FocusWriter is a full-screen word processor that aims for a distraction-free, immersive way to write and edit. The minimalist interface puts options and tools on the edge of the screen and auto-saves progress. Upon relaunch, the program reloads your last file to make make it easy to jump back into your work.
Alternatively, FocusWriter Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves multiple Qt-related registry keys. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download "Windows (Portable)" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FocusWriter.exe. |
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Belatedly noticed FocusWriter's hefty 138MB footprint,
a tad rich for an alleged "minimalistic" word processor...;-)
v1.6.11
AndTheWolf - It's fixed. Some editors keep pointing to static URLs instead of the download page for some reason. So, when it's updated, the download winds up wrong.
v1.4.4
Link still points to FocusWriterPortable_1.3.2.1.paf.exe
v1.4.4
I fail to see what makes FocusWriter's user interface less user-friendly than that of Q10 of WriteMonkey, the two other similar programs I can find. By the way, FocusWriter isn't stuck to full-screen either: just press F11…
V1.3.5.2
Loner: That's the point of this editor. It's for distraction-free writing.
V1.3.3 Rev 2
GUI not user friendly, you are stuck with full screen option which does not have the feel other such writer programs.
V1.3.2.1
Distraction-free writing similar to q10.
Difference is FocusWriter supports RTF (must be turned on in options to use formatting) and about 18 megs.
V1.3.2.1
philippe: true. I'll add a note that the minimalism refers to the interface.
v1.6.11