Simple but configurable and themeable, distraction-free text editor for writers. Open-source and available across desktop platforms.
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Typewriter AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Text Editors
The best Text Editor alternative to Typewriter is FocusWriter, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Typewriter and 12 are Text Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Text Editor alternatives to Typewriter are WriteMonkey, ZenWriter, Q10 and Cold Turkey Writer.
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102 FocusWriter alternatives
106 WriteMonkey alternativesWritemonkey is a Windows zenware writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words.
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65 ZenWriter alternativesZenWriter is a full-screen text editor that minimizes distractions with its tranquil, zen-like interface for Windows, offering limited formatting options designed to support uninterrupted writing flow and creativity while providing a calm atmosphere for authors and poets.
38 Q10 alternativesQ10 is a simple but powerful text editor designed and built with writers in mind.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Windows
121 Cold Turkey Writer alternativesCold Turkey Writer won't let you quit until you finish your work. Like, literally will not quit.
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37 JDarkRoom alternativesJDarkRoom 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
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
SSuite NoteBook Editor is a free portable text editor that has all the functionality to start you on writing that important novel, short-story or article, with enough bells and whistles to help out. It also includes all the necessary editing short-cut keys for power users and...
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
Writer is a free online distraction free writing environment provided by Big Huge Labs.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
- elementary OS
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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.
MarkMyWords is the ideal markup-writing tool for authors. By using Markdown, MultiMarkdown, Textile, Wikitext, HTML or BBCode MarkMyWords makes writing articles for the web a breeze and remains platform-independent by using plain text documents.
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