No one wants to waste time configuring their editor before they can start using it. Our goal is a deeply extensible system that blurs the distinction between 'user' and 'developer'.ĭon't like some part of Atom? Replace it with your own package, then upload it to the central repository on atom.io so everyone else can use it too. Manipulate the file system and write to the DOM, all from a single JavaScript function.Ītom is composed of over 50 open-source packages that integrate around a minimal core. Seamless integration allows you to freely mix usage of Node and browser APIs. Need to call into C or C++? That's possible, too. Need a library? Choose from over 50 thousand in Node's package repository. Node.js support makes it trivial to access the file system, spawn subprocesses, and even start servers directly from within your editor. Whether you're tweaking the look of Atom's interface with CSS or adding major features with HTML and JavaScript, it's never been easier to take control of your editor. Open the dev tools, however, and Atom's web-based core shines through. Like other desktop apps, it has its own icon in the dock, native menus and dialogs, and full access to the file system. FeaturesĪtom is a desktop application based on web technologies.

You can also try the latest beta for Atom here. We can't wait to see what you build with it. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted.

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