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4.4
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Atom Reviews & Product Details

Atom Overview
What is Atom?

Atom is an open-source text editor used by software developers. The platform is free and features tools that allow cross-platform editing, code autocomplete and Git integration. With Atom, developers can streamline workflows while ensuring better collaboration with team members with the goal of creating high-quality software.

Company GitHub, Inc.
Year founded 2008
Company size 501-1000 employees
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
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Languages English
Atom Features
Auto-completion
Bracket Matching
Built-in Terminal
Cloud Sync
Code Folding
Code Formatting
Code Snippets
Customizable Themes
Diff Tool
Drag and Drop Editing
Error Checking
File Explorer
Hex Editor
Keyboard Shortcuts
Line Numbering
Linter Integration
Live Preview
Macros
Markdown Support
Minimap
Multi-Cursor Editing
Multiple Language Support
Plugin/Extension Support
Regular Expression Support
Search and Replace
Spell Check
Split View
Syntax Highlighting
Text Wrapping
Version Control Integration
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Last updated: July 02, 2024
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765 Atom Reviews
4.4 out of 5
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jul 11, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
PT
Peter T.
Wireless Engineer
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"The best free open source text editor "
What do you like best about Atom?

The theme and addon variety is just amazing, things like text comparison become easy with an addon without the need of any extra scripts.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It's just the best open source editor available for MacOSX, no dislikes at all

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Coding in python, reading and filtering logs and comparing and filtering text.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 14, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
William S. avatar
William S.
Project Manager
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"The Best Text Editor on the Market"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like the hack-ability of this text editor. The text editor is designed to be fully customizable, allowing you to add, change, design, or do virtually anything you want with it. There are thousands of plugins on the market that you can just select and install. This allows the text editor to have many bonus features available with only a click of a button!

What do you dislike about Atom?

I dislike how the text editor does not come with a color picker for picking CSS colors. I believe that many people would find this very useful. For example, say I want to make the background color a specific shade of red. Normally, I would have to open up Google and search "color picker" or something along the lines of that. Having a color picker option on the editor would be awesome and save many people a lot of time when designing webpages.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have been able to design websites much faster with Atom. The auto-fill system is very good and allows us to simply type in the first few letters of the word we want to type and press tab to autofill it. Other than this, we have used Atom instead of our old product, Sublime Text, to save us thousands of dollars. The cool thing? Atom is completely free and does every single thing that Sublime does.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 13, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
JL
Jack L.
Group Ceo
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"The Best Free Text Editor"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom allows me to customize many aspects of the text editor. It allows me to change the design and add plugins that add many new features to the program. The editor can meet just about anybody's needs.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Sometimes the text editor will have a lag spike. Atom will run on most budget computers but the very low-end budget laptops will experience some lag while using the editor. If they could possibly make it any more light-weight, it would be the absolute best text editor.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Atom has helped me write documents easier and for free. Some benefits of using Atom is not having to pay a price to use the editor, being able to add many modifications to the program, and having awesome auto-fill system and great color coding.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 03, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Jayson A. avatar
Jayson A.
Digital Developer/Designer
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"Great text editor, great at helping organise text."
What do you like best about Atom?

It is great for web development and has git integration, I used it for html, css , javascript, python , php and it reads all of these.

What do you dislike about Atom?

when editing xml everything is greyed out and has no functionality.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps with autofilling code and gives a nice visual representation of the code. It also helps spotting syntax errors

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 03, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Tim H. avatar
Tim H.
Marketing Consultant/Owner
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"Atom was key in helping me with my workflow."
What do you like best about Atom?

Right out of the box Atom is easy to use and very intuitive. I am new to coding, the documentation that Atom provided was easy to follow and required very minimum coding skills.

What do you dislike about Atom?

The only thing I can say that I do not like about Atom is its ability to preview what you are working on without having to use a browser.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I needed a way to learn Javascript as well as a few other languages all on one platform. Atom was able to do this seamlessly.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
May 24, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
HM
Helen M.
Ms
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"great editor and the ultimate for programming"
What do you like best about Atom?

Iota is the most dominant, natural and dependable device I have ever use in my vocation as a developer. Considering gadgets, I had the option to program my inserted frameworks from Atom in my MAC. Ready to program Arduino, PIC, mbed and even STM items from Atom! For gadgets as well as for general programming in C++, Python, JS, and so forth.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It is bit overwhelming in execution. So it turns out to be moderate while utilizing it explicitly when you have bunches of records have been stacked into the manager. Aside from it, it doesn't have great troubleshooting apparatus which you can discover it from other word processors now a days.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was searching for a code supervisor that would assist me with being increasingly proficient and quicker at work, with Atom I never again need to make the reports and its base physically, since particle has layouts for every language time, for instance in php it includes the signs < ? toward the start and toward the end.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
May 23, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
RJ
Rounak J.
Ab Initio Developer
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"ATOM becomes the one of the crucial part of my software development journey"
What do you like best about Atom?

