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Text editors

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of text editors.

Some of the lighter-weight Integrated development environments can also serve as text editors.

Console

  • dte Small, easy to use editor with multi-tabbed interface, syntax highlighting, ctags navigation, etc.
https://craigbarnes.gitlab.io/dte/ || dteAUR
  • e3 Tiny editor without dependencies, written in assembly.
https://sites.google.com/site/e3editor/[dead link 2024-10-12 ] || e3
  • ed A POSIX-compliant line-oriented text editor. Useful for shell scripts, less so for manual usage. Original editor for Unix.
https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html || ed
  • ee Classic curses-based text editor. Born in HP-UX, used in FreeBSD.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160719002816/http://www.users.qwest.net/~hmahon/ || ee-editorAUR
  • JED Text editor that makes extensive use of the S-Lang library. Includes a console version (jed) and an X-window version (xjed).
http://jedsoft.org/jed/ || jedAUR
https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/ || joeAUR
  • mcedit Useful text editor that comes with Midnight Commander file manager.
https://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ || mc
  • micro Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor, written in go and extensible through plugins.
https://micro-editor.github.io/ || micro
  • Minimum Profit Text editor for programmers.
https://triptico.com/software/mp.html || mpAUR
  • nano Console text editor based on pico with on-screen key bindings help.
https://nano-editor.org/ || nano
  • ne Minimalist text editor with Windows-like key-bindings.
http://ne.di.unimi.it/ || neAUR
  • Tilde Intuitive text editor with Windows-like key bindings.
https://os.ghalkes.nl/tilde/ || tildeAUR

Emacs-style text editors

  • Emacs The extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor by GNU.
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html || with GUI: emacs, without GUI: emacs-nox
  • jove Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs is an Emacs-like editor without Lisp.
https://github.com/jonmacs/jove || joveAUR
  • mg Small, fast, and portable Emacs-like editor.
https://github.com/hboetes/mg || mg
  • vile Lightweight Emacs clone with vi-like key bindings.
https://invisible-island.net/vile/vile.html || vileAUR
  • Zile Lightweight Emacs clone.
https://www.gnu.org/software/zile/ || zileAUR

Vi-style text editors

  • Amp Text editor written in Rust, that aims to take the core interaction model of Vim, simplify it, and bundle in the essential features required for a modern text editor.
https://amp.rs/ || ampAUR
  • Aretext Minimalist text editor with Vim-compatible key bindings.
https://aretext.org/ || aretextAUR
  • BusyBox vi A small vi clone. Can be invoked with busybox vi.
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/editors/vi.c || busybox
  • Elvis A vi clone with optional X support.
http://elvis.the-little-red-haired-girl.org/ || elvisAUR
  • Kakoune Modal editor. Fewer keystrokes. Selection based, multi-cursor editing. Orthogonal design.
https://github.com/mawww/kakoune || kakoune
  • Helix A post-modern modal text editor.
https://helix-editor.com/ || helix
  • Neovim Vim rebirth for the 21st century.
https://neovim.io/ || neovim
  • Neovim-Qt Qt GUI for Neovim.
https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt || neovim-qt
  • vi The original ex/vi text editor.
https://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/ || vi
  • Vim (Vi IMproved) Is included as vi with most UNIX systems.
https://www.vim.org/ || vim; gvim (with GUI)
  • Vis Modern, legacy free, simple yet efficient Vim-like editor.
https://github.com/martanne/vis || vis

Graphical

  • Acme Minimalist and flexible programming environment developed by Rob Pike for the Plan 9 operating system.
http://acme.cat-v.org/ || plan9port
  • Adie Fast and convenient programming text editor.
http://fox-toolkit.org/ || fox
  • Beaver GTK editor designed to be modular, lightweight and stylish.
https://beaver-editor.sourceforge.net/ || beaverAUR
  • CorePad Simple lightweight but powerful text editor with syntax-highlighting support for a dozen or more languages. Part of C-Suite.
https://cubocore.gitlab.io/ || corepadAUR
  • Deepin Text Editor Simple text editor for Deepin desktop.
https://www.deepin.org/en/original/deepin-editor/ || deepin-editor
  • Ecrire Simple text editor based on EFL.
https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/ecrire || ecrire-gitAUR
  • FeatherPad Minimal Qt5 plain text editor featuring a native dark theme and support for tabs, printing and syntax highlighting.
https://github.com/tsujan/FeatherPad || featherpad
  • FLTK Editor Simple text editor application for FLTK.
https://www.fltk.org/ || fltk-editorAUR
  • gCSVedit Simple text editor for CSV, TSV and other kinds of delimiter-separated values (DSV) files.
https://github.com/goetzc/gCSVedit || gcsvedit-gitAUR
  • gedit GTK editor for the GNOME desktop with syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, matching brackets, etc., and a number of add-ons to increase functionality. Part of gnome-extra.
https://gedit-technology.github.io/apps/gedit/ || gedit
  • GNOME Text Editor Simple text editor for GNOME focused on a pleasing default experience. Part of gnome.
https://apps.gnome.org/TextEditor/ || gnome-text-editor
  • Gobby Collaborative editor supporting multiple documents in one session and a multi-user chat.
https://gobby.github.io/ || gobby
  • Howl General purpose, fast and lightweight editor with a keyboard-centric minimalistic user interface.
https://howl.io/ || howlAUR
  • jEdit Text editor for programmers, written in Java.
https://www.jedit.org/ || jeditAUR
  • Kate Full-featured programmer's editor for the KDE desktop with MDI and a filesystem browser. Part of kde-utilities.
https://kate-editor.org/ || kate
  • KWrite Lightweight text editor for the KDE desktop that uses the same editor widget as Kate, now provided by the kate package. Part of kde-utilities.
https://apps.kde.org/kwrite/ || kate
  • L3afpad Simple text editor forked from Leafpad, supports GTK 3.
https://github.com/stevenhoneyman/l3afpad || l3afpad
  • Lapce Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.
https://lapce.dev/ || lapce
  • Leafpad Notepad clone for GTK that emphasizes simplicity.
http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/ || leafpad
  • Liri Text Text editor for Liri.
https://github.com/lirios/text || liri-textAUR
  • Lite XL A lightweight, simple, fast, feature-filled, and extremely extensible text editor written in C, and Lua, adapted from lite.
https://lite-xl.com/ || lite-xl
  • medit Programming and around-programming text editor.
https://mooedit.sourceforge.net || meditAUR
  • Mousepad Fast text editor for the Xfce Desktop Environment.
https://www.xfce.org || mousepad
  • NEdit Text editor for the Motif environment.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/ || neditAUR
  • Notepadqq Qt-based, Notepad++-like text editor with support for syntax highlighting for more than 100 languages.
https://notepadqq.com/s/ || notepadqq
  • Nota Easy to use text editor with a simple interface with support for tabbed documents, syntax highlighting for various languages, Focus mode, annotations, configurable fonts, and colors, a side panel with an integrated file browser, and more. Part of maui.
https://mauikit.org/apps/nota/ || maui-nota
  • Pantheon Code Code editor for elementaryOS. It auto-saves your files, meaning they are always up-to-date. Plus it remembers your tabs so you never lose your spot, even in between sessions.
https://github.com/elementary/code || pantheon-code
  • Pluma Powerful text editor for MATE.
https://mate-desktop.org/ || pluma
  • QSciTE Qt clone of the SciTE text and code editor.
https://code.google.com/archive/p/qscite/ || qsciteAUR
  • Sam Minimalist text editor with a graphical user interface, a very powerful command language and remote editing capabilities, developed by Rob Pike.
http://sam.cat-v.org || plan9port or 9base
  • SciTE Generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs.
https://scintilla.org/SciTE.html || scite
  • Sublime Text Proprietary C++ and Python-based editor with many advanced features and plugins while staying lightweight and pretty.
https://www.sublimetext.com/ || version 3: sublime-text-devAUR, version 4: sublime-text-4AUR
  • TEA Qt-based feature-rich text editor.
http://semiletov.org/tea/ || tea-qtAUR
  • Textadept Lua-extensible feature rich text editor based on Scintilla and written in C.
https://foicica.com/textadept/ || textadeptAUR
  • Textosaurus Simple cross-platform text editor based on Qt and QScintilla.
https://github.com/martinrotter/textosaurus || textosaurusAUR
  • Text Pieces Powerful scratchpad with ability to perform a lot of text transformations.
https://apps.gnome.org/TextPieces/ || textpieces
  • Visual Studio Code Editor for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.
https://code.visualstudio.com || code
  • VSCodium Visual Studio Code, but compiled without telemetry.
https://vscodium.com/ || vscodiumAUR
  • xed Text editor based on Pluma developed for Linux Mint.
https://github.com/linuxmint/xed || xed
  • XEdit Simple text editor for the X Window System.
https://www.x.org/wiki || xorg-xedit
  • wxMEdit Text/Hex editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.
https://wxmedit.github.io/ || wxmeditAUR
  • Zed A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. It's also open source.
https://zed.dev || zed

