The following is a list of notable word processors.

Free and open-source software

AbiWord AbiWord () is a free and open-source software word processor. It is written in C++ and since version 3 it is based on GTK+ 3. The name "AbiWord" is derived from the root of the Spanish word "'' abierto''", meaning "open".Project MascoAbi the Ant ...

Apache OpenOffice Writer The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño and ...

* Calligra Words * Collabora Online Writer – enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice, included with Online, Mobile and Desktop apps *

EtherPad Etherpad (previously known as EtherPad) is an open-source, web-based collaborative real-time editor, allowing authors to simultaneously edit a text document, and see all of the participants' edits in real-time, with the ability to display eac ...

– real-time word processor * GNU TeXmacs – document preparation system * Groff * JWPce – Japanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese * KWord * LibreOffice Writer * LyX –

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document processor * OnlyOffice Desktop Editors *

Pathetic Writer Siag Office is a tightly integrated free software office package for Unix-like operating systems. It consists of the spreadsheet SIAG ("Scheme In A Grid"), the word processor Pathetic Writer (PW), the animation program Egon Animator, the text edi ...

– Mac and Linux * Ted – Linux * TextEdit – Mac and Linux *

Trelby ''Trelby'' is a free and open source screenwriting program which focuses on providing a simple, uncluttered interface to writing screenplays. It is a rebranding of an older screenwriting program called Blyte. It currently runs on both Windows and L ...

– screenplay word processor * WordGrinder – minimalist TUI word processor

Proprietary software

Commercial

* Apple Pages, part of its iWork suite – Mac, iOS *

Applix Word Applixware is a suite of proprietary modular applications for Linux edited by Vistasource, Inc. Applixware was originally created by Applix, Inc. Alis Applix's first office suite, introduced in 1986, was called Alis, and was marketed with Alic ...

– Linux *

Atlantis Word Processor Atlantis Word Processor is a stand-alone word processor for Microsoft Windows. It used to be known as "Atlantis Ocean Mind". Features Atlantis offers many features standard in other word processors. But it lacks some important features like col ...

– Windows *

DavkaWriter Davka Corporation is a software company specializing in applications related to Jewish history, customs and traditions and the Hebrew language. Founded in 1982, Davka is notable as the publisher of several early games for the Apple II series of com ...

– Windows and Mac *

Documents To Go Documents To Go is BlackBerry's cross-platform office suite for Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Maemo, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, Android, and iOS. Also, a larger-screen version would have been included with the Palm Foleo, but Palm, Inc. cancelled the ...

– Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian * Final Draft – screenplay/teleplay word processor *

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

IA Writer iA Writer is a text editor developed by Information Architects (iA), and was initially released on September 22, 2010, for iOS ( iPhone and iPad), May 28, 2011, for macOS and 2018 for Microsoft Windows through a Kickstarter campaign. iA state ...

– Mac, iOS *

IBM DisplayWrite DisplayWrite (sometimes written as Displaywrite) was a word processor software application that IBM developed and marketed for the IBM PC and PCjr. It was among the company's first internally developed, commercially sold PC software titles. Dis ...

– DOS *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 ha ...

– 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. The following ver ...

*IBM SCRIPT/VS – IBM z/VM or z/OS systems * Ichitaro – Japanese word processor produced by JustSystems – Windows *

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 magaz ...

– Mac and Windows * IntelliTalk * iStudio Publisher – Mac * Kingsoft Writer – Windows and Linux * Mathematica – technical and scientific word processing *

Mellel Mellel (, the Hebrew for "text") is a word processor for Mac OS X, developed since 2002 and marketed as especially suited for technical and academic writers, and for writers with long, complex documents. It is made by Mellel AAR, a small software ...

– Mac * Microsoft Word – Windows and Mac * Microsoft Works Word Processor (abandoned) – Windows * Microsoft Write – Windows and Mac (a stripped-down version of Word, abandoned) * Nisus Writer – Mac * Nota Bene – Windows, Mac *

Polaris Office Polaris Office is a paid office suite that runs on platforms such as Android, iOS, Windows and macOS, a product of Korea-based software firm Infraware, Inc. It allows the editing of Microsoft Office file-formats (doc/docx, hwp, ppt/pptx, txt, x ...

– Android and Windows Mobile *

PolyEdit PolyEdit is a compact multipurpose word processor and text editor for Microsoft Windows. It has been developed by PolySoft Solutions since 1998. The program can be downloaded as PolyEdit Lite, which is free for home use. A paid-for version is ...

– Windows * QuickOffice – Android, iOS, Symbian (abandoned) *

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

– Windows and Mac * Scrivener – Windows, Mac and Linux * TechWriter – RISC OS *

Text Control Founded in 1991, Text Control is a vendor of word processing and reporting components for Microsoft development technologies. The software company also publishes TX Text Control Express, a free RichTextBox replacement component for the .NET Framew ...

– Word Processing SDK Library *

TextMaker TextMaker is a word processor developed by the German company SoftMaker and available as part of the SoftMaker office suite. TextMaker is available for Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android. Some reduced versions of TextMaker are released as freew ...

– Windows and Linux *

ThinkFree Office Hancom Office, formerly ThinkFree Office, is a proprietary office suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet software, presentation software, and a PDF editor as well as their online versions accessible via an internet browser. ThinkFre ...

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

WordPad WordPad is the basic word processor that has been included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 95 onwards. It is more advanced than Windows Notepad, and simpler than Microsoft Word and Microsoft Works (last updated in 2007 ...

– previously known as "Write" in older versions than Windows 95; has been included in all versions of Windows since Windows 1.01. * WordPerfect – Windows and Linux

Freeware

* Atlantis Nova – Windows *

BabelPad Andrew Christopher West (; born 31 March 1960) is an English Sinologist. His first works concerned Chinese novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties. His study of ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' used a new approach to analyse the relationship amo ...

– Windows *

Baraha Baraha is a word processing application for creating documents in Indian languages. It was developed by Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan with an intention to provide a software to enable and encourage Indians use their native languages on the com ...

– free Indian language software *

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– Mac * Jarte – Windows * Kingsoft Writer Personal Edition *

Online

* Apple Pages *

Authorea Authorea is an online collaborative writing tool that allows researchers to write, cite, collaborate, host data and publish. It has been described as "Google Docs for Scientists". It has been owned by the commercial publishing company Wiley thro ...

– word processor for students and researchers * Collabora Online Writer – enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice * Google Docs * Microsoft Word Online – free online service *

OnlyOffice OnlyOffice (formerly TeamLab), stylized as ONLYOFFICE, is a free software office suite developed by Ascensio System SIA, a subsidiary of "New Communication Technologies", a company from Russia, but headquartered in Riga, Latvia. In Russian mark ...

Write * WriteOnline * XaitPorter – word processor for Enterprise, allowing both single-user and team collaboration approach

Historical

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