# hundredrabbits/Left

Distractionless Writing Tool

Repository: https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Left
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/left
Homepage: http://hundredrabbits.itch.io/left
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: writing-application, writing-app, text-editor, text, editor
Last push: 2025-04-16T00:49:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 39/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 16, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3358, "days_push": 505, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1881, forks 146 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:48.664433+00:00)

## What it is
Left is a distractionless plaintext editor for writers, featuring auto-complete, synonym suggestions, writing statistics, markup-based navigation, and a speed-reader. It is built with JavaScript/Electron and distributed as desktop builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

## Use cases
- write essays without distractions
- navigate long documents by markup headings
- get synonym suggestions while writing
- track writing statistics like word count
- speed-read text drafts
- write a novel across multiple documents

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, distraction-free plaintext writing environment
- you write long essays or novels and need quick section navigation
- you want a lightweight cross-platform editor with writing aids

## When to avoid
- you need rich text formatting or WYSIWYG editing
- you need an IDE with code intelligence and plugins
- you need collaborative or cloud-synced editing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, gui
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: distraction-free-writing, plaintext-editor, writing-tool, minimalist, speed-reader, synonym-suggestions, linux, macos, desktop, electron

## Member repositories
- hundredrabbits/Left (main) score 39

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.664433+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:13:58.079336+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Left (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.664433+00:00, sha 31c0b9facce2)
  - homepage: http://hundredrabbits.itch.io/left (fetched 2026-08-29T10:53:20.798904+00:00, sha e75660d8a3b8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.