It&#x27;s not a fork of atom.io. It&#x27;s completely independent project which started as web browser based editor. Electron(<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;electron.atom.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;electron.atom.io&#x2F;</a>) was used to convert that web based editor into a standalone application.