Everything in the box
A word processor from 1989, with Markdown, autosave and your writing on every device.
The writing screenFull screen, four colours, five fonts
- Full screen, with only a status line until you ask for more.
- Four screens: blue, green, amber or paper.
- 80 columns, however wide your monitor.
- Five fonts, including a typewriter face and one made for low vision.
- Text from 14 to 28 pixels, and four cursor shapes.
- An outline of your headings, with document stats Hard disk edition
Keys and menusThe classic function keys and the modern ones
- The classic keys: F6 bold, F8 italic, F2 search, F10 save.
- The modern ones too, such as Ctrl+B and Ctrl+S.
- Pull-down menus on Alt+=, and a key bar to tap on a touch screen.
- Change any key.
The classic editing toolsReveal codes, Block, Typeover and Undelete
- Reveal codes, to see your formatting as codes such as [BOLD].
- Block, Typeover, and Undelete for your last three deletions.
- Search and replace that can ask at each match.
- Footnotes, and two documents open at once.
- Headings, lists, tables, alignment, page breaks and links.
Words, spelling and goalsSpell check, a thesaurus and word goals
- Spell check in UK English or any of 12 other languages, and a British thesaurus, both on your device.
- A word goal for each document, a daily goal and streaks.
- The Writing stats screen Zip disk and hard disk editions
Files and foldersList files, folders, uploads and downloads
- List files on F5, and a dashboard of folders and files.
- Folders up to 8 deep, and a search by name.
- Upload Markdown, text and Word files, whole folders and zip files.
- Download any document as Markdown, or everything as a zip.
- A trash that keeps deleted work for 30 days.
- Private folders with their own password Hard disk edition
Saving and working offlineAutosave, older versions, no connection needed
- Saves itself two seconds after you stop typing.
- Older versions to go back to: 10 of each document free, 50 on the larger editions.
- Keeps working with no connection, and catches up when you are back.
- Installs as an app on a computer, tablet or phone.
Export and printWord, PDF, OpenDocument and four templates
- Word, PDF, OpenDocument, a web page, plain text and Markdown.
- Four templates: Plain, Letter, Report and Article.
- Real footnotes in Word, and a print preview.
- EPUB ebooks and PDF books Zip disk and hard disk editions
- Publishing to WordPress Zip disk and hard disk editions
PrivacyKept in the UK, with no adverts
- Kept in the UK, with no adverts.
- Nothing you write or do in the app is tracked.
- Your writing is never sold, shared or used to train AI.
- Delete your account and your writing goes straight away.
- Passkeys, and an optional code by email to sign in.
For everyoneScreen readers, keyboard, mouse or touch
- Works with screen readers, and focus is never trapped.
- Every action by key, menu or touch.
- Built to WCAG 2.2 AA, with strong contrast on every screen.
Left out on purpose: fonts and colours, images, comments and tracked changes. Retroprose is for writing, not page layout.
Start writing
Free, with room for about 240,000 words. No card to enter, and no adverts.