Atom (text editor)
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Atom is 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.[8]
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Developer(s) | GitHub (subsidiary of Microsoft)[1] |
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Initial release | February 26, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-26)[2] |
Final release | |
Preview release | |
Repository | |
Written in | CoffeeScript, JavaScript, Less, HTML (front-end/UI) |
Operating system | macOS 10.9 or later, Windows 7 and later, and Linux[5] |
Size | 87–180 MB |
Available in | English |
Type | Source-code editor |
License | MIT License (free software)[6][7] |
Website | atom |
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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.[9][10]