# pulsar-edit/pulsar

A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor

Repository: https://github.com/pulsar-edit/pulsar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pulsar-edit-pulsar
Homepage: https://pulsar-edit.dev
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: electron, javascript, pulsar, pulsar-edit
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:12:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1513, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 105, "gap_med": 30, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4144, forks 191 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:36.343064+00:00)

## What it is
Pulsar is a community-led, hyper-hackable text editor forked from the discontinued Atom editor and built on Electron. It offers deep customization via JavaScript/CSS packages, a built-in package manager, Git integration, and IDE features through language server integration.

## Use cases
- edit code with a customizable cross-platform text editor
- replace Atom after its sunset
- extend an editor with JavaScript and CSS packages
- get IDE features like autocompletion from language servers
- manage Git branches and merge conflicts inside the editor
- split the editor into multiple panes to compare files

## When to choose
- you want an Atom-like hackable editor with an active community
- you prefer customizing your editor with web technologies
- you need a free cross-platform editor with package management and Git integration

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight, low-memory editor
- you want a mainstream editor with a large plugin ecosystem like VS Code
- you need guaranteed long-term commercial support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools, plugin-system
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: atom-fork, hackable-editor, text-editor, ide-features, packages, linux, macos, electron

## Member repositories
- pulsar-edit/pulsar (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:36.343064+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 2026-08-29T18:22:57.384025+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pulsar-edit/pulsar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:36.343064+00:00, sha 9cb7ed77adc1)
  - homepage: https://pulsar-edit.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:14.441897+00:00, sha 402db1442793)
  - site_page: https://docs.pulsar-edit.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:14.451157+00:00, sha 7b3ca63e84f3)
  - site_page: https://pulsar-edit.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:14.453028+00:00, sha b14da75f559b)
  - site_page: https://docs.pulsar-edit.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:14.454610+00:00, sha 7b3ca63e84f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.