Atom Alternatives

Atom is described as 'Open-source, Electron based text editor with a massive ecosystem of plugins and themes that are easily accessible through a built-in package manager. Being built with Electron, it uses web technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Node' and is a leading Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Atom for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Atom alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Atom are Sublime Text, Notepad++, Vim and VSCodium.

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  1. GNU nano icon
     299 likes

    GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.

    167 GNU nano alternatives

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  2. ghostwriter icon
     116 likes

    ghostwriter is a feature-rich text editor using Markdown syntax which makes it suitable for note-taking, document redaction, simple HTML website creation and much more.

    155 ghostwriter alternatives

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    • Flathub
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  3. Lite XL icon
     59 likes

    Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.

    73 Lite XL alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  4. Advanced web authoring tool supports designing and coding tasks from a visual perspective and backs it up with robust coding. Offers live preview, customizable templates, endless design options, and tools like drag-and-drop visual design capabilities, FTP/SFTP transfer, and supports multiple monitors.

    90 Adobe Dreamweaver alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  5. Notepads icon
     53 likes

    Considering that most text editors are eather too heavy or look too old, the author came up with Notepads, designed to be a modern-looking UWP app.

    33 Notepads alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  6. Notepad3 icon
     66 likes

    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    225 Notepad3 alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  7. WebStorm icon
     136 likes

    JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform.

    58 WebStorm alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. TextMate icon
     270 likes

    TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

    177 TextMate alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  9. CudaText icon
     56 likes

    CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.

    210 CudaText alternatives

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    • Flathub
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  10. Qt Creator icon
     111 likes

    Qt Creator is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) built for the maximum developer experience. Qt Creator runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS desktop operating systems and allows developers to create software across desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms.

    131 Qt Creator alternatives

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  11. Lapce icon
     27 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    204 Lapce alternatives

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