Office

Office suites

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of office suites.

  • Calligra Actively developed fork of KOffice, the KDE office suite. It offers most of the features of OpenOffice. Part of kde-office.
https://calligra.org/ || calligra
https://docs.google.com || google-docs-binAUR
  • LibreOffice The office productivity suite compatible to the open and standardized ODF document format. Fork of OpenOffice, supported by The Document Foundation.
https://www.libreoffice.org/ || libreoffice-still or libreoffice-fresh
  • OnlyOffice Office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors.
https://www.onlyoffice.com/ || onlyoffice-binAUR
  • OpenOffice Open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more, under the Apache Licence.
https://www.openoffice.org/ || openoffice-binAUR
  • SoftMaker FreeOffice Complete, reliable, lightning-fast and Microsoft Office-compatible proprietary office suite with a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics software.
https://www.freeoffice.com/ || freeofficeAUR
  • WPS Office Proprietary office productivity suite, previously known as Kingsoft Office.
https://www.wps.com/ || wps-officeAUR
  • Yozo Office Proprietary office suite, compatible with MS Office.
https://www.yozosoft.com/product-officelinux.html || yozo-officeAUR

Word processors

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of word processors.

  • AbiWord Full-featured word processor.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/AbiWord || abiword
https://calligra.org/components/words/ || calligra
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer || libreoffice-still or libreoffice-fresh
https://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html || openoffice-binAUR
  • Ted Easy to use GTK-based rich text processor (with footnote support).
https://nllgg.nl/Ted/ || tedAUR
https://cowlark.com/wordgrinder/ || wordgrinderAUR

WYSIWYG HTML editors

  • PageEdit ePub visual XHTML editor.
https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/PageEdit || pageedit
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/ || seamonkeyAUR

Desktop publishing

  • gLabels Program for creating labels, business cards and media covers.
https://github.com/jimevins/glabels || glabels
  • Scribus Desktop publishing program. Uses hyphen and its language packs for hyphenation.
https://www.scribus.net/ || scribus

Presentations

  • Calligra Stage Easy to use yet still flexible presentation application included in the Calligra Suite. Part of kde-office.
https://calligra.org/components/stage/ || calligra
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer || libreoffice-still or libreoffice-fresh
  • MDP A command-line based markdown presentation tool.
https://github.com/visit1985/mdp || mdp
https://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html || openoffice-binAUR
  • sent Simple plaintext presentation tool.
https://git.suckless.org/sent/ || sentAUR
  • Sozi Zooming presentation editor and player. Based on the Electron platform.
https://sozi.baierouge.fr/ || soziAUR
  • Spice-Up Create simple and beautiful presentations.
https://github.com/Philip-Scott/Spice-up || spice-up

Spreadsheets

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of spreadsheet software.

Console

  • sc Curses-based lightweight spreadsheet.
https://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/apps/financial/spreadsheet/!INDEX.html || sc
  • sc-im Spreadsheet program based on sc.
https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/ || sc-imAUR
  • visidata Python multitool for discovering and arranging data.
https://www.visidata.org/ || visidata

Graphical

https://calligra.org/components/sheets/ || calligra
  • Gnumeric Spreadsheet program for the GNOME desktop.
http://www.gnumeric.org/ || gnumeric
  • LibreOffice Calc Full-featured spreadsheet application included in the LibreOffice suite.
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/calc/ || libreoffice-still or libreoffice-fresh
  • OpenOffice Calc Full-featured spreadsheet application included in the OpenOffice suite.
https://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html || openoffice-binAUR
  • Pyspread Pyspread is a non-traditional spreadsheet application that is based on and written in the programming language Python.
https://pyspread.gitlab.io || pyspreadAUR

Database tools

For DBMS-specific tools, see:

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of database tools.

