The Atom Text Editor was officially killed off in 2022 to the surprise of almost nobody. Atom was developed by GitHub, which Microsoft acquired in 2018, leaving Microsoft with two competing editors, Atom and Visual Studio Code, and Visual Studio Code won.
Fans of the Atom editor however didn’t take the news lying down and thanks to the open source nature of the project, a new fork was created, the Pulsar Editor.
Pulsar Features Include:
Cross-platform Editing
Pulsar works across operating systems. Use it on OS X, Windows, or Linux.
Built-in package manager
Search and install new packages or create your own right from Pulsar.
Smart Autocompletion
Pulsar helps you write code faster with a smart and flexible autocomplete.
File system browser
Easily browse and open a single file, a whole project, or multiple projects in one window.
Multiple panes
Split your Pulsar interface into multiple panes to compare and edit code across files.
Find and replace
Find, preview, and replace text as you type in a file or across all your projects.
Key Links
You can learn more about the Pulsar editor and see it in action in the video below.