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GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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novelWriter
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novelwriter.io
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Author Resources: Tools and Software
https://novelwriter.io/ is free and open source (I haven't used it, only know about it).
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What kind of applications are missing from the Linux ecosystem?
Novelwriter almost hits the sweet spot, but misses some features and is written in python, which makes some features hard to implement due to the nature of the programming language.
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Looking for a 'Scrivener Light'
Alternatively, if you want Scrivener-like and are happy with open source projects, novelWriter scratches some of the same itch and is (a) free and (b) available on Linux, Windows, and macOS: it has a similar project-oriented interface to Scrivener, can export projects in HTML, Open Document, Markdown, Plain Text, or PDF, supports tagging and metadata, and uses Markdown for authoring. It's much less hot on importing foreign files (it's really an authoring tool) but is implemented in Python, uses XML/Json for internal files/metadata/configuration, and in use feels like an early version of Scrivener 1.x (which is really what your students want, but Lit'n'Latte discontinued it about a decade ago and you can no longer buy it).
- App for writing stories
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PC users, what free program would you recommend for story writing/planning?
Have you looked at yWriter, Skribisto, novelWriter, or Wavemaker?
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Software for Writing on Linux
novelWriter is an option for specialized "novel" work.
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I'm looking for free screenwriting software for Endeavor OS
There is Novelwriter, ostorybook (make sure you select the right java during install or it won't run. I used the plain 'JRE' and it worked) and also one called Manuskript.
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What software do you miss from Windows & macOS?
Yeah, I actually found the AppImage after posting that comment. That goes a long way. novelWriter also looks excellent, but it's still very much not even in the same class.
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Looking for a piece of software that would help me in writing a book. I haven't written much so I have no expectations. I found some fancy, full-featured app for Mac that costs $50, was wondering if there was anything FOSS with fewer features.
https://novelwriter.io/ is another option, plus it is FOSS
Apostrophe
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Lightweight minimalistic Markdown editor for OpenSUSE
Maybe Ghostwriter or Apostrophe?
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What software do you use for writing?
However, a few months ago started switched to Apostrophe (Desktop Linux) as my writing driver, leaving LO Writer only for editing and spellchecking. "Markdown" style editors like Apostrophe are a simpler interface and focus on what you really need — to get the words out of the brain and into paper / e-paper. Spellcheck and proofreading can come up later (and for that I still go to LO Writer since it's easy to work dictionaries for it). Plus, it has a simple export to HTML that allows you to quickly send and share stuff to eg.: beta readers.
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FOSS markdown editor
The two best I have used are Apostrophe and ThiefMD. Both are available as a flatpak if your distro doesn't have them in the repos. Apostrophe is the nicer writing experience for a single document and exports through pandoc. ThiefMD isn't as good at exporting, but it has a wide variety of themes available, and keeps an organized library for you, similar to Ulysses on mac os, which makes it perfect for notes and longform writing. Regrettably, there doesn't appear to be in the settings for RTL for either of them...
What are some alternatives?
manuskript - A open-source tool for writers
marktext - 📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.
proselint - A linter for prose.
Zettlr - Your One-Stop Publication Workbench
CudaText - Cross-platform text editor, written in Free Pascal
ThiefMD - The markdown editor worth stealing. Inspired by Ulysses, based on code from Quilter
org-roam - Rudimentary Roam replica with Org-mode
KeenWrite - Free, open-source, cross-platform desktop Markdown text editor with live preview, string interpolation, and math.
CherryTree - cherrytree
MarkdownEditing - Powerful Markdown package for Sublime Text with better syntax understanding and good color schemes.
vim-markdown - Markdown Vim Mode
Dokuwiki - The DokuWiki Open Source Wiki Engine