  • Adminer Full-featured database management webapp with support for many database types.
https://www.adminer.org/ || adminerAUR
  • beekeeper-studio A modern, easy to use, and good looking SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more.
https://www.beekeeperstudio.io/ || beekeeper-studioAUR
  • DBeaver Java-based graphical database editor with support for many database types.
https://dbeaver.io/ || dbeaver
  • DbVisualizer The Universal Database Tool
https://www.dbvis.com/ || dbvisAUR
  • GdaBrowser Graphical tool to get a quick access to a database's structure and contents.
https://www.gnome-db.org/GdaBrowser || libgdaAUR
  • Harlequin The SQL IDE for your terminal.
https://harlequin.sh/ || harlequinAUR
  • Kexi Visual database applications creator tool by KDE, designed to fill the gap between spreadsheets and database solutions requiring more sophisticated development.
https://kexi-project.org/ || kexi
  • LibreOffice Base Full-featured desktop database front end included in the LibreOffice suite, designed to meet the needs of a broad array of users.
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/base/ || libreoffice-still or libreoffice-fresh
  • OpenOffice Base Full-featured desktop database front end included in the OpenOffice suite, designed to meet the needs of a broad array of users.
https://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html || openoffice-binAUR
  • Orbada Excellent tool for database developers, SQL developers, DBA administrators, as well as for users who wish to broaden their knowledge and skills in SQL. Last release dated 2019-07-03.
https://orbada.sourceforge.io/ || orbadaAUR
  • Sequeler SQL client built in Vala and Gtk. It allows you to connect to your local and remote databases, write SQL in a handy text editor with language recognition, and visualize SELECT results in a Gtk.Grid Widget.
https://github.com/Alecaddd/sequeler || sequelerAUR
  • SQuirreL SQL Client Graphical Java program that will allow you to view the structure of a JDBC compliant database, browse the data in tables, issue SQL commands etc.
http://www.squirrelsql.org/ || squirrel-sqlAUR
  • TOra Database management GUI that supports accessing most of the common database platforms in use, including Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, as well as limited support for any target that can be accessed through Qt's ODBC support.
https://github.com/tora-tool/tora/wiki || toraAUR

Plain-text database utilities

These kinds of software are in a substance somewhat between text processing core utilities like awk, spreadsheets and production-level database system. And they usually come with a non-SQL command-line interface.

  • csvkit CSV/TSV toolkit written in Python
https://csvkit.readthedocs.io || csvkit
  • csvtk cross-platform, efficient and practical CSV/TSV toolkit written in Go
https://bioinf.shenwei.me/csvtk || csvtkAUR
  • datamash GNU utility for basic numeric and statistical operations on plain text data.
https://www.gnu.org/software/datamash || datamash
  • num-utils A set of commandline programs for numeric calculations.
http://suso.suso.org/programs/num-utils/index.phtml || num-utilsAUR
  • recutils GNU utilities to work with human-editable, plaintext database files (in a simple format called "recfile").
https://gnu.org/s/recutils/ || recutilsAUR
  • tsv-utils eBay's CLI tools for large, tabular data files, including filtering, statistics, sampling, and joins.
https://ebay.github.io/tsv-utils/ || tsv-utilsAUR

"Simplified" database software (beginner-friendly database tools)

  • Symphytum Personal database software for everyone who desires to manage and organize data in an easy and intuitive way, without having to study complex database languages and software user interfaces.
https://github.com/giowck/symphytum || symphytum
  • TreeLine Store almost any kind of information in a tree structure, which makes it easy to keep things organized.
https://treeline.bellz.org/ || treelineAUR

Formula editors

See also #TeX formula editors and Wikipedia:Formula editor.

  • LibreOffice Math Create and edit scientific formulas and equations. Included in the LibreOffice suite.
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/math/ || libreoffice-still or libreoffice-fresh
  • OpenOffice Math Create equations and formulas for your documents. Included in the OpenOffice suite.
https://www.openoffice.org/product/math.html || openoffice-binAUR

Markup languages

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of document markup languages.

  • txt2tags Dead-simple, KISS-compliant lightweight, human-readable markup language to produce rich format content out of plain text files.
https://txt2tags.org/ || txt2tags

AsciiDoc

See also Wikipedia:AsciiDoc.

  • AsciiDoc.py A legacy implementation written in Python. Used by Arch for generating pacman's man pages..
https://asciidoc-py.github.io/ || asciidoc
https://asciidoctor.org/ || asciidoctor

Markdown

See also the official website and Wikipedia:Markdown.

  • cmark CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C.
https://github.com/commonmark/cmark || cmark
  • Discount A Markdown implementation written in C.
https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ || discount, Ruby wrapper library: ruby-rdiscount
  • lowdown Markdown translator producing HTML5 and roff documents in the ms and man formats.
https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ || lowdown
  • Marked Markdown parser and compiler built for speed.
https://marked.js.org/ || marked
  • md2html C Markdown parser.
https://github.com/mity/md4c || md4c
  • Pandoc also supports Markdown.

Python implementations

  • CommonMark-py Python parser for the CommonMark Markdown specification.
https://github.com/rtfd/CommonMark-py || python-commonmark
  • M2R2 Markdown to reStructuredText converter.
https://github.com/crossnox/m2r2 || python-m2r2AUR
  • Mistune The fastest markdown parser in pure Python with renderer feature.
https://github.com/lepture/mistune || python-mistune
  • Python-Markdown Extensible Python implementation of John Gruber's Markdown.
https://github.com/Python-Markdown/markdown || python-markdown
  • PyMdown Extensions Extensions for Python-Markdown.
https://facelessuser.github.io/pymdown-extensions/ || python-pymdown-extensions
  • MkDocs Project documentation with Markdown.
https://www.mkdocs.org/ || mkdocs
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ || mkdocs-material
  • MkDocs Material Extensions Markdown extension resources for MkDocs Material.
https://github.com/facelessuser/mkdocs-material-extensions || mkdocs-material-extensionsAUR

Ruby implementations

  • kramdown Fast, pure Ruby Markdown superset converter, using a strict syntax definition.
https://kramdown.gettalong.org/ || ruby-kramdown
  • Maruku Pure Ruby Markdown-superset interpreter.
https://github.com/bhollis/maruku || ruby-maruku
  • mdless Pure Ruby terminal-based markdown viewer/interpeter.
https://github.com/ttscoff/mdless || ruby-mdlessAUR

