iA Writer Alternatives

A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.

Open Source

Scrivener is a content-generation tool for composing and structuring documents.

Elegant user management, tailor-made for B2B SaaS

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FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as...

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor.

Open Source free

Software for full screen distraction free creative writing. No whistles and bells, just empty screen, you and your words. WriteMonkey is light, fast, and perfectly handy for those who enjoy the simplicity of a typewriter but live in modern times.

Ommwriter is a simple text processor that firmly believes in making writing a pleasure once again, reinvindicating the close relationship between writer and paper.

The easy way to write Markdown and rich text on your Mac and iDevices

For Mac users to write without distractions. WriteRoom is a full screen writing environment.

Free writing software designed by the author of the Hal Spacejock and Hal Junior series. yWriter6 helps you write a book by organising chapters, scenes, characters and locations in an easy-to-use interface.

Full-featured, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.

Open Source

A powerful writing tool for Mac, iPad, and iPhone

No-distraction writing tool for your productivity.

Celtx is a scriptwriting software platform with applications in a wide range of mediums but that specializes in helping screenwriters.