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Atom vs gedit: What are the differences?

Extension Support: Atom provides extensive support for extensions, allowing users to customize and enhance their experience with a wide range of plugins and themes. On the other hand, gedit has a limited selection of plugins and themes, which may not offer the same level of customization as Atom.
Built-in Git Integration: Atom comes with built-in Git integration, allowing users to work seamlessly with version control systems directly within the text editor. Gedit, however, requires external plugins or tools to achieve similar functionality, making it less convenient for users who frequently use version control.
Performance: Atom is known to be slower and consume more system resources compared to gedit, which is a lightweight text editor. This difference in performance may be noticeable, especially on older or lower-spec devices, making gedit a preferred choice for users looking for a fast and efficient editing experience.
Community and Support: Atom has a larger and more active community of developers and users compared to gedit, which means more resources, tutorials, and user-generated content are available for Atom users. This active community can be beneficial for troubleshooting issues, seeking help, or discussing features and updates within the user base.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Atom is built using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, making it easier to run on multiple platforms without significant modifications. On the other hand, gedit is primarily designed for Linux systems and may require additional setup or tweaking to work efficiently on other operating systems, limiting its cross-platform compatibility.
Customization Options: Atom offers more extensive customization options, allowing users to tweak nearly every aspect of the editor, from keybindings to themes to layouts. Gedit, while customizable to a certain extent, may not provide as many options or flexibility in tailoring the user experience to individual preferences.

In Summary, Atom and gedit differ in extension support, built-in Git integration, performance, community support, cross-platform compatibility, and customization options.

Decisions about Atom and gedit

Andrey Ginger

Managing Partner at WhiteLabelDevelopers · May 18, 2020 | 3 upvotes · 520.5K views

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Since communication with Github is not necessary, the Atom is less convenient in working with text and code. Sublim's support and understanding of projects is best for us. Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface. We use a good theme for Sublim ayu-dark

Felix Hungenberg

Graphic Designer & Web Developer at hosting.de GmbH · Jan 9, 2020 | 2 upvotes · 122.3K views

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I use Visual Studio Code every day, it was very refreshing coming from Atom to get a lightweight, all i need setup right out of the box.

After working with Atom for around 2 years I switch to VSCode.

Here is why:

Color display of variables in code. This may now sound much, but it improve the display of scss variables and its a core feature.
Out of the box features.
Automation! VSCode suggests usefull things to you.
Integraded console. I love the console in VSCode. It is faster than my 'default' cmd on Windows. For Atom you would have to install a package, that doesn't work so well on Windows.
Output logging per Plugin.
Setup time. In VSCode I can set up my workspace in under 5 minutes. For Atom I need
Plugins work perfect out of the box. This is a mayor one for me. For example: In order to set up Editorconfig you have to adjust mutliple values and plugins to get it work. Plugin creators of Editorconfig for Atom are not to blame: They include a linter, that verifies whether the settings are correct or not.
Git implementation. VSCode ships with Git and even if the git packet of vscode doesn't look like much, theres a lot to it. For example you can watch changes inline.
Minimap and vertical scrollbar. This feature is much better implementet in VSCode and you don't need an extra plugin.
Auto completion. Sass mixins example: @include and you press CTRL+SPACE and VSCode shows you every Sass mixin.
Copy paths from open file tab. In VSCode you can copy the path of an file directly when you have it open. In atom you need to select 'show in tree view' and than copy the path or relative path.
Tree view. The tree view VSCode automaticly brings you to the current open file by default. This helps when working with components.
File search. The file search supports the asterisk so you can search for eg molecule-*.ts.
Tasks support. Tasks are integrated in VSCode so eg. for Typescript you can CTRL + SHIFT + B and select tsc: watch - tsconfig.ts.
Short waiting time. For example when deleting files or beautifying 20.000 lines of json (Atom hangs up).
More releases. Faster feature implementation. Active community.

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Pros of Atom

Pros of gedit

529
Free
449
Open source
343
Modular design
321
Hackable
316
Beautiful UI
147
Backed by github
119
Built with node.js
113
Web native
107
Community
35
Packages
18
Cross platform
5
Nice UI
5
Multicursor support
5
TypeScript editor
3
Open source, lots of packages, and so configurable
3
cli start
3
Simple but powerful
3
Chrome Inspector works IN EDITOR
3
Snippets
2
Code readability
2
It's powerful
2
Awesome
2
Smart TypeScript code completion
2
Well documented
1
works with GitLab
1
"Free", "Hackable", "Open Source", The Awesomness
1
full support
1
vim support
1
Split-Tab Layout
1
Apm publish minor
1
Consistent UI on all platforms
1
User friendly
1
Hackable and Open Source
0
Publish

10
Fast
9
Lightweight
9
GNOME Integration
5
Syntax Highlighting
3
Immediately starts
3
Tabbed UI
2
Free
2
I love gnu-linux
1
External tools and snippets
1
Supports every programming language
1
Spell Check
1
If you took cs50, you know gedit
1
Old gedit based on gtk2

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Cons of Atom

Cons of gedit

19
Slow with large files
7
Slow startup
2
Most of the time packages are hard to find.
1
No longer maintained
1
Cannot Run code with F5
1
Can be easily Modified

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GTK3

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What is Atom?

At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it.

What is gedit?

gedit is the GNOME text editor. While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general purpose text editor.

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