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24 alternatives to FoldingText

Plain text productivity for geeks

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FoldingText launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Programmar▲88

   A place for developers to read and write

   2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Liquid Text 2.0▲157

   A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

   2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Penflip▲119

   A social writing platform

   2013 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   ExplainToMe▲182

   Automatic web article summarizer

   2016 · explaintome.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hugg▲66

   Make your texts beautiful

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   textlog▲63

   Jot down publicly

   2015 · textlog.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Context▲67

   fast visual texting

   2013 · trycontext.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Slicereader▲62

   Easy focused reading one paragraph at a time

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Peggsite▲103

   A one-page board to express yourself

   2014 · peggsite.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Metaflop▲172

    Design your own fonts for free

    2015 · metaflop.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    TextCraft▲66

    Slack as old-school MUD client

    2015 · textcraft.co · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Atom▲145

    A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

    2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Writer▲111

    Clean, crisp space to write and discuss.

    2016 · zoho.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Limitless▲90

    A productivity companion for Chrome

    2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hemingwrite▲137

    Digital typewriter for distraction free writing (pre-launch)

    2014 · hemingwrite.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Irregardless.ly▲85

    A crowdsourced style guide for writers

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Prose▲81

    CMS-free content manager w/ Jekyll & markdown support

    2014 · prose.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    WriteRoom▲67

    Distraction Free Writing

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Sopler▲83

    A real-time, collaborative to-do list

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Calmly Writer▲79

    Distraction-free writing

    2015 · calmlywriter.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Textra▲70

    A beautiful way to text (Android)

    2015 · textra.me · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Common Craft▲82

    Handcrafted Media for Explainers

    2014 · commoncraft.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Blot▲84

    The simplest way to blog

    2014 · blot.im · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Speaker Deck▲84

    Share presentations without the mess

    2015 · speakerdeck.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →