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Powerful Text Editor
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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Atom Product Details
Capabilities
API
CLI
OSS
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Linux, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows
Training Documentation
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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765 Atom Reviews
4.4 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Oct 19, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"My favorite text editor"
What do you like best about Atom?

It's very lightweight, highly customizable, and has a huge support community.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It is a bit of a CPU / memory hog when you have multiple projects open at once.

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

A sleek universal document & text editor. It supports all languages I've encountered for web design, scripting, database queries, etc.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Oct 19, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Great code editor with so many features!"
What do you like best about Atom?

All the plugins are brilliant for Atom, love the editing and syntax highlighting. Many shortcuts to use and speed of launching and the fact its available one Mac and Windows is great. Interface is very slick. Love the default dark mode and Version control integration is perfect.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Occasionally crashes but very rare. Also had a couple of bugs with the plugins but otherwise really stable.

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

We specifically use it to develop on the force.com platform and so integration has been great, with plugins available. Having multiple developers using Git is also a bonus and has streamlined development.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Oct 17, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Atom Text Editor"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like that you can customize everything about it, it's general aesthetic, all of the open source libraries you can download or write for it.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It's possible to get your configuration in a broken state due to a corrupted library or changing a weird configuration. Hardly a criticism though because it's the risk that comes with the freedom to customize your environment.

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

Writing code.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Oct 16, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Atom - IDE of the Future"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom is a very powerful text editor that comes with a substantial community support, plugins, and support from GitHub.

What do you dislike about Atom?

The only downside of Atom is that it takes some time to configure the environment to your liking and sometimes requires outside tooling (i.e. installing Pyflakes for linting).

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

I'm not using this product to solve business problems specifically. It is used to write code.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Oct 08, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"A great and simple software."
What do you like best about Atom?

I use a variety of file types in Atom and they are all parsed very well.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It could be more intuitive to hide line numbers.

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

I have been able to keep all of my files in one place which reduces context switching and makes me more productive.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 12, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Great code editor software for my company"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom allows me to change files that sync with other softwares, such as Avogadro. Through Atom, I can edit files for molecular visualizer software that allows me to run computer simulations to analyze chemical reactions.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Atom is actually one of my favorite code editors. The load time takes a bit long though.

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

Atom allows me to edit code for files that I need to run computational simulations. This is crucial as I work in the biotechnology industry.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Aug 30, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Favorite coding software"
What do you like best about Atom?

I love the color options and ability to tailor the program to your personal taste when coding

What do you dislike about Atom?

Can be tricky at first to get used to, but over time it makes so much more sense

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

Creating websites

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 28, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Un editor de texto estupendo"
What do you like best about Atom?

Me gusta su capacidad para cambiar el estilo del texto basado en el lenguaje de programación y su poco consumo de memoria.

What do you dislike about Atom?

A veces es un poco confuso que abre los archivos dependiendo del espacio de trabajo.

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

Permite agilizar el análisis de fichero de códigos externos al proyecto base con más facilidad.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 12, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Does his job"
What do you like best about Atom?

I just use it to code, when i'm not programming anything related to games, and it works just fine.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I had a couple of problems installing it the first time, but no big deal.

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

It is pretty simple and intuitive

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 30, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Atom is the best!"
What do you like best about Atom?

The plugins are amazing !! I love the layout and the live server. It makes web development super easy. I was using this as a collage student and now I use it at work! its the best!!!!!!

What do you dislike about Atom?

I do not have much that I done like . If I have to say the its the update of the project. That is when we change the branch in the github sometimes the project does not update properly which in turn leads to problem with git commit

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

I code everything the whole product in atom.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 30, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Atom - One of the most flexible cross language "IDE"s"
What do you like best about Atom?

I change anything I want about at any time via my own code or common packages. All keybind mappings are configured with a simple JSON file which allows for a very customizable experience that is easy to transport to other environments

What do you dislike about Atom?

All packages are generally open source which can lead to some wonky interactions. That being said all packages are configurable to the point where you can often disable certain parts of them.

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

Cross org code standards, developers aren't locked to a machine because it can run off a thumb drive if need be. Being able to create a portable and repeatable ecosystem for developers on day one is a priceless thing in the day and age of rapid development and a new technology to deal with every day.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 30, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Powerful lightweight customizable to the bone"
What do you like best about Atom?

It's very customizable, you can tailor the IDE to your needs, even development upon the existing code base.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It's incapable of handling large files with easy, theres a bottleneck performing under heavy load.

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

I'm creating innovative solutions for cultural farming and deforestation of the amazon forest. The software is lightweight and runs smoothly most of the time and any device.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 26, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Flexible and Fast Text "
What do you like best about Atom?

I enjoy how easy it is to configure the editor with plugins. It's easy to add additional language plugins and tools such as linters to improve your development workflow.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I dislike that there is not a built-in SFTP client.

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

I am using Atom to develop websites and build tools to manage environments with Vagrant. Atom has given me a versatile, fast editor that I can use for both light and heavy development.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jun 23, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Powerful, free text editor and IDE"
What do you like best about Atom?

Extremely powerful and extensible text editor that can become a primary IDE with a vast selection of plugins. Integrates well into your favorite frameworks and tooling.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Atom can quickly get bloated with plugins and become less performant. Can take a while to start.

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

Increases team velocity by making engineers more productive.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 02, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Easy to use "
What do you like best about Atom?

the UI is great and you can customized it too

What do you dislike about Atom?

kinda slow compare to other text editor;sublime text

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

it has a lot of package and extensions which is make my job much easier

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 01, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Awesome for web development!"
What do you like best about Atom?

I love the integration with Git the best. It makes it so easy to visually see the changes that haven't been committed yet, and easily revert back changes. I'm a fan of the visual aspect of it, as a front end developer, I'm a bit less comfortable using terminal for stuff like this. Plus, you can customize almost everything (colors, commands, keyboard shortcuts). And, integrated terminal!

What do you dislike about Atom?

There's a weird bug where it gets stuck when highlighting... that's all I can think of!

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

I use this daily for work, it's my preferred code editor. As I said before, the git integration makes it much easier to keep track of changes and keep your code synced.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 26, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Atom - a devs best friend"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom allows for a ton of customization. There are so many plugins you can download to speed up coding.

What do you dislike about Atom?

There isn’t anything I dislike about Atom, you can really make it what you want.

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

coding is so fast in Atom, especially with all of the plugins you can add

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 20, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Best open-source IDE."
What do you like best about Atom?

The fact that it is free and it's developer-base is large. I love the wide range of packages for different uses and different environment support.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I miss some of the deeper integration that some of the JetBrains tools have.

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

Daily software development.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Feb 01, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"A Must-have for developers of any language"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like the extent to which the UI can be customized.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I genuinely can't think of anything I dislike about it.

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

I use it daily for coding web pages in CSS, HTML, and some Javascript. The developers in the office use it for much more (coding languages I haven't learned yet).

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 31, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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"Only way to code"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom has plug ins that help me effectively code and save files I need

What do you dislike about Atom?

My only complaint about Atom is not being able to see what i have coded live.

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

I am able to code out websites with ease at a fast pace than using any other text editors. Atom is very user friendly.

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