Launched in 2011, Atom is a free and open-source text and source code editor for software developers working on a range of operating systems.

In fact, Atom could be considered a 21st-century Emacs, the venerable text editor that’s still in wide use among veteran programmers.

Source code repository company GitHub today released version 1.0 of its Atom text editor for working with code.

Atom's new Teletype feature lets you team up with fellow developers on a project and edit code together at the same time, with individual cursors.

Ten weeks ago, code-hosting giant GitHub introduced its latest creation: a text editor named Atom. Now, the company is opening it up to the public after an apparently successful invite-only phase.

Calling it "a hackable text editor for the 21st century," online-code-hosting platform provider GitHub on Tuesday released to open source its Atom text editor for developers. Atom is free and ...