For a one-man open source project, that is quite impressive.
#Open source free word processor windows
There is also a Windows version, though the application was originally developed on Linux.
WordGrinder is still actively developed - the first release was in 2007 - thirteen years ago! The latest version, 0.8, released on 13th October 2020, not only has bug fixes, but new features as well. The best part is that, there’s really no learning curve - WordGrinder’s entire feature list is accessible from the menu and can be explored within a few minutes. In a way, WordGrinder is reminiscent of old DOS-based word processors like WordStar, but with modern semantic markup to allow clean document structuring. Though WordGrinder uses a native format which cannot be opened by normal text editors, you can export your document to a bunch of useful formats for further processing, formatting or printing. While WordGrinder is deceptively simple to use, just below the surface tucked away in a useful menu, it does expose features like semantic markup and basic character styles. A screenshot of XWordGrinder on my Debian system Sadly my novel remains incomplete to this day, but that’s my own fault, not WordGrinder’s. There’s something strangely relaxing about typing away into a black console screen without menus, toolbars, widgets, context menus and other GUI distractions. I certainly managed to grind out many more chapters using WordGrinder than using LibreOffice Writer. Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. In my experience WordGrinder is quite as effective as advertised. LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to (commonly known as OpenOffice). The author wrote it to have something to write novels on. It gets out of your way and lets you type.
It does not do fonts and it barely does styles. WordGrinder is a word processor for processing words. A long time back, when I was writing a novel, I discovered WordGrinder, a console word processor that’s designed to string prose together without any distraction.
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