atom-editor Getting started with atom-editor What is Atom?

Example

Atom is a hackable text editor created by GitHub and developed on top of the Electron desktop application platform.

This means it can be used as a text editor for basic programming up to a full-sized IDE. It is also extremely customisable, it provides thousands of community-made packages (syntax highlighting, improved UX, etc.) and themes to suit everyone's needs. It is also available on Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

Here is an example:

Atom provides other helpful features including:

• Opening directories
• Multiple editing tabs
• Side-by-side editing panes
• Multiple editing cursors
• Line switching
• File and directory tree management