Byword Alternatives

Byword is described as 'Is designed to make writing more enjoyable with Markdown on your Mac, iPhone and iPad' and is a popular Word Processor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Byword for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Byword alternative is Zettlr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Byword are ghostwriter, Manuskript, Dendron and Mark Text.

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  1. 750 Words icon
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    750 Words is an online plain text editor with autosave and fullscreen edit options, 750 Words also lets you track your progress and earn points for achievements. Login with Google, Yahoo or Facebook Connect.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Modern Markdown Editor is a sleek, minimal note-taking and writing platform that lets you create, edit, and organize your notes effortlessly using Markdown.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. JDarkRoom icon
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    JDarkRoom is a popular, simple full-screen text file editor with none of the usual bells and whistles that might distract you from the job in hand. If you are writing a speech, novel, essay, thesis or just need to be able to concentrate on your writing, then JDarkRoom may help...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Writage is a new add-in for Word, which enables to edit Markdown documents. Zero knowledge of Markdown is required in order to write structured documents. No need to remember markup for hyperlink or footnote, or how to format a table.

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    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Word
     
  5. ConstEdit icon
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    ConstEdit word processor is a Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge web browser extension. It writes doc in the html format, which is the standard internet webpage format. Documents written are therefore directly viewable with any web browsers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. freewrite icon
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    One simple, clean place to write continuously for a set time without distraction — think through a new idea, write your next script, reflect on an event, whatever.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. KoalaWriter icon
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    Koalawriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free plain text editor with customizable background images and ambient music. Like its Mac OS counterpart Ommwriter, its onscreen controls fade out of sight when you begin to type and appear again on mouseover.

    39 KoalaWriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. myTexts pro icon
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    Unlike most word processors, myTexts stands apart from the rest with its simple to use user-friendly interface. Without the burdens of superfluous features common in other softwares, myTexts helps you get more meaning out of your words with less distraction.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Evermark icon
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    Evermark is a full-featured markdown editor for iOS.

    1. Create, rename, edit, preview markdown (or othrer text format) document; 2. Support deal with documents 'OpenIn' from other Apps;
    2. Support share and store your documents to other Apps (such as: Dropbox, **.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Notepad! is the free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad. This software is completely free to use, for both personal and business purposes. With multi-document editing, split editing (two views of the same document, side by side, with synchronized...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. PyRoom icon
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    PyRoom is a free editor that stays out your way - and keeps other things out of your way, too. As a fullscreen editor without buttons, widgets, formatting options, menus and with only the minimum of required dialog windows, it doesn't have any distractions and lets you focus...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. MetroTextual icon
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    MetroTextual is a Windows text editor inspired by Microsoft’s Metro Design Language. It’s designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad; with significant improvements to performance and aesthetics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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