davidgiven/wordgrinder
A word processor which gets the hell out of your way and lets you get some work done. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
62/100
- Activity 86
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4105
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 85
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1263 stars · 70 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
WordGrinder is a Unicode-aware, character-cell word processor that runs in a terminal (with optional GUI frontends for X11, Windows, and macOS) and is designed for distraction-free writing such as novels. It offers just enough paragraph and character styling, undo/redo, a spellchecker, configurable shortcuts, and import/export with HTML, Markdown, OpenDocument, LaTeX, and Troff.
Use cases
- write a novel or long-form text in the terminal
- distraction-free word processor without a GUI
- edit my documents over SSH on a remote server
- minimal writing tool with basic bold, italic, and heading styles
- convert documents between its format and Markdown, HTML, or OpenDocument
- lightweight word processor that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows consoles
When to choose
- You want to focus on words and prose rather than formatting, fonts, or page layout
- You work in a terminal, over SSH, or on low-resource machines where a GUI word processor is overkill
- You need a small, fast, scriptable editor with document conversion to common text formats
- You want style and shortcut configuration stored with the document itself
When to avoid
- You need WYSIWYG layout, fonts, tables, images, or desktop-publishing features
- You require right-to-left scripts, combining characters, or other advanced text shaping
- You need collaboration, commenting, or track-changes workflows
- You want a polished GUI-first office suite experience
Facets
application · maturity active
editor markdown templating text-editors developer-tools cross-platform windows cli cross-platform word-processor tui distraction-free-writing novel-writing terminal-app unicode opendocument document-conversion spellchecker lua command-line linux macos
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder · fetched 2026-08-28 · 364084755419
- homepage: http://cowlark.com/wordgrinder · fetched 2026-08-29 · a9dbded8e464
- site_page: http://cowlark.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5073c960a690
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| davidgiven/wordgrinder | main | 62 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="davidgiven/wordgrinder")
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