Alternatives to PyRoom for all platforms with any license

FocusWriter

Simple but configurable and themeable, distraction-free text editor for writers. Open-source and available across desktop platforms.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Customizable Distraction free writing Distraction-free UI Auto-saving ... Fullscreen support Multiple languages Distraction-free UI Open source software Portable Skin customization Tabbed interface Writing statistics Add a feature

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iA Writer

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...

Commercial Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Distraction free writing HTML/CSS/JS rendering Integrated into iOS Support for LaTeX ... Nested Folders Night mode/Dark Theme Distraction-free UI Notetaking Writing tool Add a feature

80 Like
Byword

Byword is designed to make writing more enjoyable with Markdown on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Features - Designed to make writing more enjoyable using Markdown -...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
MarkDown support Distraction free writing Dropbox integration Grammar check ... Works Offline Text expansion Add a feature

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Q10

Q10 is a simple but powerful text editor designed and built with writers in mind.
- Discontinued
  Last version dates from 2011.
Free Windows
Distraction free writing Fullscreen support Multiple languages Distraction-free UI ... Portable Add a feature

55 Like
Organon

Organon is a plugin for LibreOffice and OpenOffice. Organon allows to split up large texts into parts, allows tagging and opening parts of the project in new tabs. ...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux LibreOffice Apache OpenOffice
Libre Office Integration Tabbed interface Writing tool Add a feature

24 Like
WriteRoom

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...
- Discontinued
  The program is no longer available for iOS. The Mac version, v3.2.1, released in August 2012, can be still bought from the AppStore.
Commercial Mac
Distraction free writing Fullscreen support Distraction-free UI Notetaking ... Writing tool Add a feature

50 Like
Liquid Story Binder XE

Liquid Story Binder XE is a uniquely designed word processor for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and novelists. Writing software for those who require the...
- Discontinued
  Last update was around 2011, can still be bought.
Commercial Windows
Journal Planner Portable Timeline Add a feature

15 Like
UberWriter

Uberwriter is a GTK+ based distraction free Markdown editor, mainly developed by Wolf Vollprecht. It uses pandoc as backend for markdown parsing and offers a very clean...

Free Open Source Linux
MarkDown support Distraction-free UI Syntax Highlighting Writing tool Add a feature

17 Like
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WordGrinder

WordGrinder is a word processor for processing words. It is not WYSIWYG. It is not point and click. It is not a desktop publisher. It is not a text editor. It does not...

Free Open Source Windows Linux
Command line Distraction free writing Add a feature

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ZenWriter

ZenWriter, a text editor for Windows that cuts out all the distraction and lets you focus on letting your thoughts flow. It’s a full screen, zen-like program that...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows
Distraction free writing Fullscreen support Add a feature

26 Like