Atom (text editor)

Atom

Atom on GNOME 3
Developer(s) GitHub, Inc.
Preview release 0.194.0[1] / 22 April 2015
Development status Public Beta
Written in C++ / Node.js / CoffeeScript / JS / CSS / HTML
Operating system OS X 10.8 or later, Windows 7 & 8, and Linux
Size 65 MB
Available in English
Type Integrated development environment
License MIT License (free software)
Website atom.io

Atom is a free and open-source[2][3] text and source code editor for OS X, Linux, and Windows[4] with support for plug-ins written in Node.js, and embedded Git Control, developed by GitHub. Most of the extending packages have free software licenses and are community-built and maintained.[5] Atom is based on Chromium and written in CoffeeScript.[6] It can also be used as an IDE.

License

Initially, extension packages for Atom and anything not part of Atom's core were released under an open-source license. On 6 May 2014, the rest of Atom, including the core application, Atom's package manager, and Atom's Chromium-based desktop application framework, Electron (formerly known as Atom Shell[7]), were released as free software under the MIT License.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Atom release notes https://atom.io/releases
  2. ↑ Henry, Alan (May 8, 2014). "Atom, the Text Editor from GitHub, Goes Free and Open-Source". Lifehacker.
  3. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (May 6, 2014). "GitHub Open Sources Its Atom Text Editor". TechCrunch.
  4. ↑ https://atom.io/faq
  5. ↑ "Atom Packages".
  6. ↑ "Atom GitHub Page".
  7. ↑ http://blog.atom.io/2015/04/23/electron.html
  8. ↑ http://blog.atom.io/2014/05/06/atom-is-now-open-source.html

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