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[](https://travis-ci.org/atom/atom)
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[](https://david-dm.org/atom/atom)
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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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Visit [issue #3684 ](https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/3684 ) to learn more
about the Atom 1.0 roadmap.
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## Documentation
If you want to read about using Atom or developing packages in Atom, the [Atom Flight Manual ](https://atom.io/docs/latest/ ) is free and available online, along with ePub, PDF and mobi versions. You can find the source to the manual in [atom/docs ](https://github.com/atom/docs ).
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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### 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
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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, CentOS, Red Hat)
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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## 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 )
