Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st century.

Atom is open source and built on top of atom-shell.

Atom is designed to be customizable, but also usable without needing to edit a config file.

Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core.

Visit atom.io to learn more.

Installing

Download the latest Atom release.

Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.

Building

OS X Requirements

• OS X 10.8 or later
• node.js
• Command Line Tools for Xcode

git clone git@github.com:atom/atom.git
cd atom
script/build # Creates application at /Applications/Atom.app

Developing

Check out the guides and the API reference.