# facebookarchive/atom-in-orbit

Putting Atom in the browser

Repository: https://github.com/facebookarchive/atom-in-orbit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/atom-in-orbit
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-03-27T22:42:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3572, "days_push": 2716, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1170, forks 49 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.354363+00:00)

## What it is
A project that runs the Atom desktop text editor in the Chrome browser, built from Atom's source to be as faithful as possible to the desktop version. It was an experiment in bringing a desktop-first editor ecosystem to the web.

## Use cases
- run atom editor in the browser
- browser-based ide with atom packages
- cloud ide with zero setup
- use atom themes and shortcuts on the web
- webapp version of a desktop code editor

## When to choose
- you want a browser-based editor that reuses the Atom package ecosystem
- you need zero-install access to an Atom-like editing environment

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained or supported tool - the project is archived and unmaintained since 2019
- you want a modern cloud IDE - alternatives like VS Code Server or Gitpod are actively developed
- you need offline desktop editing - use desktop Atom successors instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, web-framework
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: atom-editor, browser-based-ide, cloud-ide, archived, facebook-archive, javascript, web

## Member repositories
- facebookarchive/atom-in-orbit (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.354363+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:28:36.567835+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/facebookarchive/atom-in-orbit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.354363+00:00, sha 00f22e963ad0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.