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This is a comparison of word processing software.
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 | 3.6.1 [7] | 2023-08-12 | 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: 23.05.10 [11] | 2024-03-28 | ||||
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 | 2.3.7 [23] | 2023-01-07 | 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 | ||||||
Microsoft Works | Microsoft Corporation | 1987-09-14 | DOS | 3.0b | 1993 | Proprietary | Cost |
1988 | macOS | 4.0b | 1994 | ||||
1991 | Windows | 9 [25] | 2007-09-28 | ||||
MonsterWriter | MonsterWriter | 2020 | 1.4 | Proprietary | Cost | ||
NeoOffice Writer | Planamesa Software | 2003-06-22 | macOS | 2022 [26] | 2022-05-13 | GPL | No cost |
Nisus Writer | Nisus Software | 1989 | macOS | 6.5 [27] | 2001 | Proprietary | Cost |
2003 | macOS | 4.3 (Express) [28] | 2022-09-01 | ||||
2007 | macOS | 3.3 (Pro) [29] | 2022-09-01 | ||||
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Ascensio System SIA | 2016 | GNU/Linux | 8.0.1 [30] | 2024-02-26 | AGPL-3.0-only | No cost |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
OpenOffice.org Writer |
Sun Microsystems
[l] Oracle Corporation [m] |
2002-05 | BSD | 3.3.0 [31] | 2011-01-17 | Apache-2.0 | No cost |
GNU/Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Solaris/Illumos | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Pages | Apple Inc. | 2005-01-11 | iOS | 13.0 | 2023-03-30 | Proprietary | Cost |
macOS | 13.0 | 2023-03-30 | |||||
PolyEdit | PolySoft Solutions | 1998 | Windows | 5.4 [32] | 2010-04-07 | Proprietary | Cost |
StarOffice | Sun Microsystems | 1994 | GNU/Linux | 9.0U3 [33] [34] [35] | 2009-09-09 | Proprietary | Cost |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
TeXmacs | Joris van der Hoeven | 1996? | GNU/Linux | 2.1.4 [36] | 2024-03-11 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Ted | Mark de Does | 1999 | Atari ST | 2.23 [37] | 2013-02-01 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost |
BSD | |||||||
GNU/Linux | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
TextEdit | Apple Inc. | 1993? [n] | macOS | 1.18 | 2022-10-24 | BSD-3-Clause | No cost |
TextMaker | SoftMaker | 2012-08 | Android | 2021.1102.1117.0 [38] | 2023-11-09 | Proprietary | ? |
1987 | DOS | 8.0 [39] | 1999-06 | ||||
2002 | FreeBSD | 2006 [40] | 2006-12-22 | ||||
2003-05? | GNU/Linux | 2024.1204 [41] | 2023-09-07 | ||||
2022-06-08 | iOS | 1048.0804 [42] | 2022-08-10 | ||||
2018? | macOS | 2024.1204 [41] | 2023-09-07 | ||||
1994-04? | Windows | 2024.1204 [41] | 2023-09-07 | ||||
WPS Office | Kingsoft | 2012-03-23 | Android | 16.3.7 | 2022-07-22 | Proprietary | Cost |
1988 | DOS | Dropped | |||||
2014 | GNU/Linux | 11.1.0.11664 | 2022-06-08 | ||||
2014 | iOS | 11.24.1 | 2022-07-14 | ||||
2019 | macOS | 4.2.1 | 2022-07-15 | ||||
1995? | Windows | 11.2.0.11191 | 2022-07-05 | ||||
WordPad | Microsoft Corporation | 1995 | Windows | Proprietary | Cost | ||
WordPerfect | Corel Corporation | 1980 | OpenVMS | 5.1 | Proprietary | Cost | |
Windows | 2021 [43] | 2021-05 | |||||
Word processor | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost | |
Version | Date |
This table gives characteristics of each word processor.
