Pre-requisites

Before installing Atom, please ensure your system meets the following requirements.

System Requirements

• Operating System: macOS, Linux, or Windows (via WSL2).
• Terminal: A terminal emulator with true-color (24-bit) support is highly recommended (e.g., Alacritty, Kitty, WezTerm, iTerm2).

Core Dependencies

Atom requires the following tools to be installed on your system:

• Rust & Cargo: The latest stable version of Rust is required to build from source.
• Git: Required for Git integration features and some package management operations.

Runtime Dependencies

To get the most out of Atom’s features, you should have the following:

• Language Servers (LSP): Install LSPs for your preferred languages (e.g., rust-analyzer for Rust, pyright for Python). You can manage these within Atom using the :Mason command.
• Tree-sitter Parsers: Used for syntax highlighting. Atom can download and compile these automatically.
• Nerd Fonts: Highly recommended for rendering icons in the UI, explorer, and status line.

Optional Tools

• Ripgrep (rg): For faster project-wide searching.
• FD (fd): For faster file finding.