Free yWriter AlternativesTop Novel Authoring Tools and other similar apps like yWriter
The best free alternative to yWriter is Manuskript, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to yWriter and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to yWriter are bibisco, Daino Notes, novelWriter and Quoll Writer.
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yWriter alternatives are mainly Novel Authoring Tools but may also be Note-taking Tools or Word Processors. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of yWriter.- Novel Authoring Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- 158 likes107 Manuskript alternatives
Manuskript is an open-source tool for writers, with outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Top Manuskript Features
Manuskript VS yWriter
Is Manuskript a good alternative to yWriter? - 83 likes44 bibisco alternatives
bibisco is a novel writing software that helps you to write your story, in a simple way.
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- Freemium • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
- Node.JS
bibisco VS yWriter
Is bibisco a good alternative to yWriter?Comments about bibisco as an Alternative to yWriter
main character's option are really too numerous
-1It may not be as flexible as yWriter to move text between scenes and chapters.
0 - 8 likes59 Daino Notes alternatives
Daino is a fast and elegant place for all your thoughts. Write without fiddling. Store without worrying. Think without distraction.
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- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Daino Notes VS yWriter
Is Daino Notes a good alternative to yWriter? - 21 likes49 novelWriter alternatives
novelWriter is a Markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents. It uses its own flavor of Markdown that supports a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis and cross-referencing between files.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Qt
novelWriter VS yWriter
Is novelWriter a good alternative to yWriter? - 35 likes61 Quoll Writer alternatives
Focus on your words not the interface. Quoll Writer is a writing application that helps you focus on your words. Clean and uncluttered. Feature rich. Features are where you would expect them to be.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
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Quoll Writer VS yWriter
Is Quoll Writer a good alternative to yWriter?Comments about Quoll Writer as an Alternative to yWriter
Linda JenkinsonAccording to their website, Quoll Writer is not available for Linux or Mac
-1 - 8 likes36 Lore Forge alternatives
The only app you'll need to write your novels and build your worlds. Organize your thoughts and cross-reference anything at any time.
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- Free • Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
Lore Forge VS yWriter
Is Lore Forge a good alternative to yWriter? - 15 likes22 Fantasia Archive alternatives
Free offline worldbuilding and story creation tool with dozens of templates, complex tagging options, document linking, and project-wide search. Template examples: characters, places, events, religions, currencies, magic, species, languages.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Fantasia Archive VS yWriter
Is Fantasia Archive a good alternative to yWriter? - 22 likes46 oStorybook alternatives
oStorybook is a free, open source novel-writing software for creative writers, novelists and authors which will help you to keep an overview of multiple plot-lines while writing texts.
oStorybook VS yWriter
Is oStorybook a good alternative to yWriter?Comments about oStorybook as an Alternative to yWriter
Layout is easier to use, more intuitive. Character database is excellent. However, yWriter shows you word count for each scene, very helpul.
0 - 6 likes18 Lattics alternatives
Lattics is an all-in one knowledge management tool. It offers most of the things in Obsidian, Scrivener and Zotero together.
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- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
Top Lattics Features
Lattics VS yWriter
Is Lattics a good alternative to yWriter? - 55 likes76 Gingko Writer alternatives
Gingko Writer is a text editor that uses a tree-like structure to help you organize and visualize your thoughts, making it easier to outline, draft, and refine complex texts.
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- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Top Gingko Writer Features
Gingko Writer VS yWriter
Is Gingko Writer a good alternative to yWriter?Comments about Gingko Writer as an Alternative to yWriter
it's the only one that actually offers a dynamic word documenting system that is fluid and able to be used by NON-FICTION writers, which is harder to find than you'd think. Still no where near the set up of yWriter though.
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Comments about Manuskript as an Alternative to yWriter
Manuskript combines concepts and functions of yWriter, Novel Factory and Scrivener. It's a bit rough in its presentation, but a good alternative for anyone who can't decide between the aforementioned tools.