Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to WriteMonkey

WriteMonkey

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.

Product categories

Coding Developer Tools IDE Knowledge Management Markdown Editor Markdown Viewer Note Taking Office & Productivity Software Development Text Editors Writing Writing Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to WriteMonkey are iA Writer, Typora, and Manuskript. 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.

iA Writer Landing Page
1

iA Writer

Minimal Design, Maximum Focus
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $29.99 / One-off
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 6 social mentions
Typora Landing Page
2

Typora

A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 84 social mentions
Manuskript Landing Page
3

Manuskript

Open-source tool for writers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Writing Tools #Markdown Editor #Text Editors 1 social mentions
StackEdit Landing Page
4

StackEdit

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
Visual Studio Code Landing Page
5

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1017 social mentions
Zettlr Landing Page
6

Zettlr

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
Haroopad Landing Page
7

Haroopad

Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Graphic Design Software
MacDown Landing Page
8

MacDown

MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for OS X, released under the MIT License.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Office & Productivity 7 social mentions
novelWriter Landing Page
9

novelWriter

Multi-document markdown-like editor for writing novels.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 17 social mentions
Vim Landing Page
10

Vim

Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #Software Development #IDE 10 social mentions
Nulis Landing Page
11

Nulis

Tree editor for writers, makes outlining your stories and articles easy, fun, and convenient.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Writing Tools #Writing #Text Editors 2 social mentions
Notepad++ Landing Page
12

Notepad++

A free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDEs And Text Editors #Text Editors #IDE 169 social mentions