Ten weeks ago, code-hosting giant GitHub introduced its latest creation: a text editor named Atom. Now, the company is opening it up to the public after an apparently successful invite-only phase.

After months of testing and loads of hands-on feedback from tens of thousands of users, GitHub’s programmable text editor Atom is now available for the general public to download. Its pricetag: free, ...

Atom, GitHub’s text editor built on the Electron framework, is being fitted with IDE-like capabilities as a precursor to making the editor a full-fledged IDE. The first step in Atom’s transition from ...