List of word processor programs
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The following is a list of notable word processor programs.
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 – document preparation system – available for Linux, macOS and Windows
- Groff – available for BSD and Linux
- LibreOffice Writer – available for Linux, macOS and Windows, and unofficial: Android, ChromeOS, FreeBSD, Haiku, iOS, iPadOS, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Solaris
- LyX – TeX – available for ChromeOS, Haiku, OS/2, Linux, macOS, UNIX and Windows
- TextEdit – available for macOS and Linux
- WordGrinder – available for Linux, macOS and Windows
Freeware and proprietary suites
- Apple Pages – available for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and online
- Atlantis Word Processor – available for Windows
- Baraha – available for Windows
- Bean – available for macOS
- DavkaWriter – available for macOS and Windows
- Final Draft – screenplay/teleplay word processor, available for macOS and Windows
- Adobe FrameMaker – Windows
- Gobe Productive Word Processor – Windows and Linux
- Google Docs
- Hangul (also known as HWP) – Windows, Mac and Linux
- IA Writer – Mac, iOS
- IBM SCRIPT – IBM VM/370
- IBM SCRIPT/VS – IBM z/VM or z/OS systems
- Ichitaro – Japanese word processor produced by JustSystems
- Adobe InCopy – Mac and Windows
- iStudio Publisher – Mac
- Jarte – Windows
- JustSystems – Windows
- Mathematica – technical and scientific word processing
- Mellel – Mac
- Microsoft Word – Online, Windows and Mac
- Nextcloud
- Nisus Writer – Mac
- Nota Bene – Windows, Mac
- OnlyOffice
- Polaris Office – Android and Windows Mobile
- PolyEdit – Windows
- RagTime – Windows and Mac
- Scrivener – Windows, Mac and Linux
- TechWriter – RISC OS
- Text Control – Word Processing SDK Library
- TextMaker – Windows and Linux
- ThinkFree Office Write – Windows, Mac and Linux
- Ulysses – Mac, iPadOS, iOS
- WordPerfect – Windows and Linux
- WPS Writer – Windows and Linux
- WriteOnline
- XaitPorter – word processor for Enterprise, allowing both single-user and team collaboration approaches to learning
Discontinued word processor programs
| Title | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Word/1st Word Plus | Atari ST and Acorn | |
| AM Jacquard Systems | running Type-Rite, its own proprietary software[1] | |
| Adobe Buzzword | ||
| Adobe PageMaker | Windows, Mac OS, OS/2 | Succeeded by Adobe InDesign |
| AppleWorks | Windows, Mac OS | Formerly ClarisWorks Word Processing, also an older and unrelated application for Apple II. Succeeded by iWork. |
| Amí | Windows | developed and marketed by Samna |
| Apple Writer | Apple II, Apple III | |
| SuperWriter | Apricot Portable | Built-in word processor in Apricot Computers devices |
| Authorea | word processor for students and researchers | |
| AstroType | (later AstroComp) | |
| AtariWriter | Atari 8-bit | |
| Bank Street Writer | ||
| Bravo | ||
| CEO | Data General's AOS and AOS/VS operating systems | |
| ChiWriter | ||
| CPT Word Processors | ||
| Cut & Paste | ||
| DeskMate | "Text" component | |
| DisplayWrite | PC DOS/MS-DOS, MVS-CICS, VM/CMS, OS/400 | |
| Documents To Go | Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian | |
| DPCX | /DOSF | |
| EasyWriter | Apple II and MS-DOS (CP/M) | |
| Edit | Mac | |
| Edit.exe | MS-DOS | |
| Edlin | MS-DOS | |
| Electric Pencil | many | |
| Enable | MS-DOS | |
| EZ Word | ||
| The First XLEnt Word Processor | ||
| FullWrite Professional | Mac | |
| geoWrite | component of GEOS | |
| Gypsy | ||
| Homepak | Commodore 64 and Atari | |
| IBM 3730 | ||
| IBM Lotus Symphony | ||
| Interleaf | now called QuickSilver | |
| JWPce | Japanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese. Last release was in 2005 | |
| KindWords | Amiga computers | |
| KWord | Last release was in 2011 | |
| Lexicon | ||
| LocoScript | ||
| Lotus Manuscript | ||
| Lotus Word Pro | Windows | |
| MacWrite | ||
| Magic Desk | Commodore 64 | |
| Magic Wand | CP/M | Replaced by Peachtext |
| MindWrite | Mac | |
| MultiMate | MS-DOS | |
| NeoOffice | Mac OS | Discontinued in 2024 |
| NewWord | Developed by NewStar Software Inc., this was a clone of WordStar[2] | |
| OfficeWriter | MS-DOS | Developed by Office Solutions, Inc. |
| PaperClip | Commodore 64 computers | |
| Pathetic Writer | Last release was in 2006 | |
| PC-Write | ||
| Peachtext | CP/M, DOS | |
| Perfect Writer | CP/M, MS-DOS | |
| Personal QWERTY | MS-DOS | Developed by HFK Software |
| pfs:Write | Professional Write/IBM Writing Assistant | |
| PROFS | IBM VM series | |
| Protext | ||
| Q&A Write | DOS / Windows | |
| QText | DOS, Windows | |
| QuickOffice | Android, BlackBerry OS, HP webOS, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian | Discontinued since 2014 |
| Samna Word | MS-DOS | Developed by Samna Corp. |
| Scripsit | ||
| SimpleText | Apple System 7-9 | |
| pfs:First Choice | lighter-weight version of the pfs suite; DOS | |
| SpeedScript | Commodore 64 computers | |
| Spellbinder | MS-DOS | Developed by Lexisoft, Inc. |
| Sprint | ||
| StarOffice Writer | ||
| Taste | ||
| Tasword | ||
| TeachText | Mac | |
| Ted | Unix, Linux | Last release was in 2013 |
| Textra | MS-DOS | Developed by Ann Arbor Software[3][4] |
| TJ-2 | ||
| Trelby | Last release was in 2013 | |
| Type-Rite | A M Jacquard machines[1] | |
| VizaWrite | ||
| Volkswriter | DOS, OS-9 | |
| Word Result | MS-DOS | Developed by Handic Software AB[5] |
| WordMARC | ||
| Works | Windows | Abandoned |
| WordPad | Windows | Included in Windows 95 to Windows 11. Discontinued in 2023.[6] |
| WordStar | CP/M, Apple II, MS-DOS, Windows | |
| WordWriter 128 | Commodore 128 | |
| Write | Windows | Replaced by WordPad which was later abandoned |
| WriteNow | Mac / NeXT | |
| XyWrite | MS-DOS, Windows | |
| Zarnegar | with Persian/Arabic and Latin script support |
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See also
References
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