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Bean

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Bean is a small, easy-to-use word processor that is designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable. Bean is lean, fast and uncluttered. It starts up quickly, has a live word count, and is easy on the eyes. Also, Bean is available free of charge.

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License model

  • FreeProprietary

Application types

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
4.8 / 5 Avg rating (4)
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6comments
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Spell Checking
  2.  Rich Text Editor
  3.  Multiple languages

 Tags

  • cocoa
  • rich-text
  • regexp

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  • Developed by

    US flagbean
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.8
  • Alternatives

    65 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Bean, and it has gotten 39 likes

Bean was added to AlternativeTo by Filip on Mar 28, 2009 and this page was last updated Jul 22, 2021.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Norton
Mar 30, 2023
0

It's perfect for creating/editing RTF on macOS.

Ross Burdon
Sep 27, 2022
0

Bean has long been mandatory macOS software. It is the successor of macOS's included TextEdit (think MS WordPad) which, while terrific, for many needed the next subset of features without going to Microsoft W$@d. Bean achieves this and never strives for dominance or for fully-fledged WriteNow status. So, if you like to de-tune your communication to TextEdit, then go to Bean. What's next? look for GrowlyBird Write. More +.

ChangeMachine
Jan 8, 2021
0

I use Bean for most of my word processing because my needs are simple and Bean isn't cluttered up with tons of stuff I don't need. But it's still capable of all the normal tasks, like importing most formats, editing tables and whatnot. Great app.

Seth
Jun 12, 2017
0

Bean is no longer being actively developed, but will be updated as necessary to patch bugs and maintain OS X compatibility

malagoli
Jan 4, 2012
1

The developer of Bean released on January 1st a new version (3.0.3) with many improvements, but this software is now close source. The software is still provided at no cost.

According to the web page of the project, Bean version 2.4.x will continue to be open source software.

tabakis
Oct 5, 2010
0

One of the first things to install on a new mac. Light and to the point.

What is Bean?

Bean is a small, easy-to-use word processor that is designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable. Bean is lean, fast and uncluttered. It starts up quickly, has a live word count, and is easy on the eyes. Also, Bean is available free of charge.

Bean has some limitations: it doesn't do footnotes or use stylesheets and is only partially compatible with Word's file formats. Also, it allows in-line graphics, but not floating graphics.

Features

• live word count • make template documents • free-form headers and footers • page layout view (optional 2-up) • dark mode, alternate colors • split-window editing • full screen / focus mode editing • date-stamped backups • find panel with regular expressions • word completion, dictionary • inspector for formatting • highlighter • select by text style • floating window