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atom — A cross-platform pluggable text editor. Plugins are managed by `apm`. Note: Atom has been sunsetted

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the atom command: A cross-platform pluggable text editor. Plugins are managed by apm. Note: Atom has been sunsetted and is no longer actively maintained. Use zed instead. More information: <https://atom.io/>.

Solution

atom — A cross-platform pluggable text editor. Plugins are managed by apm. Note: Atom has been sunsetted and is no longer actively maintained. Use zed instead. More information: <https://atom.io/>.

Open a file or directory:

atom {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Open a file or directory in a new window:

atom {{[-n|--new-window]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Open a file or directory in an existing window:

atom {{[-a|--add]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Open Atom in safe mode (does not load any additional packages):

atom --safe

Prevent Atom from forking into the background, keeping Atom attached to the terminal:

atom {{[-f|--foreground]}}

Wait for Atom window to close before returning (useful for Git commit editor):

atom {{[-w|--wait]}}

Code Snippets

Open a file or directory

atom {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Open a file or directory in a new window

atom {{[-n|--new-window]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Open a file or directory in an existing window

atom {{[-a|--add]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Open Atom in safe mode (does not load any additional packages)

atom --safe

Prevent Atom from forking into the background, keeping Atom attached to the terminal

atom {{[-f|--foreground]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/atom

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