# Atom

:atom: The hackable text editor

Repository: https://github.com/atom/atom
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/atom
Homepage: https://atom.io
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: atom, editor, javascript, electron, windows, linux, macos
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-01-03T10:49:48+00:00
Link (homepage): https://atom.io
Link (site_page): https://github.blog/changelog/

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5339, "days_push": 1338, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 60771, forks 17163 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:18.839312+00:00)

## What it is
Atom is a hackable, deeply customizable open-source text editor built on Electron by GitHub, with a large package ecosystem managed via apm. It was officially sunset and archived by GitHub on December 15, 2022, and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- edit code in a customizable text editor
- build editor plugins and themes
- collaboratively edit files with Teletype
- manage Git and GitHub from the editor
- install community packages with apm

## When to choose
- you need a legacy editor environment for existing Atom packages or configs
- you want to fork or study an Electron-based editor codebase

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained editor with security updates
- you are starting a new development setup
- you need signed builds that still validate after certificate revocation

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, developer-tools, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, cross-platform
- platform: windows
- tags: text-editor, hackable-editor, electron-app, sunset, archived, extensible, macos, linux, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- atom/atom (main) score 10
- atom/teletype (plugin) score 10
- atom/apm (infra) score 10
- atom/github (plugin) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.839312+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 2026-08-29T16:17:46.544564+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/atom/atom (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.839312+00:00, sha 9f73cd63f82e)
  - homepage: https://atom.io (fetched 2026-08-28T17:59:22.599472+00:00, sha add14d6427a1)
  - site_page: https://github.blog/changelog/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:59:22.608796+00:00, sha 1efacc0a87d7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.