{{Short description|None}} thumb|LibreOffice 7.2.4.1 Writer screenshot 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<ref name="Jacquard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LW9X-GFY68sC&q=AM+Jacquard+Systems&pg=PA32|title=WP Doubles Consultant's Productivity|date=11 October 1982|publisher=Computerworld|access-date=19 February 2012|quote=Their word processors, manufactured by AM Jacquard Systems and in operation at Stanwick since 1978, have significantly reduced time required to handle ...|archive-date=12 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412125425/https://books.google.com/books?id=LW9X-GFY68sC&q=AM+Jacquard+Systems&pg=PA32|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 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<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Power Performance: Nine Programmable Mail-mergers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmtbry-ytXgC&pg=PA168 |page=168 |magazine=PC Magazine |location= |publisher=Ziff Davis Publishing Company |date=1986-04-29 |access-date=2023-09-06 |volume=5 |issue=8 |archive-date=2024-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904055059/https://books.google.com/books?id=lmtbry-ytXgC&pg=PA168#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 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<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Word Processing: The Latest Word |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtckANahGXIC&pg=PA127 |page=127 |magazine=PC Magazine |location= |publisher=Ziff Davis Publishing Company |date=1985-08-20 |access-date=2023-09-06 |volume=4 |issue=17 |archive-date=2024-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904055059/https://books.google.com/books?id=wtckANahGXIC&pg=PA127#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnvCf6WlcYcC&q=TEXTRA+dos&pg=PP221|title=PC Mag|magazine=PCMag|date=1992-05-26|pages=219|access-date=2020-11-01|archive-date=2023-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412125423/https://books.google.com/books?id=hnvCf6WlcYcC&q=TEXTRA+dos&pg=PP221|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | TJ-2 || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes--> |- | Trelby || || Last release was in 2013 |- | Type-Rite || A M Jacquard machines<ref name="Jacquard" /> || <!--Notes--> |- | VizaWrite || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes--> |- | Volkswriter || DOS, OS-9 || <!--Notes--> |- | Word Result || MS-DOS || Developed by Handic Software AB<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Power Performance: Nine Programmable Mail-mergers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmtbry-ytXgC&pg=PA181 |page=181 |magazine=PC Magazine |location= |publisher=Ziff Davis Publishing Company |date=1986-04-29 |access-date=2023-09-06 |volume=5 |issue=8 |archive-date=2024-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904055225/https://books.google.com/books?id=lmtbry-ytXgC&pg=PA181#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | WordMARC || <!--Platform--> || <!--Notes--> |- | Works || Windows || Abandoned |- |WordPad |Windows |Included in Windows 95 to Windows 11. Discontinued in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Main |first=Nikki |date=4 September 2023 |title=Three Decades After Launch, Microsoft's WordPad Is Headed to the Trash Bin |url=https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-is-killing-wordpad-1850805768 |access-date=4 September 2024 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227040154/https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-is-killing-wordpad-1850805768 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 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 |} {{incomplete list|date=October 2021}}
== See also == * Comparison of word processors * List of office suites * List of text editors * Online office suite * Online spreadsheet
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