Markdown editors

  • Apostrophe Distraction free Markdown editor made with GTK.
https://apps.gnome.org/Apostrophe/ || apostrophe
  • CuteMarkEd Qt-based Markdown editor with live HTML preview, math expressions, code and markdown syntax highlighting. Discontinued since 2016.
https://cloose.github.io/CuteMarkEd/ || cutemarked-gitAUR
  • Formiko reStructuredText and Markdown editor and live previewer written in Python with GTK.
https://github.com/ondratu/formiko || formikoAUR
  • ghostwriter Distraction-free Markdown editor. Part of kde-office.
https://ghostwriter.kde.org/ || ghostwriter
  • Marker Simple yet robust Markdown editor.
https://fabiocolacio.github.io/Marker/ || marker
  • Mark My Words Minimal markdown editor.
https://github.com/voldyman/MarkMyWords || markmywordsAUR
  • Mark Text Next generation markdown editor. Based on the Electron platform.
https://github.com/marktext/marktext || marktextAUR
  • Remarkable Fully featured Markdown editor.
https://remarkableapp.github.io/ || remarkableAUR
  • ReText Simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText.
https://github.com/retext-project/retext || retext
  • ThiefMD Markdown and Fountain editor inspired by Ulysses.
https://thiefmd.com/ || thiefmdAUR
  • Typora Proprietary, minimalist Markdown editor.
https://typora.io/ || typoraAUR
  • Zettlr A cross-platform markdown editor, inspired by the Zettelkasten system for note-taking and personal knowledge management. Based on the Electron platform.
https://www.zettlr.com/ || zettlr

reStructuredText

See also reStructuredText.

  • Docutils Set of tools for processing plaintext (reStructuredText) docs into formats such as HTML, XML, or LaTeX.
https://docutils.sourceforge.io/ || python-docutils
  • rstcheck Checks syntax of reStructuredText and code blocks nested within it.
https://github.com/rstcheck/rstcheck || rstcheck
  • Sphinx A documentation generation system using reStructuredText to generate output in multiple formats (primary documentation system for the Python project).
https://www.sphinx-doc.org/ || python-sphinx

Typesetting systems

  • groff GNU implementation of troff, a heirloom Unix document processing system and the default formatter for man pages.
https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/groff.html || groff
  • Lout A lightware document formatting system. Reads a high-level description of a document similar in style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript.
https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lout || lout
  • SILE Modern typesetting system inspired by TeX.
https://sile-typesetter.org/ || sile
  • TeX A high-quality typesetting system popular in academia.
https://tug.org/ || texlive-basic
https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ || texinfo
  • Typst A markup-based typesetting system for the sciences.
https://github.com/typst/typst || typst
  • Speedata A database publishing software that creates high-quality layouted PDFs fully automatically.
https://www.speedata.de/ || speedata-publisherAUR

TeX editors

With TeX, LaTeX and friends, creation of any scientific document, article, journal, etc. is made commonplace.

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of TeX editors and Wikibooks:LaTeX/Installation#Editors.

  • AUCTeX Together with RefTex, AUCTeX provices an extensible environment for writing and formatting TeX files in Emacs.
https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ || auctexAUR
https://gitlab.gnome.org/swilmet/enter-tex || enter-tex
  • gedit LaTeX Plugin Add code-completion to gedit and allows for compiling LaTeX documents and managing BibTeX bibliographies.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/LaTeXPlugin || gedit-latexAUR
  • Gummi Lightweight TeX/LaTeX GTK-based editor. It features a continuous preview mode, integrated BibTeX support, extendable snippet interface and multi-document support.
https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/ || gummi
  • Kile User-friendly TeX/LaTeX editor for the KDE desktop with many features.
https://apps.kde.org/kile/ || kile
  • Ktikz Small application helping you to create PGF/TikZ diagrams for your publications.
https://www.hackenberger.at/blog/ktikz-editor-for-the-tikz-language/ || KDE: ktikz, Qt: qtikz
  • LyX Document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM) and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG).
https://www.lyx.org/ || lyxAUR
  • Setzer LaTeX editor written in Python with GTK.
https://www.cvfosammmm.org/setzer/ || setzer
  • TeXmacs WYSIWYW (what you see is what you want) editing platform with special features for scientists.
https://www.texmacs.org/ || texmacsAUR
  • Texmaker Cross-platform, light and easy-to-use LaTeX IDE. It integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application
https://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/ || texmaker
  • TeXstudio Fork of TeXMaker including support for code completion of bibtex items, grammar check and automatic detection of the need for multiple LaTeX runs.
https://texstudio.sourceforge.net/ || texstudio
  • TeXworks Simple TeX front-end program modeled after TeXShop.
https://tug.org/texworks/ || texworks
  • TikZiT Graphical tool for rapidly creating graphs and diagrams using PGF/TikZ.
https://tikzit.github.io/ || tikzitAUR
https://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/ || vim-latexsuite

TeX formula editors

  • EqualX LaTeX equation editor with real time preview.
https://equalx.sourceforge.net/ || equalxAUR
  • KLatexFormula GUI for generating images from LaTeX equations.
https://klatexformula.sourceforge.io/ || klatexformulaAUR
  • LibreOffice TexMaths extension LaTeX equation editor for LibreOffice.
http://roland65.free.fr/texmaths/ || libreoffice-extension-texmaths

XML editors

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of XML editors.

  • QXmlEdit Simple Qt XML editor and XSD viewer.
https://qxmledit.org/ || qxmledit
  • XML Copy Editor Fast, validating XML editor.
https://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.io/ || xmlcopyeditorAUR
  • XML Tree Editor Displays XML files as tree views and allows basic operations: adding, editing and deleting text nodes and their attributes.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltreeeditor/ || xmltreeedit-binAUR

Document converters

See also #Markup languages and PDF, PS and DjVu.

https://web.archive.org/web/20221207132720/http://www.winfield.demon.nl || antiword
  • catdoc Converter for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and RTF files to text.
https://wagner.pp.ru/~vitus/software/catdoc/ || catdoc
  • docx2txt MS Word Docx to text converter.
https://docx2txt.sourceforge.net/ || docx2txt
  • HTMLDOC Reads HTML and Markdown source files or web pages and generates corresponding EPUB, HTML, PostScript, or PDF files with an optional table of contents.
https://www.msweet.org/htmldoc/ || htmldoc
  • Morphosis Document conversion app using Pandoc and WebKitGTK.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/morphosis || morphosis
  • mutool All purpose tool based on MuPDF for dealing with document files in various manners.
https://mupdf.com/ || mupdf-tools
  • Pandoc Swiss-army knife for converting markup and document formats.
https://pandoc.org/ || pandoc-cli
  • unoconv Libreoffice-based document converter.
http://dag.wiee.rs/home-made/unoconv/ || unoconv
  • UnRTF Command-line program which converts RTF documents to other formats.
https://www.gnu.org/software/unrtf/unrtf.html || unrtf

Bibliographic reference managers

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of reference management software.

