FocusWriter AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like FocusWriter

FocusWriter is described as 'Simple but configurable and themeable, distraction-free text editor for writers. Open-source and available across desktop platforms' and is a very popular Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to FocusWriter for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best FocusWriter alternative is Zettlr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FocusWriter are ghostwriter, Trudido, QOwnNotes and Bear.

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  1. Zettlr icon
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    Unified writing platform offering note-taking, easy citations with Zotero integration, LaTeX/Word templates, snippets, themes, dark modes, code highlighting, multi-language support, and knowledge management with Zettelkasten for seamless writing from notes to books.

    201 Zettlr alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  2. ghostwriter icon
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    ghostwriter is a feature-rich text editor using Markdown syntax which makes it suitable for note-taking, document redaction, simple HTML website creation and much more.

    144 ghostwriter alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
     
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  3. Trudido icon
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    Offline in-device task manager and note app featuring smart creation, advanced organization, calendar and list views, Markdown notes, secure SHA-256 encryption, Material You theming, multiple color themes, no tracking or ads, and import/export for total ownership.

    44 Trudido alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  4. QOwnNotes icon
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    Plain text notepad with markdown support and todo list manager for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, that works together with the notes application of ownCloud.

    292 QOwnNotes alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Qt
     
  5. Bear icon
     98 likes

    Flexible note-taking and writing tool featuring advanced markdown with in-line images, cross-note links, live preview, hashtags, Focus Mode, plain text storage, iCloud sync, one-tap formatting, smart data recognition, and multiple export formats for portability.

    264 Bear alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Pages icon
     213 likes

    Word processor providing real-time collaboration, over 90 templates, iCloud integration, support for Word and EPUB files, over 700 shapes, advanced formatting tools, change tracking, mathematical equations, multimedia insertion, wireless printing, and flexible export options.

    82 Pages alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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  7. Dendron icon
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    Dendron is an open-source, local-first, markdown-based, note-taking tool built on top of VSCode. It supports all the usual features you would expect like tagging, backlinks, a graph view, split panes, and so forth.

    216 Dendron alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  8. iA Writer icon
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    The key to good writing is not that magical glass of Bordeaux, the right kind of tobacco or that groovy background music. The key is focus. What you need to write well is a spartan setting that allows you to fully concentrate on your text and nothing but your text.

    125 iA Writer alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. Ulysses icon
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    Ulysses is a text editor for creative writers. Used by bloggers, poets, students and published novelists all over the world, it offers an integrated environment to brainstorm, draft, revise and even submit text on a professional level.

    140 Ulysses alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. novelWriter icon
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    novelWriter is a Markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents. It uses its own flavor of Markdown that supports a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis and cross-referencing between files.

    77 novelWriter alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Python
     
  11. WriteMonkey icon
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    Writemonkey is a Windows zenware writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words.

    108 WriteMonkey alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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