Terminal Writing Tools
Writing in the terminal means prose rather than source code: journals, drafts, essays, papers and finished documents.
The tools include word processors that run in a text screen, journaling programs that open a dated entry with one command, citation and bibliography managers for academic work, and spelling and style checkers that read a draft back to the author. Output stays as plain text or Markdown, which diffs cleanly and keeps well in version control.
Editors aimed at code are under text editors, and shorter captured thoughts are under note taking.
Below is a list of terminal tools for writing.
bibiman
A simple TUI for handling your BibLaTeX database.
A simple TUI for handling your BibLaTeX database.
caps-log
A small TUI journaling tool.
A small TUI journaling tool.
cobib
The Console Bibliography.
The Console Bibliography.
dawn
A distraction-free writing environment. draft anything, write now.
A distraction-free writing environment. draft anything, write now.
papis
A powerful and highly extensible CLI document and bibliography manager.
A powerful and highly extensible CLI document and bibliography manager.
tui-journal
Your journal app if you live in a terminal.
Your journal app if you live in a terminal.
wordgrinder
A cross-platform word processor for the terminal
A cross-platform word processor for the terminal
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