In this case a community of devs seem to have picked up the code base, forked it, and is actively developing. So its not exactly dead.
Re:Sunsetting Atom
by philliphaydon on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:59AM
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Oh that’s cool. Maybe that will happen with atom too.
Just found this. It’s a shame. I donno why but I just liked brackets interface.