Installation

Atom can be installed easily on most platforms.

Using Homebrew (Recommended for macOS)

This is the easiest way to install and keep Atom up to date.

# Add the gnuzd tap
brew tap gnuzd/tap

# Install Atom
brew install atom

To update later:

brew upgrade atom

Building from Source

If you’re on Linux or want the latest features, you can build Atom yourself using Cargo.

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/gnuzd/atom.git
cd atom

2. Build and install

# Build the release binary and install it to your cargo path (~/.cargo/bin)
cargo install --path .

Ensure ~/.cargo/bin is in your PATH.

Post-Installation

Once installed, simply run atom in your terminal:

atom .

You can now use the :Mason command to install language servers and other packages.