Software Alternatives & Reviews

yWriter

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. subtitle

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to yWriter

Manuskript iA Writer Typora Trelby Zettlr novelWriter Story Architect (STARC) Textmate StackEdit Notepad++

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to yWriter 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 Tools 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. Multi-document markdown-like editor for writing novels.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 17 social mentions

  7. 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

  8. TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 14 social mentions

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Kanka.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Writing #Productivity 10 social mentions

  12. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1009 social mentions

Suggest an alternative
If you think we've missed something, please suggest an alternative to yWriter.
Please use the Feedback button if you think any of the listed products shouldn't be regarded as open-source.

Generic yWriter discussion

Log in or Post with