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This is a comparison of word processing software.
General information
This table provides general information about selected word processors.
| Word processor | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Date | ||||||
| AbiWord | AbiWord developer community,
originally SourceGear Corporation |
1999-05-19 | AmigaOS | 3.0.5[1] 
|
2021-07-03 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
| BeOS | |||||||
| BSD | |||||||
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| MorphOS | |||||||
| SkyOS | |||||||
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Zeta | |||||||
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation[a] | 2012-05-08 | BSD | 4.1.14[2]
|
2023-02-27 | Apache-2.0 | No cost |
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Solaris/Illumos | |||||||
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| AppleWorks | Apple Inc. | 1991 | macOS | 6.2.9[3]
|
2004-01-14 | Proprietary | Cost |
| Windows | 6.2.2[4]
|
2004-01-20 | |||||
| Applix Word | Vistasource Inc. | GNU/Linux | 6.0 | Proprietary | Cost | ||
| 1992 | Windows | ||||||
| Atlantis Word Processor | The Atlantis Word Processor Team | 2000 | Windows | 4.1.6.4[5][6]
|
2022-08-29 | Proprietary | No cost and cost |
| Bean | James Hoover | 2007-05-01 | macOS | 3.7.0[7]
|
2024-05-16 | Proprietary | No cost[b] |
| Calligra Words | KDE | 1998 | BSD | 3.2.1[8]
|
2020-05-14 | LGPL | No cost |
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Collabora Online Writer | Collabora | 2019[c] | Android | 23.05[9]
|
2023-09-21 | MPL-2.0 | No cost, optional subscriptions with support available |
| 2021[d] | BSD | Build your own | Build your own | ||||
| 2019[c] | ChromeOS | 23.05[9]
|
2023-09-21 | ||||
| 2019[c] | iOS | 23.05[10]
|
2024-01-29 | ||||
| 2019[c] | iPadOS | 23.05[10]
|
2024-01-29 | ||||
| 2016[e] | Linux | Online server: 24.04.3.2[11]
|
2024-06-03 | ||||
| 2015[f] | Desktop app: 23.05.10[12]
|
2024-04-06 | |||||
| 2015[f] | macOS | 23.05.10[12]
|
2024-04-06 | ||||
| 2015[f] | Windows | 23.05.10[12]
|
2024-04-06 | ||||
| CopyDesk | Quark, Inc. | 1991 | macOS | 7 | 2007 | Proprietary | Cost |
| Windows | |||||||
| EZ Word | Andrew Project | 1985 | GNU/Linux | 7.5 | 1996 | MIT-CMU | No cost |
| Unix | |||||||
| FrameMaker | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 1986 | macOS | 15.0 | 2019-08-22 | Proprietary | Cost |
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Gobe Productive | Gobe Software | 1998-08 | BeOS | 2.0.1[13] | 2000-02-29 | Proprietary | Cost |
| 2001-12-12[14] | Windows | 3.04[15] | 2003-07-08 | ||||
| Google Docs | 2006[g] | Android[h] | Rolling | Rolling | Proprietary | Cost | |
| ChromeOS[i] | |||||||
| iOS[h] | |||||||
| Linux[i] | |||||||
| macOS[h] | |||||||
| Windows[h] | |||||||
| Hangul | Haansoft | 1989 | Android | 2022 | 2022 | Proprietary | Cost |
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| iOS | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Ichitaro | JustSystems | 1983-10 | DOS | 4.3 | 1989-12 | Proprietary | Cost |
| 2004-12 | GNU/Linux | ||||||
| 1995-07 | macOS | ||||||
| 1993-04 | OS/2 | ||||||
| 1993-04 | Windows | 2022 | 2022-02-10 | ||||
| InCopy | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 1999 | macOS | 17.3[16]
|
2022-05 | Proprietary | No cost |
| Windows | |||||||
| Jarte[j] | Carolina Road Software, LLC | 2001-07 | Windows | 6.2[17]
|
2018-04 | Proprietary | No cost and cost |
| KOffice KWord | Reginald Stadlbauer, KDE | 1998 | GNU/Linux | 2.3.3[18]
|
2011-02-23 | GPL LGPL |
No cost |
| Windows | |||||||
| LibreOffice Writer | The Document Foundation | 2011-01-25 | BSD | 7.3.5[19]
|
2022-07-21 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
| GNU/Linux | |||||||
| macOS | |||||||
| Unix | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Lotus Symphony | Lotus Software | 2008 | GNU/Linux | 3.0.1 FP2[20][21]
|
2012-11-29 | Proprietary | ? |
| macOS | |||||||
| Windows | |||||||
| Lotus Word Pro | Lotus Software | 1989[k] | Windows | 9.8.6.1[22]
|
2009-02-05 | Proprietary | Cost |
| LyX | The LyX Project | 1995 | GNU/Linux | 2.3.8[23]
|
2024-05-18 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
| Mariner Write | Mariner software | 1996 | macOS | 3.7.2 | Proprietary | Cost | |
| Mellel | RedleX | 2002 | macOS | 5.1.2[24]
|
2022-05-27 | Proprietary | Cost |
| Microsoft Word | Microsoft Corporation | Android | 16 | 2021 | Proprietary | Cost | |
| 1985 | AT&T Unix PC | ||||||
| 1986 | Atari ST | 1.05 | 1986 | ||||
| 1983 | DOS | 6.0 | 1993 | ||||
| iOS | 2.56 | 2021-12-12 | |||||
| 1985 | macOS | 16 | 2021 | ||||
| 1989 | OS/2 | 5.5 | 1991 | ||||
| 1990 | SCO Unix | 5.1 | 1991 | ||||
| 1989 | Windows | 16 | 2021 | ||||
| 1983-10-25 | Xenix | ||||||