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![Atom ](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/72919/2874231/3af1db48-d3dd-11e3-98dc-6066f8bc766f.png )
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Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st century, built on [atom-shell ](http://github.com/atom/atom-shell ), 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.
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## Installing
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### Mac OS X
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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
Install the [Atom chocolatey package ](https://chocolatey.org/packages/Atom ).
1. Install [chocolatey ](https://chocolatey.org ).
2. Close and reopen your command prompt or PowerShell window.
3. Run `cinst Atom`
4. In the future run `cup Atom` to upgrade to the latest release.
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## Building
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* [Linux ](docs/build-instructions/linux.md )
* [OS X ](docs/build-instructions/os-x.md )
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* [FreeBSD ](docs/build-instructions/freebsd.md )
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* [Windows ](docs/build-instructions/windows.md )
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## Developing
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Check out the [guides ](https://atom.io/docs/latest ) and the [API reference ](https://atom.io/docs/api ).