Alternatives to PyRoom for all platforms with any license

FocusWriter

FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work. The program autosaves your progress, and reloads...

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

161 Like
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 Integrated into iOS Distraction-free UI Add a feature

68 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 OS X iPhone iPad
Distraction free writing Dropbox integration Works Offline Add a feature

49 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 Add a feature

24 Like
Q10

Q10 is a simple but powerful text editor designed and built with writers in mind.

Free Windows
Distraction free writing Fullscreen support Multiple languages Distraction-free UI ... Portable Add a feature

53 Like
- Discontinued Last version dates from 2011.
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...

Commercial Mac OS X
Fullscreen support Distraction-free UI Add a feature

51 Like
- 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.
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
Distraction-free UI Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

17 Like
- Discontinued The last update to UberWriter's website was in 2012. The latest release on its Launchpad page was also in 2012, and bug reports are not being answered. May have trouble installing its binary release on recent versions of Ubuntu.
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...

Commercial Windows
Portable Add a feature

13 Like
- Discontinued Last update was around 2011, can still be bought.
Desk

An award-winning & beloved desktop publishing client, exclusively for OS X. You are a storyteller, passionate about crafting narratives that capture, express, and...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac OS X
No features added Add a feature

4 Like
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
Distraction free writing Add a feature

2 Like
Paper for Mac

Paper is an elegant text editor designed to resemble… paper. Perfect for prose. Great for notes too.

Freemium Mac
Ad-free Customizable Distraction free writing Fullscreen support ... MarkDown support Minimalistic Distraction-free UI Syntax Highlighting WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

3 Like
JDarkRoom

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...

Free Mac OS X Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

17 Like
- Discontinued Last version dates from 2010.
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 $ $ $ Windows
Distraction free writing Fullscreen support Add a feature

26 Like
Big Huge Labs Writer

Writer is a free online distraction free writing environment provided by Big Huge Labs.

Freemium Web
No features added Add a feature

11 Like
ZenPen

A minimalist writing zone, where you can block out all distractions and get to what's important. The writing.

Free Web
Minimalistic Add a feature

3 Like