diff --git a/app-editors/atom/Manifest b/app-editors/atom/Manifest
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+DIST atom-1.55.0.tar.gz 193419030 BLAKE2B 7c6dcb95947d10e024daa8bf160744ddb5c9885083dbfe3e9506810002a33d14599da3f27b776e185efc315cca312bc83b73c5c835361e8d1b545d050bbbaf6a SHA512 be8e80fa6f71735c05203cb95711614dd77fadf030a13c453a3921060f359c6ce2b1971c3be9c93db8accbc5151685f91b7dc77a074dbfc77f7d576a1158b211
diff --git a/app-editors/atom/atom-1.55.0.ebuild b/app-editors/atom/atom-1.55.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+DESCRIPTION="A hackable text editor for the 21st Century"
+
+HOMEPAGE="https://atom.io/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v1.55.0/${PN}-amd64.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+inherit desktop xdg-utils
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${P}-amd64"
+
+DEPEND="net-print/cups" # Requested by electron
+
+src_prepare(){
+	default
+
+	# Remove useless license files.
+	rm LICENSE.electron.txt LICENSES.electron.html
+}
+
+src_install(){
+	insinto /opt/"${PN}"
+	doins -r "${S}"/*
+	dosym "${EPREFIX}"/opt/"${PN}"/atom "${EPREFIX}"/usr/bin/atom
+	fperms +x /opt/"${PN}"/atom
+	make_desktop_entry /opt/atom/atom atom
+	doicon atom.png
+}
diff --git a/app-editors/atom/metadata.xml b/app-editors/atom/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>marco@scardovi.com</email>
+		<name>Marco Scardovi</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">atom/atom</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>