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.
Visit issue #3684 to learn more about the Atom 1.0 roadmap.
Documentation
If you want to read about using Atom or developing packages in Atom, the Atom Flight Manual is free and available online, along with ePub, PDF and mobi versions. You can find the source to the manual in atom/docs.
The API reference for developing packages is also documented on Atom.io.
Installing
OS X
Download the latest Atom release.
Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.
Windows
Download the latest AtomSetup.exe installer.
Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.
You can also download an atom-windows.zip file from the releases page.
The .zip version will not automatically update.
Using chocolatey? Run cinst Atom to install
the latest version of Atom.
Debian Linux (Ubuntu)
Currently only a 64-bit version is available.
- 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.
Red Hat Linux (Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat)
Currently only a 64-bit version is available.
- Download
atom.x86_64.rpmfrom the Atom releases page. - Run
sudo yum localinstall 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.