The following is a list of notable word processors.

Word processors

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
  • 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
  • LyXTeX – 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

Discontinued Word Processors

Title Platform Notes
1st Word/1st Word PlusAtari ST family and Acorn
AM Jacquard Systemsrunning Type-Rite, its own proprietary software[1]
Adobe Buzzword
Adobe PageMakerWindows, Mac OS, OS/2Succeeded by Adobe InDesign
AppleWorksWindows, Mac OSFormerly ClarisWorks Word Processing, also an older and unrelated application for Apple II. Succeeded by iWork.
AmíWindowsdeveloped and marketed by Samna
Apple WriterApple II, Apple III
SuperWriterApricot PortableBuilt-in word processor in Apricot Computers devices
Authoreaword processor for students and researchers
AstroType(later AstroComp)
AtariWriterAtari 8-bit family
Bank Street Writer
Bravo
CEOData General's AOS and AOS/VS operating systems
ChiWriter
CPT Word Processors
Cut & Paste
DeskMate"Text" component
DisplayWritePC DOS/MS-DOS, MVS-CICS, VM/CMS, OS/400
Documents To GoAndroid, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian
DPCX/DOSF
EasyWriterApple II and DOS (CP/M)
EditMac
Edit.exeDOS
EdlinDOS
Electric Pencilmany
EnableDOS
EZ Word
The First XLEnt Word Processor
FullWrite ProfessionalMac
geoWritecomponent of GEOS
Gypsy
HomepakCommodore 64 and Atari
IBM 3730
IBM Lotus Symphony
Interleafnow called QuickSilver
JWPceJapanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese. Last release was in 2005
KindWordsAmiga computers
KWordLast release was in 2011
Lexicon
LocoScript
Lotus Manuscript
Lotus Word ProWindows
MacWrite
Magic DeskCommodore 64
Magic WandCP/MReplaced by Peachtext
Microsoft Worksabandoned
Microsoft WriteWindowsReplaced by WordPad
MindWriteMac
MultiMateMS-DOS
NewWordDeveloped by NewStar Software Inc., this was a clone of WordStar[2]
OfficeWriterMS-DOSDeveloped by Office Solutions, Inc.
PaperClipCommodore 64 computers
Pathetic WriterLast release was in 2006
PC-Write
PeachtextCP/M, DOS
Perfect WriterCP/M, MS-DOS
Personal QWERTYMS-DOSDeveloped by HFK Software
pfs:WriteProfessional Write/IBM Writing Assistant
PROFSIBM VM series
Protext
Q&A WriteDOS / Windows
QTextDOS, Windows
QuickOfficeAndroid, BlackBerry OS, HP webOS, iOS, Palm OS, SymbianDiscontinued since 2014
Samna WordMS-DOSDeveloped by Samna Corp.
Scripsit
SimpleTextApple System 7-9
pfs:First Choicelighter-weight version of the pfs suite; DOS
SpeedScriptCommodore 64 computers
SpellbinderMS-DOSDeveloped by Lexisoft, Inc.
Sprint
StarOffice Writer
Taste
Tasword
TeachTextMac
TedUnix, LinuxLast release was in 2013
TextraMS-DOSDeveloped by Ann Arbor Software[3][4]
TJ-2
TrelbyLast release was in 2013
Type-RiteA M Jacquard machines[1]
VizaWrite
VolkswriterDOS, OS-9
Word ResultMS-DOSDeveloped by Handic Software AB[5]
WordMARC
WordPad Windows WordPad – ("Write" in Windows 1 to 3) included in Windows 1.01 to 11. Discontinued in 2023.[6]
WordStarCP/M, Apple II, DOS, Windows
WordWriter 128 Commodore 128
WriteNowMac / NeXT
XyWriteMS-DOS, Windows
Zarnegarwith Persian/Arabic and Latin script support

See also

References

  1. 1 2 WP Doubles Consultant's Productivity. Computerworld. 11 October 1982. Retrieved 19 February 2012. Their word processors, manufactured by AM Jacquard Systems and in operation at Stanwick since 1978, have significantly reduced time required to handle ...
  2. "Power Performance: Nine Programmable Mail-mergers". PC Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 8. Ziff Davis Publishing Company. 1986-04-29. p. 168. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. "Word Processing: The Latest Word". PC Magazine. Vol. 4, no. 17. Ziff Davis Publishing Company. 1985-08-20. p. 127. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  4. "PC Mag". 1992-05-26. p. 219. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. "Power Performance: Nine Programmable Mail-mergers". PC Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 8. Ziff Davis Publishing Company. 1986-04-29. p. 181. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  6. Main, Nikki (4 September 2023). "Three Decades After Launch, Microsoft's WordPad Is Headed to the Trash Bin".

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