Atom (text editor)

Atom was a free and open-source text and source code editor for macOS, Linux, and Windows with support for plug-ins written in JavaScript, and embedded Git Control. Developed by GitHub, Atom was released on June 25, 2015.

Atom
Developer(s)GitHub (subsidiary of Microsoft)
Initial releaseFebruary 26, 2014 (2014-02-26)
Final release
1.63.1  / 23 November 2022
Preview release
1.61.0-beta0  / 8 March 2022
Repository
Written inCoffeeScript, JavaScript, Less, HTML (front-end/UI)
Operating systemmacOS 10.9 or later, Windows 7 and later, and Linux
Size87–180 MB
Available inEnglish
TypeSource code editor
LicenseMIT License (free software)
Websiteatom.io 

On June 8, 2022, GitHub announced Atom's end-of-life, occurring on December 15 of the same year, justifying its need "to prioritize technologies that enable the future of software development", specifically its GitHub Codespaces and Visual Studio Code, developed by Microsoft which had acquired Github in 2018.

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