Opens in under 400ms with one shortcut, offers overlay notes, screenshot OCR, offline-first storage, auto-pauses on lock, and delivers a clutter-free writing surface.

Opens in under 400ms with one shortcut, offers overlay notes, screenshot OCR, offline-first storage, auto-pauses on lock, and delivers a clutter-free writing surface.

Notejoy is a collaborative notes app for you and your team. It helps you get your most important work out of the noise of email & chat and into a fast and focused workspace.




A portable distraction-free writer with customizable themes, auto-save, and overwrite protection. Made with minimalism in mind.



Skribisto is born from the ashes of Plume Creator , keeping the goals while adopting more recent ways to think an application.



The fastest way to take notes on your Mac. Access instantly from the menu bar, without cluttering the Dock. Take notes instantly, distraction-free.


A simplified, RedNotebook-type journal/diary app. With a focus on minimal design and a distraction free writing environment. Makes a folder full of dated text files that are easy to access even without the journal program.

TIPP10 is a free touch typing tutor for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. The software is easy to use and features a clear user interface. Beginners and even children will find their way around right away so they can start practicing without a hitch.




Caret is a Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux. It stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail.




Effie is a light, clean, yet powerful markup-based writing and mind-mapping software that works across devices/platforms to capture your thoughts and help you write immersively and productively anywhere, anytime.




Campfire provides a one-stop-shop for novelists: organizational and writing tools (Campfire Write), a hub of writing resources (Campfire Learn), & a writing and reading platform for building an audience and sharing your work (Campfire Explore).




Atlantis is an innovative, no-nonsense word processor carefully designed with the end-user in mind. Compact, fast-loading, but still powerful and efficient, Atlantis will be the perfect companion for a wide range of your word processing tasks, – from simple to most complex.







Enjoy a distraction-free, full-screen text editor designed for Windows, offering a zen-like interface to maintain focus and support uninterrupted writing flow.



A simple solution to write scientific papers, pillar content or just your personal notes. It aims to combine the benefits of traditional Microsoft Word, LaTeX and Markdown.






Super-clean writing space with a lot of configurability that stays out of sight when you don’t need it.




ExcellentWriter is supposed to be a tool which lets you organize, write and format your novel inside Excel and in the end lets you use the power of Word to do the finishing touches.




Inspire is a clone of Ulysses for Windows, with many of the core features but not all.



Scriptable, macros, multipart selection, styles. Multilingual. Text expanding feature. Document Manager. Use any number of keys to execute menu command, e.g. press Command key, then FAU for "Find all uppercase words." Extremely customizable.




Fullscreen software that tracks writing targets from start to finish, promoting focus by limiting text visibility and offering customizable goal setting.



Audienceful is email marketing re-invented for the 2020s. Lightweight, collaborative, and setup with modern best practices by default.




Ellipsus is a collaborative writing tool purpose-built for creative writers. Designed for seamless collaboration and fearless creativity, Ellipsus makes it easier than ever to write, edit, and share stories—with anyone and on any device.

For Mac users to write without distractions. WriteRoom is a full screen writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word processors you're used to, WriteRoom lets you focus on writing. Requires Mac OS X 10.

A simple, opinionated plain text editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr is not meant to be a full-featured text editor, but rather a simple and easy to use tool for writing. It's not aimed at developers.


Enso is a writing tool that helps you enter a state of flow.
It does this by separating writing from editing and thus making it harder for you to edit yourself.
