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24 alternatives to Atom 1.0

GitHub's text editor

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Atom 1.0 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   GitHub for Atom▲312

   Git and GitHub integration right inside Atom

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Atom v1.0▲423

   The modern & hackable text editor from GitHub

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   GitHub Desktop▲252

   The New Native

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Authorea▲94

   GitHub for scientific works

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Lime Text▲76

   Open Source code editor

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tinypress▲118

   Online editor for your Github page blog

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Draft▲149

   GitHub for writing

   2013 · its alternatives →

9. 9IA
   Iota – a text editor written in Rust▲221

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Brackets 1.0▲190

    An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    BetaPage 2.0▲224

    Community of Hackers and Makers

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Addr▲98

    A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Katib▲99

    A Markdown Editor for Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Hebrew

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Wick Editor▲88

    The Internet's free and open-source creation suite

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Draft▲56

    GitHub for Writing

    2013 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Atom IDE▲7

    Improved language integration

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Frankly▲101

    A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Draft.js▲166

    A framework for building rich text editors in React

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Comet▲92

    openAPI editor for nerds

    2021 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Codetree (pre-launch)▲95

    Improved Github issues

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22DM
    Devpen – Markdown Editor with GitHub Style▲70

    2018 · devpen.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Atomic▲39

    Interface Design Prototyping + Collaboration

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Octohub▲127

    The missing app for GitHub

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →