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Top 9 Text Editors in Writing

The best Text Editors within the Writing category - based on our collection of reviews & verified products.

Typora Scrivener WordCounter.net StackEdit Overleaf iA Writer Word Counter FocusWriter MacDown

Summary

The top products on this list are Typora, Scrivener, and WordCounter.net. All products here are categorized as: Software designed for writing and editing plain text, offering functionalities ranging from simple note-taking to complex code editing and document formatting. Software designed to assist with writing, editing, and organizing written content. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
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    A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #Knowledge Management #Markdown Editor 90 social mentions

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

    #Text Editors #Markdown Editor #PDF Tools

  3. Count words, sentences, paragraphs etc.

    #Text Editors #Writing Tools #Word Counter 120 social mentions

  4. Full-featured, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #Markdown Editor #Office & Productivity 51 social mentions

  5. The online platform for scientific writing. Overleaf is free: start writing now with one click. No sign-up required. Great on your iPad.

    #Text Editors #Online Collaboration #Writing Tools 61 social mentions

  6. Minimal Design, Maximum Focus
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Paid
    • Free Trial
    • $29.99 / One-off

    #Text Editors #Markdown Editor #Writing Tools 6 social mentions

  7. A simple, beautiful word and character counter

    #Text Editors #Writing Tools #Office & Productivity 2 social mentions

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

    #Text Editors #Markdown Editor #Writing Tools 25 social mentions

  9. MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for OS X, released under the MIT License.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #Markdown Editor #Office & Productivity 8 social mentions

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