Quoll Writer is free and might fit the bill! I know it does the link thing. Source: 12 months ago

Does Scrivener have any real benefit over free software like Quoll Writer or yWriter? I've used yWriter in the past. I'm using Quoll Writer for my current project and it does everything I need it to do. Source: about 1 year ago

My go-to suggestions for free are Quoll Writer or Smart Edit Writer for things with a lot of the functionality of Scrivener, without the clutter or price tag, or Wavemaker if you want heavier planning tools (plot cards, time line, database etc). Source: about 1 year ago

Practically any text editor will do :) Word or its free/open-source equivalents. You can also have a look at this post that I made a while ago. Some other examples of free writing software (with outlining/notes and such) include Quoll Writer, yWriter or SmartEdit Writer. Source: about 1 year ago

I write and liked Scrivener but it felt a little too bloated. I just want a word processor that does that, but simplified. I use Quoll Writer and they just introduced night mode. Best of all, it's free! Source: about 1 year ago

(Opened article in Reader mode in browser, copied it, pasted into Markdownpad, cleaned up article (removed image captions, MORE: lines), made the whole article a quote, and pasted here in the comments.). Source: about 2 years ago

(I used http://markdownpad.com/ to quickly format the quoted article for posting here on Reddit). Source: about 2 years ago