Atom

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Atom

Summary

Atom is a source code editor[1]. Atom draws 417 Wikipedia views per month (source_code_editor category, ranking #4 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Atom's image is recorded as Atom-editor.png[3].
  • Atom's instance of is recorded as source code editor[4].
  • Atom's instance of is recorded as text editor[5].
  • Atom's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • Atom's logo image is recorded as Atom editor logo.svg[7].
  • Atom's developer is recorded as Q28771536[8].
  • Atom's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[9].
  • Atom's programmed in is recorded as Q2005[10].
  • Atom's programmed in is recorded as CoffeeScript[11].
  • Atom's programmed in is recorded as Cascading Style Sheets[12].
  • Atom's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[13].
  • Atom's programmed in is recorded as HTML[14].
  • Atom's programmed in is recorded as Node.js[15].
  • Atom's operating system is recorded as macOS[16].
  • Atom's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[17].
  • Atom's operating system is recorded as Linux[18].
  • Atom's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[19].
  • Atom's software version identifier is recorded as 1.13.0[20].
  • Atom's software version identifier is recorded as 1.14.0-beta1[21].
  • Atom's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.9[22].
  • Atom's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.8[23].
  • Atom's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.7[24].
  • Atom's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.6[25].
  • Atom's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.5[26].
  • Atom's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12.4[27].

Why It Matters

Atom draws 417 Wikipedia views per month (source_code_editor category, ranking #4 of 9).[2] Atom has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Atom has been cited as an influence by Visual Studio Code[29], a source code editor[30], founded in 2015[31].

FAQs

Who did Atom influence?

Atom has been cited as an influence by Visual Studio Code[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . readwrite.com. readwrite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Open Hub. Retrieved . blog.atom.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . blog.atom.io. Retrieved . blog.atom.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . blog.atom.io. Retrieved . blog.atom.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . blog.atom.io. Retrieved . blog.atom.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Atom. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/atom-q16766305
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_atom-q16766305_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Atom}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/atom-q16766305}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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