The hackable text editor
Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st century, built on Electron, and based on everything we love about our favorite editors. We designed it to be deeply customizable, but still approachable using the default configuration.
Visit atom.io to learn more or visit the Atom forum.
Follow @AtomEditor on Twitter for important announcements.
This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to atom@github.com.
Documentation
If you want to read about using Atom or developing packages in Atom, the Atom Flight Manual is free and available online. You can find the source to the manual in atom/flight-manual.atom.io.
The API reference for developing packages is also documented on Atom.io.
Installing
Prerequisites
macOS
Download the latest Atom release.
Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.
Windows
Download the latest Atom installer. AtomSetup.exe is 32-bit, AtomSetup-x64.exe for 64-bit systems.
Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.
You can also download atom-windows.zip (32-bit) or atom-x64-windows.zip (64-bit) from the releases page.
The .zip version will not automatically update.
Using Chocolatey? Run cinst Atom to install the latest version of Atom.
Debian based (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint)
Atom is only available for 64-bit Linux systems.
- Download
atom-amd64.debfrom the Atom releases page. - Run
sudo dpkg --install atom-amd64.debon the downloaded package. - Launch Atom using the installed
atomcommand.
The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.
RPM based (Red Hat, openSUSE, Fedora, CentOS)
Atom is only available for 64-bit Linux systems.
- Download
atom.x86_64.rpmfrom the Atom releases page. - Run
sudo rpm -i atom.x86_64.rpmon the downloaded package. - Launch Atom using the installed
atomcommand.
The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.
Archive extraction
An archive is available for people who don't want to install atom as root.
This version enables you to install multiple Atom versions in parallel. It has been built on Ubuntu 64-bit, but should be compatible with other Linux distributions.
- Install dependencies (on Ubuntu):
sudo apt install git gconf2 gconf-service libgtk2.0-0 libudev1 libgcrypt20 libnotify4 libxtst6 libnss3 python gvfs-bin xdg-utils libcap2 - Download
atom-amd64.tar.gzfrom the Atom releases page. - Run
tar xf atom-amd64.tar.gzin the directory where you want to extract the Atom folder. - Launch Atom using the installed
atomcommand from the newly extracted directory.
The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.
Building
License
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