Obsidian is a note-taking app that lets you create a personal knowledge graph with ease. It is designed for non-linear thinking and allows you to easily link your notes together wiki-style.
- Note-taking Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Snapcraft
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Flathub
- Safari
- Mozilla Firefox
+4A versatile open-source word processor with robust formatting, style options, and cross-platform availability, ideal for both memos and complex book publishing.
- Word Processor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- ReactOS
+2Comprehensive writing tool for notes, citations, and drafting with privacy-first features and multi-language support, perfect for diverse writing tasks.
- Note-taking Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
+5AI tool transforming search experiences by providing accurate answers through a conversational interface, considering context and user preferences.
- AI Chatbot
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
+10Widely-used word processor offering extensive document editing tools, SmartArt, PDF support, and integrated search features on multiple platforms.
- Word Processor
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. All the content stored on CryptPad is encrypted before being sent, which means nobody can access your data unless you give them the keys.
- Word Processor
- Freemium • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+7Cryptee is a safety and privacy focused, encrypted and cross-platform personal data storage service. You can write personal documents, notes, journals, store photos (including raw photos from DSLR cameras) and all sorts of other files.
- Note-taking Tool
- Freemium • Open Source
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+15Manuskript is an open-source tool for writers, with outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc.
- Novel Authoring Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
+5Medium is a new place on the Internet where people share ideas and stories that are longer than 140 characters and not just for friends. It’s designed for little stories that make your day better and manifestos that change the world.
- Blog Publishing Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Ideal for long writing projects with flexibility in structure, Scrivener integrates easy project outlines and allows seamless restructuring with drag and drop.
- Novel Authoring Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- iPhone
- iPad
- PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
- Wine
+9Writer, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is an open-source word processor. It supports the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) for data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft Office 97-2003 formats, Microsoft Office 2007...
- Word Processor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Create and edit PDFs. Collaborate with ease. E-sign documents and collect signatures. Get everything done in one app, wherever you work. Acrobat’s got it. Stay on top of your documents with powerful features for desktop, mobile, and web.
- PDF Reader
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
+2The enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice provides you the powerful on-premise office suites, that enable you to access documents, author new content and work collaboratively. For Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and Chrome OS.
- Word Processor
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Cloudron
Etherpad is a highly customizable Open Source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time.
- Team Collaboration Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Sandstorm
- Cloudron
bibisco is a novel writing software that helps you to write your story, in a simple way.
- Novel Authoring Tool
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
- Node.JS
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