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24 alternatives to ShallowParse

A text editor for creative writing

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

1. 1
   Penflip▲119

   A social writing platform

   2013 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Editorially▲95

   Collaborative writing tool

   2013 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Atavist▲116

   A web-based word processor as beautiful as Medium

   2015 · magazine.atavist.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Typewrite▲103

   Real-time collaborative writing

   2014 · typewrite.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Irregardless.ly▲85

   A crowdsourced style guide for writers

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Word Perhect▲59

   the artistic online word processor

   2014 · wordperhect.net · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Jotterpad▲115

   The writing app for creatives

   2015 · 2appstudio.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Trix▲184

    A rich text editor for everyday writing

    2015 · trix-editor.org · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ZenPen▲125

    The minimal writing tool of web

    2014 · zenpen.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hawkee▲73

    A writing platform for web developers

    2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Addr▲98

    A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Katib▲99

    A Markdown Editor for Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Hebrew

    2014 · katibapp.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Haven▲97

    A set of tools to inspire creative writing

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hi▲62

    A real-time writing community.

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    PostScripting▲111

    Proofreading and editing done right

    2015 · postscripting.net · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Squire▲123

    The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.

    2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Storybird▲77

    Visual storytelling and poetry writing

    2014 · storybird.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Marked 2▲105

    Smarter tools for smarter writers

    2014 · marked2app.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Liquid Text 2.0▲157

    A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

    2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Fiddle▲3

    A Collaborative Writing Tool

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Draft▲149

    GitHub for writing

    2013 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Draft.js▲166

    A framework for building rich text editors in React

    2016 · facebook.github.io · 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 →