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.

• CherryTree

  59 3,224 9.4 C++

  cherrytree

Other than that, I would recommend the Atlantis Word processor (runs flawlessly in Wine) combined with the CherryTree note app, which is an extremely powerful combo.

• GNU Emacs

  242 4,234 9.8 Emacs Lisp

  Mirror of GNU Emacs

  

ISTR various posts on /r/orgmode by people who've set up Org mode similar to Scrivener. As I'm unfamiliar with the latter, I don't know how these setups compare with the proprietary software. The beauty of Org mode and Emacs in general is of course that you can tweak it to exactly fit your workflow, with as many (or few) bells and whistles as you like.

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• github-orgmode-tests

  245 147 4.8

  This is a test project where you can explore how github interprets Org-mode files

ISTR various posts on /r/orgmode by people who've set up Org mode similar to Scrivener. As I'm unfamiliar with the latter, I don't know how these setups compare with the proprietary software. The beauty of Org mode and Emacs in general is of course that you can tweak it to exactly fit your workflow, with as many (or few) bells and whistles as you like.

• novelWriter

  40 1,807 9.8 Python

  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 (5.15.0+) for cross-platform support.

https://novelwriter.io/ is another option, plus it is FOSS

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