Free and open source futuristic text editor for macOS

Atom for Mac

Atom 1.26.0

  -  140 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Atom 1.26.0.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Atom for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Added experimental file system watcher support
- Improved support for git worktrees
- Updated fuzzaldrin-plus across a few packages to get better fuzzy path searching
- Improved file rename detection in the watchPath API
- Initial support for a new Atom project file format
- Package authors can now control the order of context menu items
- Chromium 56's "system-ui" generic font family is now used to load platform-specific system fonts
- Atom's .deb package dependencies have been expanded to enable installation inside headless environments
- Fixed crashes caused by missing USERNAME/USER environment variables
- atom --wait now works correctly with Windows file paths
- User interface polish around typing, scroll wheel scaling, and editor text rendering
- Fixed an issue where panes sometimes do not fill available space
- Syntax grammar updates for language-java, language-javascript, language-php, and language-yaml