atom?

Atom is a contemporary text editor designed for the digital age, built on the Electron framework and influenced by the features we love in our favorite editing applications. It prioritizes extensive customization while keeping its default configuration user-friendly. As an essential part of a developer's toolkit, a text editor works in tandem with other tools rather than operating independently. With the built-in GitHub package, managing your Git and GitHub workflows is effortless within Atom—allowing you to create branches, stage and commit changes, push and pull updates, resolve merge conflicts, and review pull requests, all from inside the editor. This package is pre-installed, so you can dive right in! Atom supports a range of operating systems, such as OS X, Windows, and Linux, promoting broad accessibility. You can quickly search for and install new packages or create your own directly from the editor, enhancing its versatility. Moreover, Atom boosts your coding productivity with an intelligent autocomplete feature and allows you to browse and open individual files, entire projects, or multiple projects in one window, making it a multifaceted choice for developers. With its user-centric design, Atom aims to streamline the coding process, catering to both beginners and seasoned developers, ultimately fostering a more efficient coding environment. This adaptability ensures that no matter your skill level, you can find the tools and features that best suit your workflow.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.

Integrations

Screenshots and Video

Company Facts

Company Name:
GitHub
Date Founded:
2008
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
atom.io

Product Details

Deployment
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Webinars
On-Site Training
Support
Standard Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Atom Categories and Features

Text Editors

API
Auto-Complete
Code Folding
Column Editing
Customizable Themes
Debugging
Formatting / Table Editing
Keyboard Shortcuts
Multi-Monitor Editing
Syntax Highlighting
WYSIWYG

Code Editors

API
Auto-Complete
Code Folding
Column Editing
Customizable Themes
Debugging
Formatting / Table Editing
Keyboard Shortcuts
Multi-Monitor Editing
Syntax Highlighting
WYSIWYG

Atom Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Principal Software Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Good, free IDE

    Date: Aug 01 2022
    Summary

    Atom is a great, customizable IDE with support for many languages and a sleek UI. However, its performance can lag behind competitors like VS Code.

    Positive

    - very customizable
    - excellent hotkey system for productivity
    - great language support and autocomplete
    - beautiful UI
    - integrates well with GitHub
    - completely free

    Negative

    - performance hog, sometimes runs slow on larger projects

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  • Reviewer Name: Balwinder B.
    Position: SDE
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Customizable and light IDE.

    Date: Jun 19 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Atom is a lightweight and feature packed IDE which is lightweight can be run smoothly on low-end computers. It supports integration with a lot of third party platform, which enhances its functionalities.

    Positive

    - It has some unique features that allow developers to work and collaborate together.
    - It supports syntax highlighting and multiple numbers for programming languages through packages.
    - It has seamless integration with GitHub.
    - It can be customized easily by applying themes and plugins.

    Negative

    - It does not have a proper comprehensive documentation for beginner developers to get started with the application.
    - There are occasional performance issues.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Computer Engineering Student
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
    Customer Service
    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    My favorite code editor

    Date: Aug 26 2020
    Summary

    From all the code editors I have used, Atom definitely stands out with its easy, simple interface. It is free, lightweight, and highly customizable. Definitely recommended.

    Positive

    • Lightweight, which is a boon for small systems
    • Great GUI and interface, and allows you to customize it with external themes.
    • Can write code easily, and has auto-completion features, mostly for front-end development.
    • Integrates with Github which is helpful
    • It is open source, hence very customizable

    Negative

    Atom takes some time to load initially, but otherwise I haven't had any problem with it.

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