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		a1b2c3 on June 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Atom 1.0 What is this? I can't even tell. A text editor?

TranquilMarmot on June 25, 2015 [–]

Uhh... go to the main page (https://atom.io/) and it says right there "A hackable text editor"

It's github's text editor. It runs on "electron" which is a framework for making desktop apps. It uses node.js and Chromium.

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