Microsoft GitHub text editor Atom has released the last version update, which will be deactivated next month

CTOnews.com In June of this year, Microsoft GitHub announced that it would retire Atom text editor and archive all projects under the organization on December 15, 2022.

Atom recently launched version 1.63.0, officially announced that this will be the last version of Atom, mainly for some bug fixes.

CTOnews.com understands that Atom is a free and open source text and code editor developed by GitHub, first launched in 2014, currently supports macOS, Windows and Linux operating systems, supports plugins written by Node.js, and has a built-in Git version control system provided by Github.

However, with the acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft and the emergence and development of new cloud-based tools over the years, Atom community participation has dropped significantly, and GitHub has decided to retire the text editor, CTOnews.com small partners can use tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code instead.

Atom Text Editor v1.63.0: Download here