  • Citations Manage your bibliographies using the BibTeX format.
https://apps.gnome.org/Citations/ || citations
  • JabRef Java GUI frontend for managing BibTeX and other bibliographies.
https://www.jabref.org/ || jabrefAUR
  • KBibTeX BibTeX editor by KDE to edit bibliographies used with LaTeX.
https://apps.kde.org/kbibtex/ || kbibtex
https://www.mendeley.com/ || mendeleydesktopAUR
  • Papis A command-line based document and bibliography manager.
https://github.com/papis/papis || papisAUR
  • Zotero An easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. Can import and export BibTeX and has browser extensions.
https://www.zotero.org/ || zoteroAUR

Readers and viewers

  • NFO Viewer Simple viewer for NFO files.
https://otsaloma.io/nfoview/ || nfoview

PDF and DjVu

See PDF, PS and DjVu.

E-book

  • Arianna An ebook reader and library management app supporting EPUB files. Part of kde-graphics.
https://apps.kde.org/arianna/ || arianna
  • Beseda Accessible (for visually impaired) console ebook-reader that can speak TXT, FB2, ABW, [X]HTML, ODT, DOCX books and documents.
https://psemiletov.github.io/beseda/ || besedaAUR
  • Bookworm Simple, focused e-book reader for Elementary OS with EPUB, PDF, Mobipocket and Comicbook support.
https://babluboy.github.io/bookworm/ || bookworm
  • Calibre E-book library management application that can also edit EPUB files, convert between different formats and sync with a variety of e-book readers. Supported formats include CHM, Comicbook, DjVu, DOCX, EPUB, FictionBook, HTML, HTMLZ, Kindle, LIT, LRF, Mobipocket, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT and TXTZ.
https://calibre-ebook.com/ || calibre
  • Cool Reader E-book viewer with many supported formats such as EPUB (non-DRM), FictionBook, TXT, RTF, HTML, CHM and TCR.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crengine/ || coolreader
  • FBReader E-book viewer with many supported formats such as EPUB, FictionBook, HTML, plucker, PalmDoc, zTxt, TCR, CHM, RTF, OEB, Mobipocket (non-DRM) and TXT.
https://fbreader.org/ || fbreader
  • Foliate Simple and modern GTK eBook reader. Supports EPUB, Mobipocket, Kindle, FictionBook, and Comicbook formats.
https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/ || foliate
  • Lector Qt based e-book reader with PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Mobipocket and Comicbook support.
https://github.com/BasioMeusPuga/Lector || lectorAUR
  • Sigil WYSIWYG EPUB e-book editor.
https://sigil-ebook.com/ || sigil
  • baca console epub reader.
https://github.com/wustho/baca || baca-ereader-gitAUR
  • KOReader An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices
https://github.com/koreader/koreader || koreader-appimageAUR

Some PDF viewers like apvlv, Atril, MuPDF, Okular, Xreader, and Zathura also support the EPUB format.

Comic book

  • Automedia A very small downloader for manga and anime from various websites. Designed to be a much more lightweight alternative to HakuNeko. Written primarly in C.
https://git.dec05eba.com/AutoMedia/about/ || automediaAUR
  • HakuNeko Downloader for manga and anime from various websites. Based on the Electron platform.
https://github.com/manga-download/hakuneko || hakuneko-desktop-binAUR
  • Kindle Comic Converter Allows you to transform your PNG, JPG, GIF, CBZ, CBR and CB7 files into EPUB or MOBI format e-books.
https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc/ || kccAUR
  • Komikku Online/offline manga reader for GNOME.
https://apps.gnome.org/Komikku/ || komikku
  • Manga Reader Manga reader for local files. Supports zip, rar, tar, 7z, cbz, cbr, cbt, cb7 files and also folders.
https://github.com/g-fb/mangareader || mangareaderAUR
  • MComix GTK3 image viewer specifically designed to handle comic book archives (fork of Comix). Also includes library manager.
https://github.com/multiSnow/mcomix3 || mcomixAUR
  • QComicBook Viewer for comic book archives that aims at convenience and simplicity.
https://github.com/stolowski/QComicBook || qcomicbookAUR
  • QuickMedia Online manga reader. Supports automatically upscaling pages with waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan
https://git.dec05eba.com/QuickMedia/about/ || quickmediaAUR
  • YACReader Comic book viewer written in C++ and Qt5. Comes with YACReaderLibrary for managing comics.
https://yacreader.com/ || yacreaderAUR

Some PDF and E-book viewers like Atril, Bookworm, Calibre, Foliate, GNOME Document Viewer, Lector, MuPDF, Okular, Papers, Xreader and Zathura also support the Comicbook format.

CHM

See also Wikipedia:Microsoft Compiled HTML Help.

  • Archmage Extensible reader and decompiler for files in the CHM format.
https://github.com/dottedmag/archmage || archmageAUR
  • Kchmviewer Qt-based CHM viewer that uses chmlib and borrows some ideas from xchm. It does not depend on KDE, but it can be compiled to integrate with it.
https://www.ulduzsoft.com/linux/kchmviewer/ || kchmviewer
  • xCHM Lightweight CHM viewer, based on chmlib.
https://github.com/rzvncj/xCHM || xchm

Some PDF and E-book viewers like Cool Reader, FBReader and Okular also support the CHM format.

Document managers

  • Paperwork Personal document manager. It manages scanned documents and PDFs.
https://openpaper.work/ || paperwork
  • Shelf Document collection manager that supports PDF files. Part of maui.
https://mauikit.org/apps/shelf/ || maui-shelf

Scanning software

See SANE#Frontends

  • ScanTailor Advanced Interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages. Fork of Scan Tailor with additional features and fixes.
https://github.com/ScanTailor-Advanced/scantailor-advanced || scantailor-advanced

OCR software

Console

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of optical character recognition software.

