# Atom

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Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st century, built on [Electron](https://github.com/electron/electron), and based on everything we love about our favorite editors. We designed it to be deeply customizable, but still approachable using the default configuration.

![Atom](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/378023/49132477-f4b77680-f31f-11e8-8357-ac6491761c6c.png)

![Atom Screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/378023/49132478-f4b77680-f31f-11e8-9e10-e8454d8d9b7e.png)

Visit [atom.io](https://atom.io) to learn more or visit the [Atom forum](https://discuss.atom.io).

Follow [@AtomEditor](https://twitter.com/atomeditor) on Twitter for important
announcements.

This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to atom@github.com.

## Documentation

If you want to read about using Atom or developing packages in Atom, the [Atom Flight Manual](https://flight-manual.atom.io) is free and available online. You can find the source to the manual in [atom/flight-manual.atom.io](https://github.com/atom/flight-manual.atom.io).

The [API reference](https://atom.io/docs/api) for developing packages is also documented on Atom.io.

## Installing

### Prerequisites
- [Git](https://git-scm.com)

### macOS

Download the latest [Atom release](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest).

Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.

### Windows

Download the latest [Atom installer](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest). `AtomSetup.exe` is 32-bit. For 64-bit systems, download `AtomSetup-x64.exe`.

Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.

You can also download `atom-windows.zip` (32-bit) or `atom-x64-windows.zip` (64-bit) from the [releases page](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest).
The `.zip` version will not automatically update.

Using [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org)? Run `cinst Atom` to install the latest version of Atom.

### Linux

Atom is only available for 64-bit Linux systems.

Configure your distribution's package manager to install and update Atom by following the [Linux installation instructions](https://flight-manual.atom.io/getting-started/sections/installing-atom/#platform-linux) in the Flight Manual.  You will also find instructions on how to install Atom's official Linux packages without using a package repository, though you will not get automatic updates after installing Atom this way.

#### Archive extraction

An archive is available for people who don't want to install `atom` as root.

This version enables you to install multiple Atom versions in parallel. It has been built on Ubuntu 64-bit,
but should be compatible with other Linux distributions.

1. Install dependencies (on Ubuntu): `sudo apt install git gconf2 gconf-service libgtk2.0-0 libudev1 libgcrypt20 libnotify4 libxtst6 libnss3 python3 gvfs-bin xdg-utils libcap2`
   1. (If the `python3` package isn't available, or is too old (Python 3 should be >= 3.5), either `python2` or `python` (2.6 or 2.7) will work in its place.)
2. Download `atom-amd64.tar.gz` from the [Atom releases page](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest).
3. Run `tar xf atom-amd64.tar.gz` in the directory where you want to extract the Atom folder.
4. Launch Atom using the installed `atom` command from the newly extracted directory.

The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to
repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.

## Building

* [Linux](https://flight-manual.atom.io/hacking-atom/sections/hacking-on-atom-core/#platform-linux)
* [macOS](https://flight-manual.atom.io/hacking-atom/sections/hacking-on-atom-core/#platform-mac)
* [Windows](https://flight-manual.atom.io/hacking-atom/sections/hacking-on-atom-core/#platform-windows)

## Discussion

* Discuss Atom on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/atom/atom/discussions)

## License

[MIT](https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/LICENSE.md)

When using the Atom or other GitHub logos, be sure to follow the [GitHub logo guidelines](https://github.com/logos).
