Typewriter Alternatives

Typewriter is described as 'Once upon a time, people pounded out their memos and missives on a typewriter. There was no backspace, spell check, or fancy formatting, just forward movement, and muttered obscenities when you screwed up. Typewriter brings some of that ink-stained experience back' and is a Word Processor in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Typewriter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Typewriter alternative is FocusWriter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Typewriter are WriteMonkey, Byword, Q10 and ZenWriter.

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Once upon a time, people pounded out their memos and missives on a typewriter. There was no backspace, spell check, or...

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Typewriter alternatives page was last updated Aug 6, 2018
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  1. Zen icon

    Zen

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    Zen helps you to focus on your writing... It's writing only. It's fullscreen. It's Zen.

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    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Zen Features

    1.  Distraction-free Writing

    Zen VS Typewriter

     
  2. Worst Draft icon

    Worst Draft

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    Worst Draft is a Java-based, minimalist word processor that removes access to the two biggest roadblocks for writers: editing & distractions.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
    Worst Draft screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Block Distraction
    3.  Distraction-free Writing

    Worst Draft VS Typewriter

     
  4. KoalaWriter icon

    KoalaWriter

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    With controls
    Discontinued

    Last commit dates from 2010, and the last issue (still marked as new) dates from 2013, without an answer.

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Distraction-free Writing

    KoalaWriter VS Typewriter

     
  5. TextRoom icon

    TextRoom

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    TextRoom is a free (as in freedom and free beer) full screen text editor developed especially writers in mind.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    TextRoom screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last commit dates from 2011. The last issue (still marked as new) dates from 2013.

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Fullscreen support

    TextRoom VS Typewriter

     
  6. MarkMyWords icon

    MarkMyWords

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    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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    MarkMyWords screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown

    MarkMyWords VS Typewriter

     

  7. YEdit

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    yEdit2 is a simple text editor with frequent auto-backups and a countdown word counter.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    yEdit2 main screen

    YEdit VS Typewriter

     
  9. Quilter icon

    Quilter

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    Quilter is a minimalist, focused writing app for elementary OS .

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • elementary OS
    Focus Mode
    Discontinued

    The latest release is from February 2021, and the project is deprecated according to the GitHub repository.

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Low memory usage
    3.  Distraction-free Writing

    Quilter VS Typewriter

     
  10. typWrittr icon

    typWrittr

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    Minimal, Distraction-free, highly customizable cloud text editor for writers. TypWrittr featuring unique concept of inspirational presets. Write your book from any device with pleasure.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Distraction-free Writing

    typWrittr VS Typewriter

     
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