I love the User Interface of Atom. It is so simple and very easy to use. There are tons of customization available. The command palate of Atom is noticeably good. Also, we can install lots of plugins libraries to customize and increased efficiency for writing the code.

What do you dislike about Atom?

To open ATOM it is a little slower. But if you are using a high-end processor then you will not have this problem. Also, the React Plugin is not that useful, I am not able to autocomplete the JSX code even installing plugins.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Most of the times I code in Atom editor. For my personal use as well as my company related use. It is open source so no need for premiums.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 18, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Eric R. avatar
Eric R.
Consulting Member Of Technical Staff
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"So Simple to Use"
What do you like best about Atom?

Having a text editor that just work, with all the language I do use (c++, java or javascript) is a way to save time without to need a context switch.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Nothing really, other than the 40 char limit in my answer.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Editing source code is what I do with Atom. Much easier to use than terminal mode with VIM.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 16, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
JA
Joey A.
Owner / Developer
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"I dig it"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like that fact that it's minimal and it ties directly to Git.

What do you dislike about Atom?

To be honest, there's really not anything that I dislike.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

IT has helped me program web apps

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 09, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Nikos P. avatar
Nikos P.
C#/C++ Ct/Cti Developer
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"My 2 years experience in atom"
What do you like best about Atom?

The support for version control systems like git makes the Atom Editor an extremely awesome tool. Finally a tool which syncs the development content with other team members!

What do you dislike about Atom?

It uses so much RAM compared to other editors. It should be a problem when you multi tasking.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

You can use it to maintain servers of your infrastructure. Also the databases are very easy to maintain with Atom editor and PHP scripts are also very easy to be edited.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 07, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Mia M. avatar
Mia M.
Full Stack Developer
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"Excellent Text and Code Editor"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom is extremely great for editing text files and other minor coding files. It is extremely customizable and works like a charm for anything you could be using it for. The color change abilities are great for those who have sensitive eyes.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I can't say I have much I dislike about atom, I have never had any issues with it and it is lightweight and easy to understand.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I solve minor coding issues when I do not want to open a full fledged IDE in order to correct a missing semi colon. It is a great tool to use between projects, take notes, and more.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 30, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
MP
Manasa P.
Manasa Pola
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"Colorful Editor"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom is very easy to use. It shows colorful discrimination of every keyword in the language you are writing the code. It will be helpful for the developers to correct any mistakes either it can be spelling or syntax with color discrimination. It also has an option to enable or disable the autocompletion or auto-suggestions. When you are writing a length code these features are really helpful to ease your task.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Atom is doesn't support to edit a few types of files. For eg. .md files cannot be created using Atom. These files are generally used to write ReadMe files of projects you maintain GitHub.

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can easily import packages in the files.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 11, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Juan Esteban C. avatar
Juan Esteban C.
Software Analyst | Rpa Developer
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"Best text/programming tool for Developers"
What do you like best about Atom?

ATOM is the most powerfull, intuitive and reliable tool i've ever use in my career as a programmer. Studying electronics, i was able to program my embedded systems from Atom in my MAC. Able to program Arduino, PIC, mbed and even STM products from Atom! Not only for electronics but for general programming in C++, Python, JS, etc.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It may be to heavy to support in some computers. The accuarcy to found the right add-on is not the best. it should have more colored themes to personalize the UI. In Windows, the UI seems bad thanks to the Windows upper bar "not yet supported" (?)

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

Working with ATOM in macOS, i was able to create electronic solutions with STM products using MCU like the Cortex M4 to M0. Able to programm PIC chips and Arduino code from the same interface. Having all the tools from Web development, to IoT in the same program is the best thing ever.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Feb 12, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
VH
Veronica H.
Site Reliability Engineer Ii
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"Simple and easy to use"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like atom bc it’s a simple text editor that allows me to easily organize my files.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I have not found something that I dislike so far

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Atom to develop code

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 12, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
KS
Kevin S.
Kevin Serrano
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"Genial ♥️"
What do you like best about Atom?

Autocompletado de código , me encantó :)

What do you dislike about Atom?

A veces ando algo lento, me encantó :). .

What problems is Atom solving and how is that benefiting you?

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