Top 15 Bean Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Bean is a small, easy-to-use word processor (or more precisely, a rich text editor), designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable. Bean is Open Source, fully Cocoa, and is available free of charge! MS Word, OpenOffice, etc. try to be all things to all people. But sometimes you just want the right tool for the job. That is Bean's niche.

Cost / License / Sourcecode / Warranty

Bean is provided at no monetary cost.
Bean 3.x is closed source. However, Bean 2.4.x is open source. The source code can be downloaded from the official website.

1. Stypi

Stypi Stypi makes it easy to collaborate on documents online. This is a fork of the Google wave project and is geared towards coding and development but is a great word-processor as well.......

2. Nevron Writer

Nevron Writer Nevron Writer is a Free Text Processor, which serves as replacement of the Microsoft Word text editor in the most popular desktop operating systems used nowadays - Windows and Mac. A Free Web Editor is also available to all Windows and Mac users, so that you can enjoy great text......

3. Quabel

Quabel Writing made easy. Set writing goals and focus on your writings. Quabel is a writing app that lives in your browser, made for passionate writers. Distraction-Free environmentJust focus on your writings - all styling comes later.Access from anywhere.Synchronization and offline mode make life so much easier.Set goals. Increase performance.Streamline your......

4. Liquid Story Binder XE

Liquid Story Binder XE Liquid Story Binder XE is a uniquely designed word processor for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and novelists. Writing software for those who require the editing ability of a commercial text editor as well as a document tracking system. It is for those who want the freedom to create, outline......

5. KeyNote NF

KeyNote NF KeyNote NF is a flexible, multi-featured tabbed notebook, based on Windows standard RichEdit control. It's always accessible with a single keypress, even if you work in another application. The basic idea in KeyNote NF is that you can include many separate notes within a single file. This means that you......

6. Amaya

Amaya Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of the Web as a space for collaboration and not just......

7. Poly Edit Lite

Poly Edit Lite PolyEdit Lite is a multipurpose word processor and text editor for Microsoft Windows. It is fast, small, and easy-to-use. You can also use PolyEdit as an HTML editor, source code editor, personal information manager... and even as a secure password keeper! It really is a "Swiss Army Knife" for text.......

8. Quickoffice

Quickoffice Quickoffice lets you open and edit Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets and presentations on your phone or tablet.......

9. Camino

Camino Camino (Spanish for way/path/road) is a free, open source, GUI-based Web browser based on Mozilla's Gecko layout engine and specifically designed for the Mac OS X operating system. In place of an XUL-based user interface used by most Mozilla-based applications, Camino uses Mac-native Cocoa APIs, although it does not use......

10. KompoZer

KompoZer Easy Web Authoring!KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or......

11. Fraise

Fraise Fraise is an open source text-editor for OS X, forked from Smultron . It has a very native Cocoa UI and supports syntax highlighting for many different programming, scripting and coding languages.......

12. Pangurpad

Pangurpad A new way to write:Write anywhere, right in your browserNever lose a thing with online backupManage your notes and writing your wayPlot your story's timelineJoin communities, share and publishGet started now for free!......

13. Scriffon

Scriffon Write and publish on the Web. Writings of any kindEssays, news, reviews, stories, how-tos, recipes, poems, any written thing.Several pen namesPublish under your real name, pseudonyms, or both – with the same account.DraftsTake the time you need to write – minutes or months. Publish only when it’s ready to go......

14. MadEdit

MadEdit MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets. MadEdit can edit files in Text/Column/Hex modes, and supports many useful functions, e.g. SyntaxHighlightings, WordWrap, Encodings (UTF8/16/32,Big5,GBK...) and WordCount. FeaturesMadEdit can run under Linux, FreeBSD and MS-Windows platforms.Edits files in Text, Column and Hex modes.In Hex-Mode, MadEdit......

15. Epistle

Epistle A simple text editor, with support for the Markdown language, which can sync all your notes with Dropbox. For Android.......