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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 Features
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Code Formatting
Code Snippets
Customizable Themes
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Linter Integration
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Macros
Markdown Support
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Multiple Language Support
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Regular Expression Support
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Spell Check
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765 Atom Reviews
4.4 out of 5
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jan 19, 2018
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Excellent text editor for mac"
What do you like best about Atom?

The flexibility to change the look and feel and the appearance is pretty good. Moreover it is a free software easily available to download for Mac. It is one of the best code editors as well. I like the split window feature which can also be helpful to multi-task.

What do you dislike about Atom?

The default settings are somewhat strange for e.g. there is no text wrap by default so this introduces horizontal scrolling which is really not a good idea. One big drawback that I recently experienced was I didn't save my file and my computer restarted and I lost all my data. There are other text editors that provide a way to restore your files.

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

For most of the web development related work and also for taking notes.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 11, 2018
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Great editor with a lot of features"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like the versatility and the many features (especially the git package)

What do you dislike about Atom?

Compared to e.g. Sublime Text it is slow to start up

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

Not exactly a business problem, but the git integration package gives a very great overview the current branch you are on, changes made etc.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 03, 2018
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Atom is a solid developer editor"
What do you like best about Atom?

The extensions. Atom has been extended to all different programming languages and tools. It's relatively easy to use, but powerful. It's been continually improving. The new Git and IDE-features are very strong.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It's sometimes still slow to start up. The preferences dialogs can be hard to use, which is pretty common for developer text editors

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

I've been using it to write code.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 26, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Great UI - Helpful Packages"
What do you like best about Atom?

Good searching, solid key bindings, great UI

What do you dislike about Atom?

Sometimes buggy Packages. Also, it seemed like an anomaly, but on one particular computer the cursor was always misplaced. Ex: If you had a 10 character line and the cursor was on the 4th character, then you pressed backspace, the 2nd character would delete. Multiple uninstalls/installs didn't fix it over the course of 6 months on that particular Macbook, and Sublime worked fine. That being said, I switched from Sublime back to Atom, so that says a lot.

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

Working in Ruby/Javascript

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Dec 15, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Easy to use Interface"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom is a very easy to use interface. Love the ability to switch back and forth between projects.

What do you dislike about Atom?

The learning curve to the software was pretty tough. Also, there seems to be a lot of features that I am not aware of.

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

Makes working with Git super easy. Loading repositories and knowing which one I'm working in is nice.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Dec 14, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Powerful & easy-to-use"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like that there are so many additional packages you can install for any specific needs you might have. I also just find it very easy to use.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I wish the process of installing packages were a little easier.

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

I work in a variety of programming languages, and I like that Atom is a powerful tool that I can use when I'm coding in any of these languages. I don't have to switch between different language-specific IDEs.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Oct 11, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Pros and Cons of Git Atom"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom has a lot of great features, a large collection of up-to-date packages, but for my project specifically it has one of the best VUE.js packages. Atom's integration with git is also, not surprisingly, pretty much flawless.

What do you dislike about Atom?

The fact that git uses an electron wrapper, does mean that it takes up a lot of memory and isn't quite as quick as products like sublime text and notepad++. It also can't handle large files the same way and the regex document search capabilities are leave a lot to be desired.

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

This is a great editor for working with node and Vue.js.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 25, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"User friendly editor for beginners"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like that the program auto populates - this really helped me in my beginning stages of coding. It also has a lot of customizability.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Sometimes the program can be slow to run on my MacBook. I really don't have any substantial dislikes, though.

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

It has been really helpful in developing my website.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 29, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Great text editor and a worthy Sublime or Emacs replacement. "
What do you like best about Atom?

It is a great text editor with pretty much all the features of Sublime but it's free. It'll also do most of what most humans need Emacs to do but without becoming whatever it takes to fully embrace Emacs. There is a good active community and it's only getting better.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Slow. It's slow to load on my desktop. Aside from that, it's hard to think of a drawback. But still, a slow text editor?

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

Text generation and editing.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jul 12, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Light weight IDE for front-end development"
What do you like best about Atom?

This was one of the first to support JSX syntax and the apm market place is quite active in bringing new languages and bugfixes

What do you dislike about Atom?

Not a lot of support for debugging / code completion

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

Software / Web Development

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 13, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Atom is an excellent text editor which help a lot to write code easily"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like that you can open several projects into tabs, search easily keywords over several projects, shortcuts and plugins for linting

What do you dislike about Atom?

Nothing, I like a lot from other previous text editors that I used before

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

I used VIM for years and once issue that I have is when you have to open several projects, you need some plugins like NERDtree but it's not enough. With Atom, you only need once instance and that's it.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 19, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"I am not a coder, this has helped so much!"
What do you like best about Atom?

It's easy to use, see code and understand what is going on in the backend.

What do you dislike about Atom?

Nothing really comes to mind, for a non-coder like myself Atom is amazing.

