WordPad Alternatives for Linux

Alternatives to WordPad for Linux with any license

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 enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes, etc. You're free to concentrate on your message, while Writer will make it look great.
- Using it to write my novels. Paying for Wordpad isn't necessary as long as I have this software. Guest • Apr 2019
- Wordpad is too simple compared to Wordpad. I'm looking for a super lightweight word processor like Wordpad for Linux so I can quickly write simple RTF documents when I don't need the features of LibreOffice. LibreOffice has more features but isn't as lightweight and fast. Guest • Sep 2018 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... ReactOS
Open Source apps Export to PDF Export to HTML Export to Word ... Hybrid PDF Hyperlinks Live Meeting Portable Presentations as Video Support for Themes Add a feature

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Vim

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. Vim offers several “modes” for editing with efficiency. This makes vim a non-user-friendly application but it is also a strength. The normal mode binds alphanumeric keys to task-oriented commands. The visual mode highlights text. The command-line mode offers more tools (for search&replace, defining functions, etc.
- Vim is a text editor, not a word processor. Guest • Sep 2018 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris
Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Syntax Highlighting ... Keyboard focused Open source software Plugins Batch Editing Built-in terminal emulation Command line Command line interface Configurable Dedication to home row For geek Hackable Support for Large File Lightweight MarkDown support Mnemonic key bindings Modal editor Native application Plugin manager Regex substitution Spell checking Terminal-based Vim Buffers Vim folding Visual Mode Well documented Word completion Add a feature

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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 the last files you had open to make it easy to jump back in during your next writing session, and has many other features that make it such that only one thing matters: your writing.

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

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Scrivener

GROW YOUR MANUSCRIPT YOUR WAY Tailor-made for long writing projects, Scrivener banishes page fright by allowing you to compose your text in any order, in sections as large or small as you like. Got a great idea but don't know where it fits? Write when inspiration strikes and find its place later. Grow your manuscript organically, idea by idea.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux iPhone iPad
Corkboard Character database Distraction free writing Document compiler ... Export to Word Integrated Search iPhone/iPod sync Support for LaTeX Notetaking Outline mode Quotas support Export to ePub Export to PDF Scene Management Scripting Split files into sections Visual Organization Write in separate docs Add a feature

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AbiWord

AbiWord is a free software word processor. The name "AbiWord" (pronounced "Abby Word") is derived from the root of the Spanish word "abierto", meaning "open". It runs on Linux, Mac OS X (PowerPC), ReactOS, BeOS (unsupported), AmigaOS 4.0 (through its Cygnix X11 engine), and other operating systems. Multilingual Portable version (15MB installed) from http://portableapps.com/apps/office/abiword_portable .
- Smaller footprint, familiar interface, for most general writing, it more than suffices. Guest • Jan 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- 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 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Linux BSD PortableApps.com Haiku GTK+ ... AmigaOS
Lightweight Multiple languages Portable Spell checking Add a feature

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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 data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft Office 97-2003 formats, Microsoft Office 2007 format (ability to "open" documents in version 3), among others.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Functions Open Source apps Export to PDF Spell checking Add a feature

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WPS Writer

WPS Writer, part of WPS Office , is dependable and fast word processing software that is highly compatible with Microsoft Office Word , and can read and edit DOC and DOCX formats. This allows you to freely transfer your office documents between Microsoft Word and WPS Writer. The version 2013 is available for free with the name Kingsoft Writer Free 2013.
- Modern Microsoft Word Look-Alike that opens MUCH faster than Word! Has EVERYTHING you need. Not as bloated as Libre. Stable, Familiar UI, and most importantly....FREE! Guest • Apr 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Freemium Windows Linux
Built-in PDF converter Crossplatform Compatible with Microsoft Office Office-like ... Tabbed interface Convert Word documents to PDF Add a feature

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Dictanote

Switch effortlessly between using the keyboard and your voice to type out notes. Work smarter and more productively with fast, accurate dictation and transcription using Dictanote. Dictanote supports over 40 different languages and 52 different dialects spoken which covers over 80% of the world's population! You can also purchase in-app Pro upgrade which lets you create multiple notes and save them on Dictanote cloud.

Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Chrome OS ... Chrome
Dictation Notetaking Works Offline Portable ... Speech Recognition Speech to text Voice Commands Voice Notes Voice recognition WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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Notepas

Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free Pascal Compiler. Exclusive features: - Alpha blended coloring supporting multiple layers of transparency for both text and background. - Code filter: a tool to filter lines that match a given search string or regular expression. - Code shaper: a set of tools to apply advanced formatting rules to a text selection.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
IDE Portable Search and replace Syntax Highlighting ... Support for Unicode Add a feature

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ConstEdit

ConstEdit is a word processor that writes documents in the html format. It is a Google Chrome web browser extension. It is not a cloud app and is not an online html editor. It runs within Google Chrome locally on your device for better performance, convenience and security, while providing more functionality. Interoperability. ConstEdit writes documents in the standard internet webpage format (html/htm file extension).

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Speech Recognition Voice input Speech to text Automatic content formatting ... Document structure management Html as document format Export to PDF Add a feature

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EdytorNC

EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC program directly from machine (beta function, look in tool tips in serial port configuration dialog). Clipboard to keep texts from system clipboard. License: GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

Free Open Source Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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TabNote-

TabNote is a free and offline chrome extension which can use to take notes while you are browsing the web. 🤗 🤖 You can customize your TabNote by setting up font size, font color, font family, background color, spell checker etc. You can use TabNote as a clipboard or a notepad. Purpose of TabNote is productivity. You don't have to wait until for notepad, TabNote is a single click away. 👼

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Chrome OS ... Self-Hosted Chrome
Notetaking Add a feature

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Aspose.Words for Cloud

Aspose.Words for Cloud is a REST API that helps developers processing documents. It is a cloud based document creation, manipulation and conversion API, with a variety of features for document processing. Aspose.Words for Cloud is platform independent document manipulation API. This API can be used with any language of your choice -- .NET, Java, PHP, Ruby, Rails, Python, jQuery and many more. Aspose.Words for Cloud REST API can also be integrated with other cloud services to process documents.

Freemium Windows Linux Web Java Mobile
REST API Add a feature

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WriteXO

A cloud based notepad made for writers by writers.

Free Personal Mac Windows Linux
Auto-saving Distraction free writing Notetaking Add a feature

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Twake

Twake is a real-time teamwork platform. It is a suite of collaborative tools that includes the specificities of some best-sellers (slack, trello, google drive,...). We provide professional messaging, storage space, online collaborative editors (word, excel, powerpoint), task manager, team calendar. All these modules are avaible via a single platform and are therefore easy to set up and use. Twake is available in saas or self hosted

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Real time collaboration Excel Task Management Team Collaboration Add a feature

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Celframe Office Write

Even though it’s not big-name office software, Celframe doesn't skimp on the features for its word processor Write. This office software application has nearly every tool you need in a word processor and has a similar look and feel you've likely been familiar with for years. If you're planning on just using a word processor for basic to intermediate document creation and editing, you won't be limited at all with Celframe as it does the job well.

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Compatible with Microsoft Office Notetaking Add a feature

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