#word processor

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CryptPad Document 💝✒️🌐

Open-source collaboration suite with a strong emphasis on privacy. Most instances have this word processor. Allows for real-time collaboration.

GMX Online Office 💝✒️🌐🍎🤖

Free, online word processor. The free GMX account comes with 2 GB of storage, and it does not appear that you can do real-time collaboration with this tool, but you are able to edit things via their email website or app.

Zoho Writer 💝🌐🍎🤖🍏🪟🐧

Free online word processor. Not as privacy-focused as some options, but it does allow for real-time collaboration.

Nextcloud Write 💝🌐

You can choose a provider from the link, but you should get at least 2 GB of cloud storage. There is both a simple note-taking tool, and a more advanced word processor. No real-time collaboration, unfortunately.

SSuite 💝🌐

Stored locally, but accessible online or via downloaded software, depending on which you choose. Does not allow for real-time collaboration. There are several word processors.

LibreOffice Writer 💝📵✒️🍏🪟🐧

Free, open-source word processor, similar to Microsoft Word. It does need to be downloaded to a computer, so it is not feasible for real-time collaboration.

Apache OpenOffice Writer 💝📵✒️🍏🪟🐧

Free, open-source word processor, similar to Microsoft Word. It does need to be downloaded to a computer, so it is not feasible for real-time collaboration.

Ellipsus 💝✒️🌐

Free, online writing collaboration website. Founded in/based in Germany, and vocally opposed to generative AI. It is only in the browser, and from my experience, the mobile navigation is pretty good.

Proton Docs 💝🌐🍎🤖🍏🪟

Free, online writing website and app (accessible via the Proton Drive app).

Etherpad 💝✒️🌐

An open-source project with many public instances you can use. Etherpad is more of a notetaking tool than a full word processor, but it allows for real-time collaboration.

Obsidian 💝🍎🤖🍏🪟🐧

Notetaking tool that allows you to organize many small notes in "vaults". Obsidian is stored locally, not on cloud.

HackMD 💝🌐

Notetaking tool that allows for cloud storage and real-time collaboration. It has formatting options for tables diagrams, and other useful tools. Allows for three collaborators on the free tier.

Writty 💝🌐🍏

Notetaking webapp with local document storage (no real-time collaboration). Additional features are available with the macOS app ($13 one-time purchase), but it can be used in the browser on any device.

Bean 💝📵✒️🍏

Word processor for macOS, with no real time collaboration.

Growly Write 💝📵✒️🍏

Word processor for macOS, with no real time collaboration.

Jarte 💝📵✒️🪟

Word processor for Windows, with no real time collaboration.

AbleWord 💝📵✒️🪟

Word processor for Windows, with no real time collaboration. Also can be used for PDF editing.

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Brother WP-1700-MDS Word Processor (1994)

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Chat help. My word processor of choice just paywalled itself and became AI-pilled so I need to switch ASAP 😭

If anyone has any recommendations for an actual word processor app that:

- runs on iOS mobile, no browser-based editing/hosting

- is free (I’m literally broke)

- saves to local-storage, no forced cloud-storage

- doesn’t require an account or email signup

- doesn’t use Markdown formatting

- can be formatted as traditional document pages instead of a single continuous text box

- and is compatible with the iOS VoiceOver accessibility function (with or without the Screen Recognition mode enable [because none of these companies seem to care about visually impaired users haha— I really wish more people would talk about this issue 😬])

that would be very much appreciated… ;_;

The sooner I can switch the sooner I can edit and post my fics ;;v;;🫶 thanks in advance!

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Ellipsus

Ok, so I've been using Ellipsus for a few months now and I thought I'd give out my thoughts on it as both a word processor, template guide and storage. @ellipsus-writes is their account on here and they often update with both dev notes and theme updates, as well as promoting other helpful information.

Overview

I absolutely adore Ellipsus and for anyone wanting to escape the hellscape of Google, please give it a try. It's very user friendly and the interface is sleek and comfortable! They don't have an official app yet, but the mobile web integration is still very comfortable to use and I've had no issue writing for long periods (Tho I don't recommend this. I gave myself carpal tunnel writing about 10,000 words in a week just on my phone, so don't be dumb like me.)

The templates are so nice to just have right there and it's super helpful if you need it to help you get started. I personally don't use them a whole lot unless I'm struggling with a character's motivations, but they're still very nice to have when I feel like reaching for one.

I haven't tried out their AO3 direct upload integration yet, since I switch from Ellipsus to LibreOffice often, (and I usually write my fic chapters all in one place) so I don't know if it would post the whole fic or just a chapter. I haven't messed with it as I've said before.

I'll do a read more when I go into more of the in-depth stuff. I'll be discussing some of my critiques and hangups with it, though there aren't a whole lot. (Also, please keep in mind that it's still actively being built and still has massive amounts of functionality despite these critiques, so don't dismiss it quite yet).

Word Processing

Ellipsus is an excellent start at a word processing and it's an absolute treat to use. As I've said before, it's UI is very user friendly and you can easily navigate it's function by just exploring around a little. There's no secret menus or complex navigation for simple novel/fic formatting. It won't offer you some of the customization of LibreOffice, like automatically setting specific indents for each new paragraph, but I don't think many of us are worried about that when writing fanfictions. Novelists might have more issues, though I wouldn't draft a final draft in Ellipsus since that's not what it's for.

That being said, the main problem I have with its basic functionality is that there is no dictionary. If you're writing something with unique, non-english words, you're going to have a rough time because there is no 'add to dictionary' or 'ignore all' option. Every time you access your story, make an edit or add a word you've previously ignored, the notification that it's misspelled will pop up again. This is an issue for me since I do a lot of Transformers fanfiction and they got all sorts of goofy words and names. It's not the end of the world, but it is frustrating and has pushed me towards leaning back into LibreOffice for writing and simply using Ellipsus as a digital thumb-drive so I can easily send the link to my test readers and friends. (Again. I am aware it's being built and this is likely a difficult function to add in.)

Themes

I absolutely love the themes they offer for the site and it makes it soooo much easier on the eyes. I love the cool, dark purple themes and it really does feel like you can customize it to your needs and ends without jumping through hoops!

I guess the one 'complaint' someone could have is that you can't completely customizing to your liking, but like... they have a lot of themes to choose from so you really shouldn't be lacking in options.

Template Guides and Storage

Putting these together since I don't have too much to say on these, but the templates are very nice and, once again, easy to access. I can't speak on them in detail, but after poking around, they're great for starters or people who need a bit more structure to built their stories.

I think the one thing I'd like to see added would be a 'Script' template, but those are kind of funky and super niche, so it's not the end of the world.

Storage and Organization? It's absolutely fine. No notes. Sometimes the sync function is a bit finicky when I'm actively working on a story and the 'HEY JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THIS ISN'T SAVING RIGHT NOW' notification is justifiably concerning and very good at getting your attention. I'll check the servers and it'll say they're nominal, but the error will continue on my end. Could be internet for me, could just be a bug in the system. Either way, I've had no loss of work so far and the warning is affective. It even gives you options to back it up by either downloading a hard copy to you computer or you can do it the old fashioned way and just copy the whole fic to a hard copy on your computer if that doesn't work. Nothing's ever locked me out.

Overall

I love this site and I keep recommending it to my friends and I will continue to do so. Please check them out!!