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)
Tabby
A terminal for a more modern age (by Eugeny)
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| novelWriter | Tabby | |
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| 40 | 91 | |
| 1,812 | 55,104 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.8 | 9.5 | |
| 5 days ago | 9 days ago | |
| Python | TypeScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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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/
Tabby
Posts with mentions or reviews of Tabby.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-08.
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I would be using Tabby Terminal.
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what terminal emulator do you use and why?
tabby.sh - design, features
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Tabby: A terminal for a more modern age
iTerm2 is a great terminal for macOS. I use it extensively every day. Despite that, I would gladly try out other terminals because it's fun and because I'm always open to finding something superior to even the great tools I use.
That said, there is exactly 1 feature that seems to only exist in iTerm2, and until another terminal emulator appears that has it, I'm staying put: tmux control mode.
https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/issues/2715
- Windows admins - What SSH client do you prefer?
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What kind of applications are missing from the Linux ecosystem?
I've found Tabby does a good job and is Cross-Platform to you can use on Windows too. It can run any installed shell, serial connections and ssh. You can create profiles. It needs some work to be fully functional in Wayland i.e. Autohide feature doesn't work. But that's a graphical issue. Though, if you're just after creating and organising SSH profiles not terminal emulation, Remmina already has you covered. SSH, RDP and VNC.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing novelWriter and Tabby you can also consider the following projects:
manuskript - A open-source tool for writers
Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!
proselint - A linter for prose.
hyperterm - A terminal built on web technologies
Apostrophe - Mirror of
oh-my-posh - The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt renderer
Zettlr - Your One-Stop Publication Workbench
cmder - Lovely console emulator package for Windows
CudaText - Cross-platform text editor, written in Free Pascal
Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code
KeenWrite - Free, open-source, cross-platform desktop Markdown text editor with live preview, string interpolation, and math.
terminator - multiple GNOME terminals in one window