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Scrivener

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

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Scrivener

Manuskript iA Writer Typora Trelby Zettlr Story Architect (STARC) Notebook.ai Vim novelWriter Kanka.io

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Scrivener are Manuskript, iA Writer, and Typora. 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.
  1. Open-source tool for writers.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Writing Tools #Markdown Editor #Text Editors 1 social mentions

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

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 6 social mentions

  3. 3
    A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 84 social mentions

  4. 4
    The free, multiplatform, feature-rich screenwriting program!
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Writing #Writing Tools #Text Editors

  5. 5
    Write Markdown documents with a comprehensive GUI and many workflow/time management tools.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Markdown Editor #Knowledge Management 10 social mentions

  6. STARC - A smooth yet powerful screenwriting experience for devoted authors. With only wanted features and simple workflow it runs faster than all your previous apps combined.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $3.34 / Monthly (Pro)

    #Writing #Markdown Editor #Text Editors 12 social mentions

  7. A smart notebook that grows and collaborates with you
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Writing #Writing Tools 8 social mentions

  8. 8

    Vim

    Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #Software Development #IDE 10 social mentions

  9. Multi-document markdown-like editor for writing novels.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 17 social mentions

  10. Kanka.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Writing #Writing Tools 10 social mentions

  11. 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

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Office & Productivity 49 social mentions

  12. Boostnote is an open-source note-taking​ app.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Todos #Notes 6 social mentions

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