novelWriter
novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels. It supports a minimal markdown-like syntax for formatting text. It is written with Python 3 (3.8+) and Qt 5 (5.15) for cross-platform support. (by vkbo)
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| novelWriter | deadbeef | |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | 15 | |
| 1,812 | 1,559 | |
| - | 1.3% | |
| 9.8 | 9.6 | |
| 5 days ago | 20 days ago | |
| Python | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
novelWriter
Posts with mentions or reviews of novelWriter.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-17.
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Thank you to the forum - The last 72hrs have been amazing!
Never buy the book, start writing the book, https://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).
- I'm from Linux and I'd like to ask a question. Is there an Open Source map editor hereabouts?
- NovelWriter. Some think AI have your imagination - Prove them wrong.
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How to install Davinci?
novelWriter for books is like building a dungeon in D&D I might add. All it needs is a map editor ;)
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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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Getting into writing novels
Try this software. It may well help you to write better -> novelWriter.
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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).
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I'm Andrew Rowe, the author of Arcane Ascension, Weapons & Wielders, etc. AMA!
MSWord is surprising to hear. I would've thought some specific tools like Vellum. There are free and open source tools as well, like https://novelwriter.io/
deadbeef
Posts with mentions or reviews of deadbeef.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-02.
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What kind of applications are missing from the Linux ecosystem?
this was my personal 'want' from deadbeef that felt a little awkward https://github.com/DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef/issues/2365 (recently added and recently played playlists). it may be doable with plugins or some shell scripting perhaps
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Playing Hi-Res audio in Steam Deck
I know not everyone is into this hobby. However, if you want to play dsf files, this article covers lots of Linux Players (and devices that use Linux). MPD (Media Player Daemon) seems to be a popular option for most of the devices and distributions mentioned in the article. However, if you want to try a player that does not require you to install various packages with root access, Deadbeef seems to work properly.
- Strawberry Music Player 1.0.16 Released
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When switching to Linux, what were some programs that you had to stop using because they weren't supported on Linux?
Deadbeef, maybe? This one is the most similar to foobar2k from what I tried (yeah I miss it too).
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Suggestions for a FLAC audio player giving spectrograms on Linux playing well with LDAC headphones?
Deadbeef is the most feature rich player on Linux that doesn't look like an eyesore, imo.
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averagePcmr
DeaDBeeF is the closest.
- Плеер Deadbeef теперь тоже protestware
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DeaDBeeF 1.9.0 released
Nah. They were removed and are no longer found in the repository's locale directory.
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There seems to be no Linux music player that supports reading and writing to the POPM rating tag, and making smart playlists based on both those ratings and other playlists. Or, "I really freaking miss MusicBee, man"
DeadBeef - Only possible with a plugin that is not obvious to a new user and easily misable
- Rockin DeaDBeeF
What are some alternatives?
When comparing novelWriter and deadbeef you can also consider the following projects:
manuskript - A open-source tool for writers
panon - An Audio Visualizer Widget in KDE Plasma
proselint - A linter for prose.
Volumio - Volumio 2 - Audiophile Music Player
Apostrophe - Mirror of
Clementine - :tangerine: Clementine Music Player
Zettlr - Your One-Stop Publication Workbench
strawberry - :strawberry: Strawberry Music Player
CudaText - Cross-platform text editor, written in Free Pascal
projectm - projectM - Cross-platform Music Visualization Library. Open-source and Milkdrop-compatible.
KeenWrite - Free, open-source, cross-platform desktop Markdown text editor with live preview, string interpolation, and math.
Cog - Cog - A Free and Open Source Audio Player for macOS 10.13+