Alternatives to WordPad

LibreOffice - Writer

LibreOffice - Writer is a free and open-source word processor app developed by The Document Foundation. It is part of the LibreOffice suite of office productivity software, and is the equivalent of Microsoft Word. It is available for multiple operating systems including Windows, ...

Wordpad is too simple compared to Wordpad. I'm looking for a super lightweight word processor like Wordpad for Linux so I can quickly write simple RTF documents when I don't need the features of LibreOffice. LibreOffice has more features, but it is not as light and fast.

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Vim

Vim is a highly configurable text editor for Linux, MacOS, and Windows, based on the Vi editor from the 1970s. Vim contains many features that make it an ideal development software for programmers and developers. It offers syntax highlighting and code completion, as well as a bui...

Vim is a text editor, not a word processor.

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Google Docs

Google Docs is an online word processing application offered by Google. It enables users to create, edit, store and share documents online. It offers a wide range of features and options, including real-time collaboration with other users, built-in templates, spell-checker, and m...

Microsoft Office Word

Microsoft Office Word is a powerful word processing application that can help you create professional looking documents. It has a wide range of features including the ability to create and edit documents, add images, format text and tables, create charts, insert page numbers, and...

Wordpad comes with Windows, but Word is commercial and has more features than Wordpad. Word may have more features, but it is slower, while Wordpad is super light and simple. I'm looking for a light and fast word processor for Linux, so I can write fast RTF documents when I don't need the advanced features of a full-featured word processor, like Wordpad for Windows.

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It is not lightweight, it costs a decent amount of money. In short, it's not suitable if you only need something comparable to MS Wordpad.

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Notion

Notion is an all-in-one workspace platform designed to help teams and individuals organize, manage, and collaborate. It combines the power of a task management app, a document editor, a wiki, and a database into one intuitive and user-friendly platform. Notion's features include ...

FocusWriter

FocusWriter is a free writing application for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It is designed for distraction-free writing, with a clean, minimalist interface that helps you to focus on your writing. It provides a full-screen interface that blocks out all other applications and distr...

AbiWord

AbiWord is a free, open-source word processor developed by the AbiSource community. It is available for multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and more. It is designed to be a lightweight, yet powerful, word processor that is easy to use and feature-rich. AbiWord fe...

It is more powerful and can be customized for default fonts. Best version of WordPad. I have been using it for all the great program.

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Smaller footprint, familiar interface, for most general writing, it is more than enough.

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Scrivener

Scrivener is a powerful business and enterprise application that helps users to write, organize, and compile documents with ease. It is designed to help writers of all kinds, be it bloggers, novelists, students, lawyers, or marketers, to break down large documents into smaller, m...

Notepad2

Notepad2 is a free, open-source text editor for Microsoft Windows developed by Florian Balmer. It is designed to be a small, fast and powerful text editor for Windows. It has an intuitive user interface and supports syntax highlighting for multiple languages. Notepad2 supports ma...

Discontinued The program is no longer updated. The latest version, 4.2.25, released on October 28, 2012, can still be downloaded from the official website.

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Apache OpenOffice Writer

Apache OpenOffice Writer is a powerful word processing tool designed to help you create professional-looking documents quickly and easily. It is part of the Apache OpenOffice suite of applications and is available as a free download from the Apache Software Foundation. With Write...

Notepad

Notepad is a text editor that is included with Microsoft Windows and is available for free download from the Windows Store. It is a basic editor that allows users to create and edit plain text files. It supports various text-editing features such as font formatting, search and re...

Notepad2-mod

Notepad2-mod is an open source, fast, and lightweight text editor for Windows operating systems. It is a modified version of the popular Notepad2 editor, which adds a range of features to improve the user experience. Notepad2-mod supports syntax highlighting of various programmin...

WPS Writer

WPS Writer is a word processor created by Kingsoft Office Software. It is a powerful and versatile program designed for creating professional documents such as letters, reports, memos, and more. It features a wide range of features including: • An intuitive user interface that m...

Modern Microsoft Word Look-Alike that opens MUCH faster than Word! Has EVERYTHING you need. Not as bloated as Libre. Stable, familiar user interface, and most importantly.... FREE!

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Airborn

Airborn is a comprehensive office and productivity application that helps business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers to stay connected with their team and clients. It allows users to organize and manage their projects, tasks, and documents in one place. With Airborn, users c...

metapad

Metapad is a lightweight text editor for Windows operating systems. It has been designed with an intuitive interface that is easy to use and navigate. Metapad supports syntax highlighting for a variety of programming languages, and users can customize the look and feel of the edi...

Atlantis Word Processor

Atlantis Word Processor is a powerful and feature-rich word processor designed to make creating documents easier and faster. It is an easy-to-use, yet powerful program that allows users to create, edit, format, and save documents with ease. Atlantis Word Processor offers a wide r...

Word Online

Word Online is an online application available at Office.com that enables users to create, edit and share documents and collaborate with others. It provides a full-featured word processing environment with a variety of features such as text formatting, paragraph alignment, insert...

Q10

Q10 is an integrated development environment (IDE) designed to help developers create and develop software and applications. It is designed with a modern code editor that provides syntax highlighting, code completion, advanced search and replace capabilities, and an integrated de...

Discontinued The latest version dates from 2011.

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TextEdit

TextEdit is a powerful, easy to use development software and application for creating, editing and manipulating text documents. It provides a variety of features and tools for formatting text, including the ability to insert, delete, and move text, as well as the ability to forma...

iText

iText is an open source, multi-platform software library that allows developers to create and manipulate PDF documents. It is a powerful library that can be used to create, view, edit, and print PDF documents in a variety of programming languages. It provides a complete set of fe...

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