  • CuneiForm Command line OCR system originally developed and open sourced by Cognitive technologies. Supported languages: eng, ger, fra, rus, swe, spa, ita, ruseng, ukr, srp, hrv, pol, dan, por, dut, cze, rum, hun, bul, slo, lav, lit, est, tur.
https://launchpad.net/cuneiform-linux || cuneiformAUR
  • GOCR OCR engine which also supports barcode recognition.
https://www-e.uni-magdeburg.de/jschulen/ocr/ || gocr
  • Ocrad OCR program based on a feature extraction method.
https://www.gnu.org/software/ocrad/ || ocrad
  • OCRmyPDF Adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched.
https://github.com/jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF || ocrmypdfAUR
  • Tesseract Accurate open source OCR engine. Package splitted, you need install some datafiles for each language (tesseract-data-eng for example).
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr || tesseract

Graphical

  • gImageReader Graphical GTK/Qt frontend to Tesseract.
https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader || GTK: gimagereader-gtk, Qt: gimagereader-qt
  • gscan2pdf Scans, runs an OCR engine, minor post-processing, creates a document.
https://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/ || gscan2pdf
  • Linux-Intelligent-Ocr-Solution Easy-OCR solution and Tesseract trainer for converting print into text using either scanner or a camera.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lios/ || lios-gitAUR
  • OCRFeeder Python GUI for Gnome which performs document analysis and rendition, and can use either CuneiForm, GOCR, Ocrad or Tesseract as OCR engines. It can import from PDF or image files, and export to HTML or OpenDocument.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/OCRFeeder || ocrfeeder
  • Paperwork Personal document manager. It manages scanned documents and PDFs.
https://openpaper.work/ || paperwork
  • Scans to PDF Create small, searchable PDFs from scanned documents.
https://github.com/Unrud/djpdf || djpdfAUR
  • YAGF Graphical interface for the CuneiForm text recognition program on the Linux platform.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/yagf-ocr/ || yagfAUR

Notes

Note-taking software

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of notetaking software.

Console

  • dnote A simple command line notebook for programmers
https://github.com/dnote/dnote || dnote-cli-binAUR
  • Org mode Emacs mode for notes, project planning and authoring.
https://orgmode.org/ || emacs-org-modeAUR
  • eureka CLI tool to input and store your ideas without leaving the terminal
https://github.com/simeg/eureka || eureka-notesAUR
  • kb A minimalist terminal-based knowledge manager.
https://github.com/gnebbia/kb || kbAUR
  • nb A command line and local web note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application.
https://xwmx.github.io/nb/ || nbAUR
  • tnote Small note taking program for the terminal.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tnote/ || tnoteAUR
  • Vimwiki Personal wiki for Vim – interlinked, plain text files written in a markup language.
https://vimwiki.github.io/ || vim-vimwikiAUR

Graphical

  • BasKet Application for organizing, sharing, and taking notes. It can manage various types of information such as to-do lists, links, pictures, and other types, similar to a scrapbook.
https://basket-notepads.github.io/ || basketAUR
  • Boostnote Note-taking application for programmers that focuses on markdown, snippets, and customizability. Based on the Electron platform.
https://boostnote.io/ || boostnote-binAUR
  • Buho Task and note keeper to save links, write quick notes and organize pages as books. Part of maui.
https://mauikit.org/apps/buho/ || buho
  • Cherrytree Hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single xml or sqlite file.
https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/ || cherrytree
  • Deepin Voice Notes Lightweight memo tool to make text notes and voice recordings.
https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-voice-note || deepin-voice-note
  • Encryptic JavaScript note taking application with Markdown editor and encryption support. Based on the Electron platform.
https://www.encryptic.org/ || encrypticAUR
  • FeatherNotes Lightweight Qt hierarchical notes-manager.
https://github.com/tsujan/feathernotes || feathernotes
  • FromScratch Simple but smart note-taking application that you can use as a quick note taking or todo app. Based on the Electron platform.
https://fromscratch.rocks/ || fromscratch-binAUR
  • GNOME Notes Note editor for GNOME designed to remain simple to use. Part of gnome-extra.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Notes || gnome-notes
  • Gnote Port of Tomboy to C++. It is the same note taking application, including most of the add-ins.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gnote || gnote
  • Iotas Simple note taking with Markdown support and optional Nextcloud Notes sync.
https://apps.gnome.org/Iotas/ || iotas
  • Joplin Note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organized into notebooks on desktop or mobile devices. It synchronizes with WebDAV, Dropbox, OneDrive, NextCloud, S3 (beta) and other backends. Based on the Electron platform.
https://joplinapp.org/ || CLI app: joplinAUR, desktop app: joplin-desktopAUR
  • KeepNote Cross-platform GTK note-taking application with rich text formatting.
http://keepnote.org || keepnoteAUR
  • Logseq A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base.
https://logseq.com/ || logseq-desktopAUR
  • Marknote A simple markdown note management app for KDE.
https://apps.kde.org/marknote/ || marknote
  • MyNotex Note-taking, document file and activity manager.
https://sites.google.com/site/mynotex/ || mynotexAUR
  • Nextcloud Notes Simple notes app for Nextcloud.
https://github.com/nextcloud/notes || nextcloud-app-notes
  • NixNote Helps you take notes and stay organized. Create text notes, attach files or images, and even synchronize with Evernote. Formerly called Nevernote.
http://nixnote.org/ || nixnote2AUR
  • Norka Note-taking software with Markdown support designed for Pantheon.
https://tenderowl.com/work/norka/ || norkaAUR
  • Notejot Stupidly simple sticky notes applet for elementaryOS.
https://github.com/lainsce/notejot || notejotAUR
  • Notes Note-taking application, write down your thoughts.
https://www.get-notes.com/ || notesAUR
  • Notes-Up Markdown notes editor and manager for elementaryOS.
https://github.com/Philip-Scott/Notes-up || notes-up
  • Notion Note-taking, task management, project management, knowledge management software
https://www.notion.so || notion-appAUR
  • Notorious Keyboard centric note-taking application with Markdown syntax highlighting support.
https://notorious.gabmus.org/ || notorious-gitAUR
  • nvPY Simplenote syncing note-taking application, inspired by Notational Velocity and ResophNotes, but uglier and cross-platformerer.
https://github.com/cpbotha/nvpy || nvpyAUR
  • Obsidian Personal knowledge base that uses markdown text files to organize notes in a format that mirrors the human brain.
https://obsidian.md/ || obsidian
  • OutWiker Store notes in a tree.
https://jenyay.net/Outwiker/English || outwikerAUR
  • QOwnNotes Notepad and todo list manager with markdown support and optional ownCloud integration built on Qt5.
https://www.qownnotes.org/ || qownnotesAUR
https://simplenote.com/ || simplenote-electron-binAUR
  • Standard Notes Simple and private notes application which focuses on simplicity, and encrypts data locally before it ever touches a cloud. Based on the Electron platform.
https://standardnotes.com/ || standardnotes-desktopAUR
  • TagSpaces Offline personal data manager for managing of your local files. Based on the Electron platform.
https://www.tagspaces.org/ || tagspacesAUR
  • TiddlyWiki Unique non-linear notebook for capturing, organizing and sharing complex information.
https://tiddlywiki.com/ || tiddlywikiAUR
  • Trilium Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes.
https://github.com/zadam/trilium || triliumAUR, trilium-serverAUR
  • VNote Vim-inspired note-taking application that knows programmers and Markdown better.
https://vnotex.github.io/vnote || vnoteAUR
  • WizNote Cloud based note-taking client.
https://github.com/WizTeam/WizQTClient || wiznote
  • Zim WYSIWYG text editor that aims at bringing the concept of a wiki to the desktop.
https://zim-wiki.org/ || zim
  • zNotes Lightweight application for notes management with simple interface.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/znotes/ || znotesAUR
  • μPad Note-taking app that helps you organise + take notes without restrictions. Based on the Electron platform.
https://getmicropad.com || micropadAUR

