Vim Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Configurability ... Keyboard focused Lightweight Modal editor Plugin manager Small size Spell checking Terminal-based Visual Mode Word completion Works on all OSs Add a feature 1029 Like
LibreOffice - Writer Writer has all the features you need from a modern, full-featured word processing or desktop publishing tool. It's simple enough for a quick memo, but powerful... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Export to Word Live Meeting Portable Presentations as Video ... Export to PDF Support for Themes Add a feature 790 Like
Google Drive - Docs Google Docs is an online word processor, part of Google Drive , that lets you create and format text documents and collaborate with other people in real time. Free Web Android iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet ... iPad Collaborative writing IFTTT integration Office Online integration Real time collaboration ... Export to PDF Self Hosted Feature Add a feature 703 Like
Microsoft Office Word Microsoft Word, part of the Microsoft Office Suite but also sold as a standalone application, is Microsoft's word processor. Its... Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Cross-references Real time collaboration Ribbon Interface Export to PDF ... Spell checking Add a feature 726 Like
Write! Write! is a distraction-free text editor that boosts your productivity. It supports markdown syntax, spell-checker, cloud integration and much more! Features: ... Commercial $ $ $ Mac OS X Windows Linux Cloud sync Distraction free writing MarkDown support Distraction-free UI ... Reading list Software compartmentalization Add a feature 657 Like
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 OS X Windows Linux PortableApps.com Customizable Distraction-free UI Auto-saving Distraction free writing ... Fullscreen support Multiple languages Distraction-free UI Portable Tabbed interface Writing statistics Add a feature 155 Like
AbiWord AbiWord is a free software word processor. The name "AbiWord" (pronounced "Abby Word") is derived from the root of the Spanish word... Free Open Source Linux BSD PortableApps.com Haiku GTK+ ... AmigaOS Lightweight Multiple languages Portable Add a feature 242 Like Its more powerful and can be customized for default fonts. Better version of WordPad. I have been using it for everything great program. Guest • Sep 2015 Disagree Agree This is the best alternative for WordPad. I have customized the default document to exactly what I want to appear each time. Great alternative. rockyj • Sep 2015 Disagree Agree Smaller footprint, familiar interface, for most general writing, it more than suffices. Guest • Jan 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
Scrivener Scrivener is a word processor and project management tool created specifically for writers of long texts such as novels and research papers. It won't try to tell you... Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux iPhone iPad ... Wine Distraction free writing Export to Word iPhone/iPod sync Support for LaTeX ... Export to ePub Export to PDF Scripting Write in separate docs Add a feature 186 Like
Notepad2 Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. Simple as possible, but yet powerful. Has full Unicode support. Can be run out of... Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Lightweight Portable Small size Syntax Highlighting Add a feature 281 Like Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.2.25, released on October 28, 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Apache OpenOffice Writer Writer, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is an open-source word processor. It supports the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) for... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature 635 Like
Notepad Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows. Free Windows Support for Unicode Bundled with Windows Add a feature 152 Like
Notion With so many tools, it's hard to keep everyone on the same page. Notion is a new tool that unifies them all. It's like Google Docs, but everything is... Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Web iPhone iPad Real time collaboration Collaborative writing Drag n drop Embedded media ... Google Drive integration Integrated Search Knowledge base MarkDown support Support for @mentions Real time collaboration Real time editing Slack integration Syntax Highlighting Team Collaboration Wiki-like interface Youtube integration Add a feature 39 Like
Notepad2-mod A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Kai Liu's and other people's patches. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Bookmarks Feature Portable Syntax Highlighting Support for Unicode Add a feature 39 Like
WPS Writer WPS Writer, part of WPS Office , is dependable and fast word processing software that is highly compatible with... Freemium Windows Linux Built-in PDF converter Office-like Tabbed interface Convert Word documents to PDF Add a feature 54 Like
metapad Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful)... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature 38 Like
