The following is a list of notable

word processor program A word processor program is an Application software, application program that provides word processing functions. The most basic of them include input, editing, formatting, and output of Formatted text, rich text. Word processor programs run on ...

Word processor programs

Free and open-source software

* AbiWord – available for AmigaOS, Linux, ReactOS and Solaris * Apache OpenOffice Writer – available for Linux, macOS and Windows * Calligra Words – available for Linux and Windows * Collabora Online Writer – available for Android, ChromeOS, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Mac, Online and Windows *

GNU TeXmacs GNU TeXmacs is a scientific word processor and typesetting component of the GNU Project. It originated as a variant of GNU Emacs with TeX functionalities, though it shares no code with those programs, while using TeX fonts. It is written and maint ...

– document preparation system – available for Linux, macOS and Windows * Groff – available for BSD and Linux *

LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source Word processor program, word processor and desktop publishing component of the LibreOffice suite and is a Fork (software development), fork of OpenOffice.org#Components, OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer ...

– available for Linux, macOS and Windows, and unofficial: Android, ChromeOS, FreeBSD, Haiku, iOS, iPadOS, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Solaris *

LyX LyX (styled as LYX; pronounced ) is an open-source software, open source, graphical user interface document processor based on the LaTeX typesetting system. Unlike most word processors, which follow the WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") ...

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TeX Tex, TeX, TEX, may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname * Tex Earnhardt (1930–2020), U.S. businessman * Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer ...

– available for ChromeOS, Haiku, OS/2, Linux, macOS, UNIX and Windows *

TextEdit TextEdit is an open-source software, open-source word processor and text editor, first featured in NeXT's NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. It is now distributed with macOS since Apple Inc.'s acquisition of NeXT, and available as a GNUstep application fo ...

– available for macOS and Linux * WordGrinder – available for Linux, macOS and Windows

Freeware and proprietary suites

Apple Pages Pages is a word processing program developed by Apple Inc. that is part of the iWork productivity suite. It runs on the macOS, iPadOS, and iOS operating systems and is also available on the iCloud website. The first version of Pages was release ...

– available for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and online * Atlantis Word Processor – available for Windows * Baraha – available for Windows *

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– available for macOS * DavkaWriter – available for macOS and Windows * Final Draft – screenplay/teleplay word processor, available for macOS and Windows *

Adobe FrameMaker Adobe FrameMaker is a document processor designed for writing and editing large or complex documents, including structured documents. It was originally developed by Frame Technology Corporation, which was bought by Adobe. Overview FrameMaker ...

– Windows *

Gobe Productive Gobe Software, Inc was a software company founded in 1997 by members of the ClarisWorks development team that developed and published an integrated desktop software suite for BeOS. In later years, it was the distributor of BeOS itself. History ...

Word Processor – Windows and Linux *

Google Docs Google Docs is an online word processor and part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. Google Docs is accessible via a web browser as a web-based application and is also available as a mobile app on Android and iO ...

Hangul The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...

(also known as HWP) – Windows, Mac and Linux *

IA Writer iA Writer is a text editor developed by Information Architects (iA). It was first released on September 22, 2010, for iOS, followed by a macOS version on May 28, 2011, and a Microsoft Windows version in 2018, funded via a Kickstarter campaign. An ...

– Mac, iOS *IBM

SCRIPT Script may refer to: Writing systems * Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire * Script (styles of handwriting) ** Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of handw ...

– IBM

VM/370 VM (often: VM/CMS) is a family of IBM virtual machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible systems, including the Hercules emulator for personal computers. Design The heart of t ...

*IBM

SCRIPT/VS SCRIPT,Stuart E. Madnick and Allen G. Moulton (1968) IEEE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech, Vol. EWS-11, No. 2, pp. 92-100. any of a series of text markup languages starting with Script under Control Program-67/Cambridge Monitor Sys ...

– IBM

z/VM z/VM is the current version in IBM's VM family of virtual machine operating systems. First released in October 2000, z/VM remains in active use and development . It is directly based on technology and concepts dating back to the 1960s, particu ...

z/OS z/OS is a 64-bit operating system for IBM z/Architecture mainframes, introduced by IBM in October 2000. It derives from and is the successor to OS/390, which in turn was preceded by a string of MVS versions.Starting with the earliest: ...

systems * Ichitaro – Japanese word processor produced by

JustSystems is a Japanese software development house. The company's main products were a word processor, Ichitaro (word processor), Ichitaro ("JohnnyOne"), a Japanese input method, ATOK. In 2010s, they focus on correspondence education and enterprise softwa ...

Adobe InCopy Adobe InCopy is a professional word processor made by Adobe Inc. that integrates with Adobe InDesign. InCopy is used for general word processing, in contrast to InDesign, which is used to publish printed material, including newspapers and maga ...

– Mac and Windows *

iStudio Publisher iStudio Publisher is a page layout and desktop publishing (DTP) application developed by iStudio Software. iStudio Publisher 1.0 was released on 6 January 2009 at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. The present version, iStudio Pu ...

– Mac *

Jarte Jarte is a word processor for users of Microsoft Windows, based on the WordPad engine, produced by Carolina Road Software. In terms of market appeal, Jarte is a lighter alternative to the feature laden Microsoft Word. The standard version of Jar ...

– Windows *

Mathematica Wolfram (previously known as Mathematica and Wolfram Mathematica) is a software system with built-in libraries for several areas of technical computing that allows machine learning, statistics, symbolic computation, data manipulation, network ...

– technical and scientific word processing * Mellel – Mac *

Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is a word processor program, word processing program developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platf ...

– Online, Windows and Mac *

Nextcloud Nextcloud is a suite of Client–server model, client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. It can integrate with the Collabora Online and OnlyOffice office suites. It can be hosted in the Cloud computing, cloud or On-pre ...

Nisus Writer Nisus Writer (known as just Nisus from 1989 to 1993) is a word processor program for Apple Macs, made by California-based Nisus Software, Inc. The program is nowadays available in two varieties: Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro. Histor ...

– Mac *

Nota Bene ( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''. In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...

– Windows, Mac *

OnlyOffice OnlyOffice (formerly TeamLab), stylized as ONLYOFFICE, is a free software office suite and ecosystem of collaborative applications. It consists of online editors for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and PDFs, and the room-base ...

* Polaris Office – Android and Windows Mobile * PolyEdit – Windows *

RagTime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its Syncopation, syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers ...

– Windows and Mac *

Scrivener A scrivener (or scribe) was a person who, before the advent of compulsory education, could literacy, read and write or who wrote letters as well as court and legal documents. Scriveners were people who made their living by writing or copying w ...

– Windows, Mac and Linux * TechWriter – RISC OS * Text Control – Word Processing SDK Library *

TextMaker TextMaker is a word processor, which aims at utmost computer compatibility, compatibility with Microsoft Word, its default document format is .docx. It is sold as part of the SoftMaker Office, SoftMaker office suite. Some reduced versions of Te ...

– Windows and Linux * ThinkFree Office Write – Windows, Mac and Linux * Ulysses – Mac, iPadOS, iOS *

WordPerfect WordPerfect (WP) is a word processing application, now owned by Alludo, with a long history on multiple personal computer platforms. At the height of its popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was the market leader of word processors, disp ...

– Windows and Linux * WPS Writer – Windows and Linux * WriteOnline

Discontinued word processor programs

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Word processors A word processor (WP) is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features. Early word processors were stand-alone devices dedicated to the function, but current word ...

Online office suites

Word processor programs

Free and open-source software

Freeware and proprietary suites

Discontinued word processor programs

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