List of word processor programs

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
• 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
• XaitPorter – word processor for Enterprise, allowing both single-user and team collaboration approaches to learning

Discontinued word processor programs

Title	Platform	Notes
1st Word/1st Word Plus	Atari ST and Acorn
AM Jacquard Systems		running Type-Rite, its own proprietary software[1]
Adobe Buzzword
Adobe 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
SuperWriter	Apricot Portable	Built-in word processor in Apricot Computers devices
Authorea		word processor for students and researchers
AstroType		(later AstroComp)
AtariWriter	Atari 8-bit
Bank Street Writer
Bravo
CEO	Data General's AOS and AOS/VS operating systems
ChiWriter
CPT Word Processors
Cut & Paste
DeskMate		"Text" component
DisplayWrite	PC DOS/MS-DOS, MVS-CICS, VM/CMS, OS/400
Documents To Go	Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian
DPCX	/DOSF
EasyWriter	Apple II and MS-DOS (CP/M)
Edit	Mac
Edit.exe	MS-DOS
Edlin	MS-DOS
Electric Pencil	many
Enable	MS-DOS
EZ Word
The First XLEnt Word Processor
FullWrite Professional	Mac
geoWrite		component of GEOS
Gypsy
Homepak	Commodore 64 and Atari
IBM 3730
IBM Lotus Symphony
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
KWord		Last release was in 2011
Lexicon
LocoScript
Lotus Manuscript
Lotus Word Pro	Windows
MacWrite
Magic Desk	Commodore 64
Magic Wand	CP/M	Replaced by Peachtext
MindWrite	Mac
MultiMate	MS-DOS
NewWord		Developed by NewStar Software Inc., this was a clone of WordStar[2]
OfficeWriter	MS-DOS	Developed by Office Solutions, Inc.
PaperClip	Commodore 64 computers
Pathetic Writer		Last release was in 2006
PC-Write
Peachtext	CP/M, DOS
Perfect Writer	CP/M, MS-DOS
Personal QWERTY	MS-DOS	Developed by HFK Software
pfs:Write		Professional Write/IBM Writing Assistant
PROFS	IBM VM series
Protext
Q&A Write	DOS / Windows
QText	DOS, Windows
QuickOffice	Android, BlackBerry OS, HP webOS, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian	Discontinued since 2014
Samna Word	MS-DOS	Developed by Samna Corp.
Scripsit
SimpleText	Apple System 7-9
pfs:First Choice		lighter-weight version of the pfs suite; DOS
SpeedScript	Commodore 64 computers
Spellbinder	MS-DOS	Developed by Lexisoft, Inc.
Sprint
StarOffice Writer
Taste
Tasword
TeachText	Mac
Ted	Unix, Linux	Last release was in 2013
Textra	MS-DOS	Developed by Ann Arbor Software[3][4]
TJ-2
Trelby		Last release was in 2013
Type-Rite	A M Jacquard machines[1]
VizaWrite
Volkswriter	DOS, OS-9
Word Result	MS-DOS	Developed by Handic Software AB[5]
WordMARC
Works	Windows	Abandoned
WordPad	Windows	Included in Windows 95 to Windows 11. Discontinued in 2023.[6]
WordStar	CP/M, Apple II, MS-DOS, Windows
WordWriter 128	Commodore 128
Write	Windows	Replaced by WordPad which was later abandoned
WriteNow	Mac / NeXT
XyWrite	MS-DOS, Windows
Zarnegar		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

1. WP Doubles Consultant's Productivity. Computerworld. 11 October 1982. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. 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. Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. 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. Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
4. "PC Mag". 1992-05-26. p. 219. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2020-11-01. {{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. Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
6. Main, Nikki (4 September 2023). "Three Decades After Launch, Microsoft's WordPad Is Headed to the Trash Bin". Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

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