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2014 - 2022
Atom
“Atom treated a text editor as something users could reshape through packages and web-based technology.”
- Birth year
- 2014
- Shutdown year
- 2022
- Lifespan
- 8 years
- Peak era
- Company
- Microsoft
- Category
- Developer Tools
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What Was It?
Atom treated a text editor as something users could reshape through packages and web-based technology. Its customizable environment made editing code feel like working inside a tool that could evolve with personal habits.
GitHub's retirement of the project ended official development, while existing installations and community-derived efforts had their own lives.
The Story
- 2014 The product era documented here begins in 2014. Atom treated a text editor as something users could reshape through packages and web-based technology.
- 2022 Atom reached its documented retirement milestone in 2022. The date identifies the original product’s development, distribution, or support boundary; existing copies and successor projects can have different lifetimes.
How It Died
Atom reached its documented retirement milestone in 2022. The date identifies the original product’s development, distribution, or support boundary; existing copies and successor projects can have different lifetimes.
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