General Information
This table provides general information about selected word processors.
| Word Processor | Screenshot | Creator | Latest Stable Version | First Release | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AbiWord | SourceGear Corporation | 2.8.6 | 1999 (May 19) (1999 (May 19)) | Open source (GPL) | |
| AppleWorks | Apple Inc. | 6.2.9 January 4, 2004; 8 years ago (2004-01-04) | 1984 (1984) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Applix Word | Vistasource Inc. | 6.0 | 1992 (1992) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Atlantis Nova | Rising Sun Solutions, Inc | 1.0.0.70 | 2000 (Earliest copyright date in the About Window) | Freeware | |
| Atlantis Word Processor | Rising Sun Solutions, Inc | 1.6.5.9 June 28, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-06-28) | 2000 (Earliest copyright date in the About Window) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Bean | James Hoover | 3.2.1 | 2007 (May 1) (2007 (May 1)) | Open source (GPL) | |
| Calligra Words (formerly KWord) | KDE | 2.5.4 | 1998 (1998) | Open source (LGPL) | |
| Celframe Office Write | Celframe | Office 2008 (2008) | 2005 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| CopyDesk | Quark, Inc. | 7 (2007) | 1991 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| EZ Word | Andrew Project | 7.5 (1996) | 1985 | Open source (BSD license) | |
| FrameMaker | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 10.0 (January 11, 2011; 23 months ago (2011-01-11)) | 1986 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Gobe Productive | Gobe Software | 3 | Aug 1998 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Han/Gul (HWP) | Haansoft | 7.0.2.226(2007) | 1989 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Ichitaro | JustSystems | 20 / Ichitaro 2010 | 1983 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| InCopy | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 5.0 (2007) | 1999 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Jarte (Free and Pro) | Carolina Road Software, LLC | 4.1 | 2001 (July) (2001 (July)) | Freeware or Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Kingsoft Writer (Free and Pro) | Kingsoft | 2012 8.1.0.3016(November 9, 2011; 13 months ago (2011-11-09)) | 1989 (1989) | Freeware or Commercial, Proprietary | |
| LibreOffice Writer | The Document Foundation | 3.6.4 (December 5, 2012; 21 days ago (2012-12-05)) | 2011 (January 25) (2011 (January 25)) | Open source (LGPL) | |
| Lotus Symphony | Lotus Software | 3.0 | 2008 | Freeware (Registerware) | |
| Lotus Word Pro | Lotus Software | 9.8.5 (2007) | 1989 (Originally Samna Ami Pro) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| LyX | The LyX Project | 2.0 (May 8, 2011; 19 months ago (2011-05-08)) | 1995 | Open source (GPL) | |
| Mariner Write | Mariner software | 3.7.2 | 1996 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Mellel | RedleX | 2.9.1 (Build 1) as of Jan 7, 2011 | 2002 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Microsoft Word | Microsoft Corporation | March 24, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-03-24) | 1983 (May 2) (1983 (May 2)) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Microsoft Works | Microsoft Corporation | 9.0 | 1987 (October) (MS Works for DOS) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| NeoOffice Writer | Planamesa Software | 3.3 | 2003 (June 22) (2003 (June 22)) | Open source (GPL) | |
| Nisus Writer | Nisus Software | 7.0 (Express) | 1989 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation (2011 – present) | 3.4.1 | 2002 (April 30) (2002 (April 30)) | Open source (Apache License) | |
| Pages | Apple Inc. | 4.3 | 2005 (January 11) (2005 (January 11)) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| PolyEdit | PolySoft Solutions | 5.2 | 1998 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| SSuite WordGraph | Van Loo Software | 8.2 | 2002 | Freeware | |
| StarOffice | Sun Microsystems | 9 | 1994 | Commercial, Proprietary - LGPL Version is released as Open Office | |
| StarOffice Writer from Google Pack |
Sun Microsystems | 8 | 1994 | Commercial, Proprietary - LGPL Version is released as Open Office | |
| Ted | Mark de Does | 2.21 (October 2009) | 1999 | Open source (GPL) | |
| TextEdit | Apple Inc. | 1.8 | 1993? (approximate date) as part of NeXT's OPENSTEP OS which later became part of Mac OS X | Open source (BSD license) | |
| TextMaker | SoftMaker Software GmbH | 2010 | 1987 | Freeware or Commercial, Proprietary Freeware - SoftMaker Office 2006, Commercial - SoftMaker Office 2008 and later versions |
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| WordFile4ME | Byron Software | 4.55.21 | 1999 (Earliest copyright date in the Readme File) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| WordPad | Microsoft Corporation | 6.1.7600.16385 | 1995 | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| WordPerfect | Corel Corporation | X6 | 1980 (1980) | Commercial, Proprietary | |
| Word Processor | Screenshot | Creator | Latest Stable Version | First Release | License |
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