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24 alternatives to Glorium

A contextual filler text generator for Mac

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Glorium launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Paragraphs▲272

   A minimalist writing app for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Liquid Text 2.0▲157

   A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3DA
   Doogie – A Chromium-Based Browser with Tree-Style Pages▲264

   2017 · cretz.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4RA
   Rant, a procedural text generation language▲155

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5IA
   Iota – a text editor written in Rust▲221

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6TA
   TextFlow – Automator workflows for text manipulation in OS X▲76

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7MA
   Monodraw, an ASCII Art Editor for Mac▲141

   2015 · monodraw.com · its alternatives →

8. 8AT
   A Tiny IME-Based Text Expander for Mac – MIT Licensed▲35

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    lagom▲109

    A simplistic presentation generator

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11JA
    Jarvis, a Light Table like companion for Python▲164

    2012 · madlag.github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Macaw▲90

    A simple code editor for Swift

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Little Ipsum▲102

    The best Latin text generator for OS X

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14TA
    Themer – a CLI for generating themes for all your tools▲135

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Slate▲167

    A simple animated text meme generator

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Markoff▲94

    A free Markdown previewer for OS X

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17WA
    Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)▲133

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18LA
    Lit – a modern literate programming tool▲95

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19SA
    Slide – an open-source plain text presentation maker▲105

    2016 · trikita.co · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Chalked for Mac▲89

    Your replies ready with your work's full context

    9d ago · usechalked.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Glyphter▲66

    The SVG Font Machine

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23GA
    Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming▲66

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24CA
    Calyx – A Ruby Library for Generating Text▲14

    2016 · github.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 →