AtomvsVS Code

Atom

• DISCONTINUED - No longer maintained(10/10)
• Packages break the editor frequently(7/10)
• Thousands of unresolved issues(7/10)
• Dependencies and ecosystem abandoned(8/10)
• Not compatible with future OS updates(8/10)

VS Code

• Extension conflicts and breakage(6/10)

Atom

• Contains unpatched security vulnerabilities(10/10)

VS Code

• Telemetry sends data to Microsoft by default(6/10)
• Not truly open source in distributed form(4/10)

Atom

• Frequent freezing and performance issues(9/10)
• High resource consumption for a text editor(7/10)

VS Code

• High memory usage and lag with extensions(7/10)
• Struggles with large monorepo projects(7/10)
• Slow search on large projects(5/10)

Atom

• No support available(9/10)
• GitHub recommends migrating away(9/10)

VS Code

• Closed-source extensions hard to debug(5/10)

Atom

• Extension documentation was poor(5/10)

VS Code

• Electron-based means inherent overhead(4/10)

Atom

• Slow startup compared to alternatives(5/10)

VS Code

• Limited refactoring compared to JetBrains IDEs(6/10)
• No local change history built-in(5/10)
• Git integration inferior to JetBrains(5/10)
• Requires extension hunting for basic features(5/10)