Stylus note-taking

  • Cournal Collaborative note taking and journal application using a stylus. It allows multiple users to annotate PDF files in real-time.
https://github.com/flyser/cournal || cournalAUR
  • Saber Open source libre cross platform note taking app
https://github.com/adil192/saber || saberAUR
  • Write A proprietary word processor for handwriting.
http://www.styluslabs.com/ || write_stylusAUR
  • Xournal Application for notetaking, sketching and keeping a journal using a stylus. Capable of annotating existing PDF files as well.
https://xournal.sourceforge.net/ || xournalAUR
  • Xournal++ Notetaking software designed around a tablet. C++ rewrite of Xournal with PDF annotation support.
https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp || xournalpp
  • Rnote A simple note taking application written in Rust and GTK4.
https://github.com/flxzt/rnote || rnote

Diary

  • Almanah Small GTK application to allow you to keep a diary of your life.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Almanah_Diary || almanah
  • Lifeograph Off-line and private journal and note taking application. It offers a rich feature set presented in a clean and simple user interface.
https://lifeograph.sourceforge.net/ || lifeograph
  • RedNotebook Modern journal, which lets you format, tag and search your entries.
https://rednotebook.sourceforge.io/ || rednotebook
  • Simple Diary Simple and lightweight diary app with Markdown support.
https://github.com/johan-bjareholt/simple-diary-gtk || simple-diary-gtkAUR

Mind-mapping

See also Wikipedia:List of concept- and mind-mapping software.

  • FreeMind A mind mapper, and a hierarchical editor with strong emphasis on folding. Could be used for knowledge and content management.
https://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/ || freemind-binAUR
  • Freeplane Fork of FreeMind, supports thinking, sharing information and getting things done at work. The software can be used for mind mapping and analyzing the information contained in mind maps.
https://www.freeplane.org/ || freeplane
  • Minder Mind-mapping application designed for Pantheon.
https://github.com/phase1geo/Minder/ || minder
  • MindMaster Proprietary mindmap and brainstorm software with modern UI and beautiful template. It also provides online mindmap service and cross-platform sharing.
https://www.edrawsoft.com/mindmaster/ || edrawmind-binAUR
  • Semantik Mind-mapping application for KDE.
https://waf.io/semantik.html || semantikAUR
  • TreeSheets A "hierarchical spreadsheet" that is a great replacement for spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases.
https://strlen.com/treesheets/ || treesheets-gitAUR
  • View Your Mind Tool to generate and manipulate maps which show your thoughts. Such maps can help you to improve your creativity and effectivity. You can use them for time management, to organize tasks, to get an overview over complex contexts, to sort your ideas etc.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/ || vym
https://vue.tufts.edu/ || vueAUR
  • XMind Brainstorming and mind mapping application. It provides a rich set of different visualization styles, and allows sharing of created mind maps via their website.
https://www.xmind.net/ || xmindAUR

Sticky notes

  • GloboNote An easy to use desktop application for sticky notes, to-do lists, personal journals, reminders and other notes.
https://globonote.info/ || globonoteAUR
  • Notes Provides you a quick way to paste text, to write down a list of things, to leave a note to your friend, or whatever you had do with Post-It's.
https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin || xfce4-notes-plugin
  • PrimeNote A polished, cross-platform sticky note application written in PyQt.
https://gitlab.com/william.belanger/primenote || primenote-gitAUR
  • Xpad Sticky note application for jotting down things to remember.
https://launchpad.net/xpad || xpad

Special writing environments

Distraction-free writing

See also #Markdown editors and Wikipedia:Full-screen writing program.

  • FocusWriter Simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work.
https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ || focuswriter
  • PyRoom Fullscreen editor without buttons, widgets, formatting options, menus and with only the minimum of required dialog windows, it does not have any distractions and lets you focus on writing and only writing.
https://pyroom.org/ || pyroomAUR
  • Quilter Focus on your writing and write beautiful solid stories with the Focus Mode in tow in this Markdown editor.
https://github.com/lainsce/quilter || quilterAUR
  • TextRoom Fullscreen text editor for writers.
https://github.com/dbuksbaum/TextRoom || textroomAUR

Story writing

  • Manuskript Provides a rich environment to help writers create their first draft and then further refine and edit their masterpiece.
http://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/ || manuskript
  • NovProg Tool to graph your progress in writing a NaNoWriMo style novel.
https://gottcode.org/novprog/ || novprogAUR
  • oStorybook Tool for writers, essayists, authors from the draft to the final work.
https://ostorybook.tuxfamily.org/?lng=en || ostorybookAUR

Screenwriting

  • KIT Scenarist Simple and powerful application for creating screenplays.
https://kitscenarist.ru/en/ || scenarist
  • Magic Fountain Fountain syntax editor and viewer for writing screenplays.
https://aztorius.github.io/magicfountain/ || magicfountainAUR
  • Trelby Simple, fast and elegantly laid out to make screenwriting simple.
https://www.trelby.org/ || trelby-gitAUR
  • Fade In Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software is the most advanced software used by professionals writing for motion pictures, television, video games, the stage, radio, and more.
https://www.fadeinpro.com/ || fadeinAUR

Language

Dictionary and thesaurus

See also Wikipedia:Category:Dictionary software and Wikipedia:DICT#DICT clients.

