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![Atom ](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/72919/2874231/3af1db48-d3dd-11e3-98dc-6066f8bc766f.png )
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[![macOS Build Status ](https://circleci.com/gh/atom/atom.svg?style=svg )](https://circleci.com/gh/atom/atom) [![Linux Build Status ](https://travis-ci.org/atom/atom.svg?branch=master )](https://travis-ci.org/atom/atom) [![Windows Build Status ](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/1tkktwh654w07eim?svg=true )](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Atom/atom)
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[![Dependency Status ](https://david-dm.org/atom/atom.svg )](https://david-dm.org/atom/atom)
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[![Join the Atom Community on Slack ](http://atom-slack.herokuapp.com/badge.svg )](http://atom-slack.herokuapp.com/)
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Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st century, built on [Electron ](https://github.com/atom/electron ), and based on everything we love about our favorite editors. We designed it to be deeply customizable, but still approachable using the default configuration.
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Visit [atom.io ](https://atom.io ) to learn more or visit the [Atom forum ](https://discuss.atom.io ).
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Follow [@AtomEditor ](https://twitter.com/atomeditor ) on Twitter for important
announcements.
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This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant [code of conduct ](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md ).
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By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to atom@github.com.
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## Documentation
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If you want to read about using Atom or developing packages in Atom, the [Atom Flight Manual ](http://flight-manual.atom.io ) is free and available online. You can find the source to the manual in [atom/flight-manual.atom.io ](https://github.com/atom/flight-manual.atom.io ).
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The [API reference ](https://atom.io/docs/api ) for developing packages is also documented on Atom.io.
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## Installing
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### Prerequisites
- [Git ](https://git-scm.com/ )
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### macOS
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Download the latest [Atom release ](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest ).
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Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.
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### Windows
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Download the latest [AtomSetup.exe installer ](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest ).
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Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.
You can also download an `atom-windows.zip` file from the [releases page ](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest ).
The `.zip` version will not automatically update.
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Using [chocolatey ](https://chocolatey.org/ )? Run `cinst Atom` to install
the latest version of Atom.
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### Debian Linux (Ubuntu)
Currently only a 64-bit version is available.
1. Download `atom-amd64.deb` from the [Atom releases page ](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest ).
2. Run `sudo dpkg --install atom-amd64.deb` on the downloaded package.
3. Launch Atom using the installed `atom` command.
The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to
repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.
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### Red Hat Linux (Fedora 21 and under, CentOS, Red Hat)
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Currently only a 64-bit version is available.
1. Download `atom.x86_64.rpm` from the [Atom releases page ](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest ).
2. Run `sudo yum localinstall atom.x86_64.rpm` on the downloaded package.
3. Launch Atom using the installed `atom` command.
The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to
repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.
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### Fedora 22+
Currently only a 64-bit version is available.
1. Download `atom.x86_64.rpm` from the [Atom releases page ](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest ).
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2. Run `sudo dnf install ./atom.x86_64.rpm` on the downloaded package.
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3. Launch Atom using the installed `atom` command.
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repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.
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### Archive extraction
An archive is available for people who don't want to install `atom` as root.
This version enables you to install multiple Atom versions in parallel. It has been built on Ubuntu 64-bit,
but should be compatible with other Linux distributions.
1. Install dependencies (on Ubuntu): `sudo apt install git gconf2 gconf-service libgtk2.0-0 libudev1 libgcrypt20
libnotify4 libxtst6 libnss3 python gvfs-bin xdg-utils libcap2`
2. Download `atom-amd64.tar.gz` from the [Atom releases page ](https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest ).
3. Run `tar xf atom-amd64.tar.gz` in the directory where you want to extract the Atom folder.
4. Launch Atom using the installed `atom` command from the newly extracted directory.
The Linux version does not currently automatically update so you will need to
repeat these steps to upgrade to future releases.
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## Building
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* [Linux ](./docs/build-instructions/linux.md )
* [macOS ](./docs/build-instructions/macos.md )
* [FreeBSD ](./docs/build-instructions/freebsd.md )
* [Windows ](./docs/build-instructions/windows.md )