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The following is a list of notable word processor programs.

Word processor programs

Free and open-source software

  • AbiWord – available for AmigaOS, Linux, ReactOS and Solaris
  • Apache OpenOffice Writer – available for Linux, macOS and Windows
  • Calligra Words – available for Linux and Windows
  • Collabora Online Writer – available for Android, ChromeOS, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Mac, Online and Windows
  • Docs – available as a web application
  • GNU TeXmacs – document preparation system – available for Linux, macOS and Windows
  • Groff – available for BSD and Linux
  • LibreOffice Writer – available for Linux, macOS and Windows, and unofficial: Android, ChromeOS, FreeBSD, Haiku, iOS, iPadOS, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Solaris
  • LyX – TeX – available for ChromeOS, Haiku, OS/2, Linux, macOS, UNIX and Windows
  • TextEdit – available for macOS and Linux
  • WordGrinder – available for Linux, macOS and Windows

Freeware and proprietary suites

  • Apple Pages – available for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and online
  • Atlantis Word Processor – available for Windows
  • Baraha – available for Windows
  • Bean – available for macOS
  • DavkaWriter – available for macOS and Windows
  • Final Draft – screenplay/teleplay word processor, available for macOS and Windows
  • Adobe FrameMaker – Windows
  • Gobe Productive Word Processor – Windows and Linux
  • Google Docs
  • Hangul (also known as HWP) – Windows, Mac and Linux
  • IA Writer – Mac, iOS
  • IBM SCRIPT – IBM VM/370
  • IBM SCRIPT/VS – IBM z/VM or z/OS systems
  • Ichitaro – Japanese word processor produced by JustSystems
  • Adobe InCopy – Mac and Windows
  • iStudio Publisher – Mac
  • Jarte – Windows
  • JustSystems – Windows
  • Mathematica – technical and scientific word processing
  • Mellel – Mac
  • Microsoft Word – Online, Windows and Mac
  • Nextcloud
  • Nisus Writer – Mac
  • Nota Bene – Windows, Mac
  • OnlyOffice
  • Polaris Office – Android and Windows Mobile
  • PolyEdit – Windows
  • RagTime – Windows and Mac
  • Scrivener – Windows, Mac and Linux
  • TechWriter – RISC OS
  • Text Control – Word Processing SDK Library
  • TextMaker – Windows and Linux
  • ThinkFree Office Write – Windows, Mac and Linux
  • Ulysses – Mac, iPadOS, iOS
  • WordPerfect – Windows and Linux
  • WPS Writer – Windows and Linux
  • WriteOnline

Discontinued word processor programs

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Title

! Platform

! Notes

|-

| 1st Word/1st Word Plus || Atari ST and Acorn || <!--Notes-->

|-

| AM Jacquard Systems || <!--Platform--> || running Type-Rite, its own proprietary software

|-

| Adobe Buzzword || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Aldus PageMaker || Windows, Mac OS, OS/2 || Succeeded by Adobe InDesign

|-

| AppleWorks || Windows, Mac OS || Formerly ClarisWorks Word Processing, also an older and unrelated application for Apple II. Succeeded by iWork.

|-

| Amí || Windows || developed and marketed by Samna

|-

| Apple Writer || Apple II, Apple III|| <!--Notes-->

|-

| SuperWriter || Apricot Portable || Built-in word processor in Apricot Computers devices

|-

| Authorea || <!--Platform--> || word processor for students and researchers

|-

| AstroType || <!--Platform--> || (later AstroComp)

|-

| AtariWriter || Atari 8-bit || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Bank Street Writer || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Bravo || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| CEO || Data General's AOS and AOS/VS operating systems || <!--Notes-->

|-

| ChiWriter || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| CPT Word Processors || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Cut & Paste || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| DeskMate || <!--Platform--> || "Text" component

|-

| DisplayWrite || PC DOS/MS-DOS, MVS-CICS, VM/CMS, OS/400 || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Documents To Go || Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian || <!--Notes-->

|-

| DPCX || /DOSF || <!--Notes-->

|-

| EasyWriter || Apple II and MS-DOS (CP/M) || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Edit || Mac || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Edit.exe || MS-DOS || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Edlin || MS-DOS || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Electric Pencil || many || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Enable || MS-DOS || <!--Notes-->

|-

| EZ Word || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| The First XLEnt Word Processor || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| FullWrite Professional || Mac || <!--Notes-->

|-

| geoWrite || <!--Notes--> || component of GEOS

|-

| Gypsy || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Homepak || Commodore 64 and Atari || <!--Notes-->

|-

| IBM 3730 || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| IBM Lotus Symphony || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Interleaf || || now called QuickSilver

|-

| JWPce || || Japanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese. Last release was in 2005

|-

| KindWords || Amiga computers || <!--Notes-->

|-

| KWord || || Last release was in 2011

|-

| Lexicon || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| LocoScript || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Lotus Manuscript || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Lotus Word Pro || Windows || <!--Notes-->

|-

| MacWrite || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Magic Desk || Commodore 64 || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Magic Wand || CP/M || Replaced by Peachtext

|-

| MindWrite || Mac || <!--Notes-->

|-

| MultiMate || MS-DOS || <!--Notes-->

|-

| NeoOffice || Mac OS || Discontinued in 2024

|-

| NewWord || <!--Platform--> || Developed by NewStar Software Inc., this was a clone of WordStar

|-

| OfficeWriter || MS-DOS || Developed by Office Solutions, Inc.

|-

| PaperClip || Commodore 64 computers || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Pathetic Writer || || Last release was in 2006

|-

| PC-Write || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Peachtext || CP/M, DOS || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Perfect Writer || CP/M, MS-DOS || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Personal QWERTY || MS-DOS || Developed by HFK Software

|-

| pfs:Write || <!--Platform--> || Professional Write/IBM Writing Assistant

|-

| PROFS || IBM VM series || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Protext || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Q&A Write || DOS / Windows || <!--Notes-->

|-

| QText || DOS, Windows || <!--Notes-->

|-

| QuickOffice || Android, BlackBerry OS, HP webOS, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian || Discontinued since 2014

|-

| Samna Word || MS-DOS || Developed by Samna Corp.

|-

| Scripsit || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| SimpleText || Apple System 7-9 || <!--Notes-->

|-

| pfs:First Choice || <!--Platform--> || lighter-weight version of the pfs suite; DOS

|-

| SpeedScript || Commodore 64 computers || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Spellbinder || MS-DOS || Developed by Lexisoft, Inc.

|-

| Sprint || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| StarOffice Writer || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Taste || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Tasword || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| TeachText || Mac || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Ted || Unix, Linux || Last release was in 2013

|-

| Textra || MS-DOS || Developed by Ann Arbor Software

|-

| TJ-2 || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Trelby || || Last release was in 2013

|-

| Type-Rite || A M Jacquard machines

|-

| WordMARC || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Works || Windows || Abandoned

|-

|WordPad

|Windows

|Included in Windows 95 to Windows 11. Discontinued in 2023.

|-

| WordStar || CP/M, Apple II, MS-DOS, Windows || <!--Notes-->

|-

|WordWriter 128

|Commodore 128

|

|-

| Write || Windows || Replaced by WordPad which was later abandoned

|-

| WriteNow || Mac / NeXT || <!--Notes-->

|-

| XyWrite || MS-DOS, Windows || <!--Notes-->

|-

| Zarnegar || <!--Platform--> || with Persian/Arabic and Latin script support

|}

See also

  • Comparison of word processors
  • List of office suites
  • List of text editors
  • Online office suite
  • Online spreadsheet

References