Console

  • dictd Client/server software for the DICT protocol.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dict/ || dictd
  • sdcv Command line dictionary. It provides access to dictionaries in StarDict's format.
https://dushistov.github.io/sdcv/ || sdcv
  • thesauromatic Static, offline, command-line thesaurus written in Rust.
https://github.com/cjrh/thesauromatic || thesauromatic-gitAUR

Graphical

  • Artha English thesaurus that works completely off-line and is based on WordNet.
https://artha.sourceforge.net/ || arthaAUR
  • Gjiten Kai Rewrite of Gjiten, a GTK Japanese dictionary.
https://github.com/odrevet/gjiten-kai || gjitenkai-gitAUR
  • GNOME Dictionary GNOME application to check word definitions and spellings in an online dictionary. Part of gnome-extra.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dictionary || gnome-dictionary
  • GoldenDict Feature-rich dictionary lookup program.
http://www.goldendict.org/ || goldendictAUR, goldendict-ngAUR
  • Kiten Japanese reference and study tool. Part of kde-education.
https://apps.kde.org/kiten/ || kiten
  • MATE Dictionary MATE application to look up words in dictionary sources.
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-utils || mate-utils
  • OpenDict Computer dictionary, which supports popular computer dictionary formats including Slowo and Mova. It also acts as a client for DICT servers.
https://opendict.sourceforge.net/ || opendictAUR
  • Palaura Handy dictionary to find any word's definition.
https://github.com/lainsce/palaura || palauraAUR
  • PowerWord Proprietary Chinese-English dictionary tool.
https://www.iciba.com || powerword-binAUR
  • QStarDict Dictionary program written using Qt. The user interface is similar to StarDict.
https://github.com/FBergeron/qstardict || qstardict
  • Quick Lookup Simple GTK dictionary application powered by Wiktionary.
https://github.com/johnfactotum/quick-lookup || quick-lookupAUR
  • StarDict International dictionary software.
https://stardict-4.sourceforge.net/ || stardict
  • Xfce4 Dictionary Search different kinds of dictionary services for words or phrases.
https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict || xfce4-dict

Spell checkers

See Language checking.

Translation and localization

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of computer-assisted translation tools.

  • Apertium Free and open source rule-based machine translation platform with available language data. It supports the following formats: HTML, Microsoft Office 2007 XML, OpenDocument, TMX, MediaWiki and others.
https://www.apertium.org/ || apertiumAUR
  • Crow Translate Simple and lightweight translator that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing.
https://apps.kde.org/crowtranslate/ || crow-translateAUR
  • Dialect Translation app for GNOME based on Google Translate and other online services.
https://apps.gnome.org/Dialect/ || dialect
  • Gtranslator Enhanced gettext po file editor for the GNOME. It handles all forms of gettext po files and includes very useful features.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gtranslator || gtranslator
  • Lokalize Standard KDE tool for software translation. It includes basic editing of PO files, support for glossary, translation memory, project managing, etc. Part of kde-sdk.
https://apps.kde.org/lokalize/ || lokalize
  • Moses Statistical machine translation tool (language data not included).
http://statmt.org/moses/ || mosesdecoderAUR
  • OmegaT General translator's tool which contains a lot of translation memory features and can give suggestions from Google Translate. It supports the following formats: HTML, Microsoft Office 2007 XML, OpenDocument, XLIFF/Okapi, MediaWiki, plain text, TMX and others.
https://omegat.org/ || omegatAUR
  • Poedit Simple translation editor for gettext (PO, POT) and XLIFF.
https://poedit.net || poedit
  • Pology Set of Python tools for dealing with gettext/po-files.
https://techbase.kde.org/Localization/Tools/Pology || pology-gitAUR
  • Qt Linguist Translating Qt C++ and Qt Quick applications into local languages.
https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtlinguist-index.html || qt6-tools
  • Translate Shell Command-line interface and interactive shell for Google Translate.
https://www.soimort.org/translate-shell/ || translate-shell
  • Translate Toolkit Localization and translation toolkit, which provides a set of tools for working with localization file formats and files that might need localization.
https://toolkit.translatehouse.org/ || translate-toolkit

Barcode generators and readers

Console

  • barcode A tool to convert text strings to printed bars.
https://www.gnu.org/software/barcode/ || barcode
  • iec16022 Produce 2D barcodes often also referenced as DataMatrix.
https://datenfreihafen.org/projects/iec16022.html || iec16022
  • qrencode C library and command line tool for encoding data in a QR code symbol.
https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/ || qrencode
  • ZBar Application and library for reading bar codes from various sources.
https://zbar.sourceforge.net/ || zbar
  • Zint Barcode encoding library and command line tool supporting over 50 symbologies.
http://zint.org.uk/ || zint

Graphical

  • CoBang QR code scanner application.
https://github.com/hongquan/CoBang || cobangAUR
  • Decoder QR code scanner and generator.
https://apps.gnome.org/Decoder/ || decoder
  • gLabels Program for creating labels and business cards. It also supports creating barcodes.
https://github.com/jimevins/glabels || glabels
  • QRab Simply grabs QR code from screen and copies decoded text into clipboard.
https://qrab.sourceforge.io/ || qrabAUR
  • Qreator Graphical utility for creating QR codes.
https://davidplanella.org/qreator/ || qreator
  • QtQR QR code generator and decoder.
https://launchpad.net/qr-tools || qtqr
  • ZBarCam GUI Simple GUI for ZBar to read bar codes from various sources.
https://zbar.sourceforge.net/ || zbar
  • Zint Barcode Studio Barcode generator GUI.
http://zint.org.uk/ || zint-qt

Placeholder text generators

  • Lorem Simple app to generate the Lorem Ipsum placeholder text.
https://apps.gnome.org/Lorem/ || lorem
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