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Atom vs Spacemacs: What are the differences?
Developers describe Atom as "A hackable text editor for the 21st Century". 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. On the other hand, Spacemacs is detailed as "Emacs advanced Kit focused on Evil: The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and Vim!*". Since version 0.101.0 and later Spacemacs totally abolishes the frontiers between Vim and Emacs. The user can now choose his/her preferred editing style and enjoy all the Spacemacs features Even better, it is possible to dynamically switch between the two styles seamlessly which makes it possible for programmers with different styles to do seat pair programming using the same editor..
Atom belongs to "Text Editor" category of the tech stack, while Spacemacs can be primarily classified under "Tools for Text Editors".
Some of the features offered by Atom are:
- Atom is a desktop application based on web technologies
- Node.js integration
- Modular Design- composed of over 50 open-source packages that integrate around a minimal core
On the other hand, Spacemacs provides the following key features:
- Batteries Included
- Nice UI
- Excellent ergonomics
"Free" is the primary reason why developers consider Atom over the competitors, whereas "Advanced support for Vim key bindings" was stated as the key factor in picking Spacemacs.
Atom and Spacemacs are both open source tools. Atom with 49.3K GitHub stars and 12.1K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Spacemacs with 18.1K GitHub stars and 4.45K GitHub forks.
Lyft, Typeform, and PedidosYa are some of the popular companies that use Atom, whereas Spacemacs is used by Agworld Pty, untapt, and Curbside. Atom has a broader approval, being mentioned in 836 company stacks & 725 developers stacks; compared to Spacemacs, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 15 developer stacks.
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 Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface.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
Pros of Atom
- Free529
- Open source449
- Modular design343
- Hackable321
- Beautiful UI316
- Github integration170
- Backed by github147
- Built with node.js119
- Web native113
- Community107
- Packages35
- Cross platform18
- Multicursor support5
- Nice UI5
- TypeScript editor5
- Snippets3
- Simple but powerful3
- Open source, lots of packages, and so configurable3
- cli start3
- Chrome Inspector works IN EDITOR3
- Awesome2
- Smart TypeScript code completion2
- Well documented2
- It's powerful2
- Code readability2
- works with GitLab1
- User friendly1
- full support1
- vim support1
- Split-Tab Layout1
- "Free", "Hackable", "Open Source", The Awesomness1
- Apm publish minor1
- Hackable and Open Source1
- Consistent UI on all platforms1
- Publish0
Pros of Spacemacs
- Advanced support for Vim key bindings14
- Discoverability12
- Easy setup10
- Never have to touch the mouse10
- Community-driven configuration7
- Cross-platform7
- Documentation6
- Emacs5
- Fast-paced development4
- Evil4
- Nice UI4
- Git Integration2
- Autocompletion1
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Cons of Atom
- Slow with large files19
- Slow startup7
- Most of the time packages are hard to find.2
- No longer maintained1
- Cannot Run code with F51
- Can be easily Modified1