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

Building product pages and solving bugs

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Feb 07, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Atom - distraction-free everything"
What do you like best about Atom?

Atom is my everything for distraction free writing of any kind. Process doc? Atom. Code a function? Atom. Press release? Atom. And why? Because I don't need the million-and-one functions of Microsoft Word to turn an elegant phrase. Think about it realistically ... no one does. Those functions are, except for very specific contexts, a distraction from good work. Also... Atom is infinitely extensible through official and unofficial plugins. Or write your own. Need to find / replace through all the files in a directory? Have at it! Atom will do it for you. Use Markdown? Atom will preview it for you with a simple plugin. Moreover, Atom integrates with other things that the geeky and competent among you will recognized (e.g., GitHub, etc.)

What do you dislike about Atom?

I dislike that my organization is so closely tied to proprietary and legacy software, and that 'open-source' is still incorrectly equated with insecure and no support. (wrong!)

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

The core business problems we are trying to solve all circle around efficiently employing technology to shorten publishing cycles for process design and documentation. Atom (or SublimeText or Vim, for that matter) combined with a robust version control system (GitHub Enterprise) and known process controls just about do the trick. Double-plus good ++ topic based authoring.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 24, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Perfect"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like it because I can write my project in code using a very good tool but you must add API because it's necessary

What do you dislike about Atom?

I can't have template or sample. I always have to write code from the first line

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

web design

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jan 23, 2017
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Love it, but needs to be have more out-of-the-box features."
What do you like best about Atom?

That there is a community of people that creates optional plug-ins for individual solutions for other developers to use/try. It is also very easily customizable on both a high-level and low-level.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I wish there were a few more features that it could have out-of-the-box. I am a non-traditional user of Atom in that I use C and C++ and do lots of object-oriented programming. A marriage of Atom and Notepad++ would be ideal. I already use a Vim plug-in, which I love but I know is not for everyone. But the thing that I miss about Notepad++ is the ability to jump from a variable to the initialization with a keystroke, or similarly, go from a function call to the function in a keystroke or have a pop-up preview of the function declaration is pretty awesome. Obviously, I like the search within Atom that I don't want to go back to Notepad++ after switching to Atom, but these little additions would take it from a 9.5 to a 10 for me.

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

Atom is free and open source, which I am always a fan of. As I mentioned before, there is a community behind it making plug-ins to solve more individual problems that I can benefit from. The problem that it is solving is that there is a wealth of features without the complexity or maintenance that another IDE like Eclipse or a text editor like Notepad++.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Oct 31, 2016
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Atom is a convenient text editor, very speedy and concise. "
What do you like best about Atom?

First, it is very speedy to launch it, for example, from terminal, just type "atom .". Second, it itself integrates many good properties, like line number display, highlight, auto indenting, so that the new user do not need to configure before using. Third, it support multiple windows task, so you can simultaneously work for different projects, also, the left side will show the current work directory, where is easy for the developer to find a different file.

What do you dislike about Atom?

First, though it has automatch property (i.e., giving hint for typing), it cannot show simple grammar error warnings during development. Second, for shell file (.sh), the highlight property seems not work (or, in order to make it work, I need to configure, I am not sure). Besides, it should have a programming language choice (on tool bar) to let users select a supported language, which will makes it more friendly.

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

I use this text editor to write programs. Save a lot of time on formatting and autocomplete. It supports multiple programming language, no matter which language I use, like C++, C, python or other, ATOM can help me to finish the code.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 31, 2016
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Effective Text Editor"
What do you like best about Atom?

It's a very light text editor, yet heavily extensible if you'd like to add more functionality to it.

What do you dislike about Atom?

It's a bit slow upon boot, but that's mostly dependent on how many packages you're loading in. It's still a lot faster than IDEs, so no real complaint here.

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

I'm using Atom for software development, so it's pretty useful for that purpose. I like that there are many packages available for use.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 22, 2016
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Powerful and customizable"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like the simplicity of the interface and the extensive package availability are what keep bring me back and making this my go to editor.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I have noticed that at times it can have a pretty long load time. Does not seem to fire up like brackets does.

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

I am developing solutions for customers in various languages. Mainly Python, Ruby, PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 12, 2016
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"Love the product. Dethroned Sublime Text, IMO."
What do you like best about Atom?

The product is very customizable and has tons of plugins. Love the fact that it's written in a web view so that it's easily customizable.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I used to have problems with the product crashing a lot, but it's become much more stable recently. Only thing I would say is that some of the macros seem a bit unintuitive some times.

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

Atom is a light weight text editor for code.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
May 19, 2016
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Overall Rating:
4.5
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"I wrote code and text in Atom, it is the best editor that I used in the past year"
What do you like best about Atom?

I like how you can customize it so easy. It has many different packages that you can install. It comes so handy. you can see folders in Tree order.

What do you dislike about Atom?

I don't like the idea of toggle soft wrap, I think it should fit the text by window size automatically.

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

I write code in Python and Java, also I use it to write txt in latex.