Word processor | Grammar checker | Cross referencing | Bibliography | Graphic editing | Mail merging | Spell checker | Smartfont typography [o] | Math support | Conditional text | LTR/RTL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AbiWord | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
AppleWorks | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | |||||
Atlantis Word Processor | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | No |
Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes [p] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [q] | Yes [44] | Yes [45] | Yes |
Bean | No | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | |||
Collabora Online Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CopyDesk | No | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ||||
FrameMaker | No | Yes [46] | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes [47] | Yes [48] | ? |
GNU TeXmacs | No | Yes | Yes | Yes [r] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Google Docs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Han/Gul | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | |
Ichitaro | Yes [s] | ? | ? | Yes [s] | No | ? | ||||
InCopy | No | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes [49] | ? | |||
Jarte | No | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ||
KWord | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
LibreOffice Writer | Yes [t] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [50] | Yes [51] | Yes |
IBM Lotus Symphony | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
Lotus Word Pro | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
LyX | Yes [52] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Mariner Write | No | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | |
Mathematica | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Mellel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Microsoft Word | Yes [u] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [v] | Yes [w] | No | Yes |
Microsoft Works | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
MonsterWriter | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? |
NeoOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
OpenOffice.org Writer | Yes [p] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [q] | Yes [53] | Yes [54] | Yes |
Pages | Yes | No | Yes [x] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes [y] | ? | |
StarOffice Writer | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [q] | ? | ||
Ted | No | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | ? | |||
TextEdit | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ||
TextMaker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
WordPad | No | No | Yes | |||||||
WPS Office | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WordPerfect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? |
Word processor | Grammar checker | Cross referencing | Bibliography | Graphic editing | Mail merging | Spell checker | Smartfont typography [o] | Math support | Conditional text | LTR/RTL |
This table shows the operating systems supported by the latest word processor version
Word processor | Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/ Linux | BSD | BeOS/ Zeta | AmigaOS/ MorphOS | UNIX | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AbiWord | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | QNX, Solaris |
AppleWorks | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Applix Word | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Atlantis Word Processor | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | OpenVMS |
Bean | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Collabora Online Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Android ChromeOS iOS iPadOS |
CopyDesk | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
EZ Word | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
FrameMaker | Yes | Yes [z] | No | No | No | No | Yes [aa] | No |
Gobe Productive | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Google Docs | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Android ChromeOS iOS iPadOS |
GNU TeXmacs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Groff | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Han/Gul | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Ichitaro | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
InCopy | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Jarte | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KWord | Yes [ab] | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
LibreOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Lotus Word Pro | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
LyX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
OS/2 Haiku ChromeOS |
Mariner Write | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mathematica | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Mellel | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft Word | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft Works | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
NeoOffice Writer | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Nisus Writer | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenOffice.org Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | OpenVMS |
Pages | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | iOS |
PolyEdit | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
StarOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Ted | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Atari ST |
TextEdit | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
TextMaker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Android |
WPS Office | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Android |
WordPad | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
WordPerfect | Yes | No | No [ac] | No | No | No [ad] | No [ae] | OpenVMS [af] |
Word processor | Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/ Linux | BSD | BeOS/ Zeta | AmigaOS/ MorphOS | UNIX | Other |
This table gives a comparison of the file formats each word processor can import or open.
Word processor | HTML | LaTeX |
ODF .odt
|
RTF |
Word
.doc
|
WordPerfect |
OOXML .docx
|
SXW | UOF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AbiWord | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Atlantis Word Processor | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bean | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Collabora Online Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CopyDesk | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
FrameMaker | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
GNU TeXmacs | Yes [ag] | Yes [ah] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Google Docs | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Ichitaro | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
InCopy | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Jarte | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [55] | ||
KWord | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [56] | Yes | No |
LibreOffice Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Lotus Word Pro | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
LyX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Depends [ai] | No | No | No | No |
Mariner Write | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |||
Mathematica | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |||
Microsoft Word | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Microsoft Works | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
NeoOffice Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
OpenOffice.org Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pages | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
PolyEdit | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
StarOffice Writer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Ted | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
TextEdit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
TextMaker | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
WPS Office | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
WordPad | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
WordPerfect | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Word processor | HTML | LaTeX |
ODF .odt
|
RTF |
Word
.doc
|
WordPerfect |
OOXML .docx
|
SXW | UOF |
This table gives a comparison of the file formats each word processor can export or save. In some cases, omitting an Export format ( Microsoft Word's omission of WordPerfect export is the best known example) was a sales rather than a technical measure.
Word processor | HTML | LaTeX |
ODF .odt
|
RTF |
Word .doc
|
WordPerfect |
OOXML .docx
|
UOF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AbiWord | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial [aj] [57] | Yes | Yes | No [ak] | Yes [59] | No |
Atlantis Word Processor | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Bean | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Collabora Online Writer | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
CopyDesk | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
FrameMaker | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
GNU TeXmacs | Yes [al] | Yes [am] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Google Docs | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Ichitaro | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
InCopy | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
Jarte | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
KWord | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
LibreOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Lotus Word Pro | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
LyX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Mariner Write | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
Mathematica | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
Microsoft Word | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Microsoft Works | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
NeoOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
OpenOffice.org Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Pages | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
PolyEdit | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
StarOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Ted | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
TextEdit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
TextMaker | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
WPS Office | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
WordPad | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
WordPerfect | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Word processor | HTML | LaTeX |
ODF .odt
|
RTF |
Word .doc
|
WordPerfect |
OOXML .docx
|
UOF |