A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor
A community continuation of Atom that runs its packages and themes.
- Language
- JavaScript
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 4.2k
- Latest
- v1.132.1
- Last push
- 2026-10-05
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:atom: The hackable text editor
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsar | Drop-in | 4.2k | Other | Open source | No | JavaScript | v1.132.1 | 2026-10-05 |
| Visual Studio Code | Full replacement | 194k | MIT | Open source | No | TypeScript | 1.140.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| Zed | Full replacement | 91k | Other | Open source | No | Rust | v1.22.0 | 2026-10-06 |
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Visual Studio Code
An Electron editor with extensions and git built in.
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 194k
- Latest
- 1.140.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
A native editor from Atom's original authors.
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About Atom
- Language
- JavaScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 61k
- Last push
- 2023-01-03