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Work · January 18, 2021

Calmly Writer Desktop App

The ultimate distraction-free desktop writing app

Calmly Writer Desktop App launched on January 18, 2021 with 79 votes, #525 of 3,157 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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What it does

Calmly Writer is an editor designed to focus on what you want to tell, with a simple, unobtrusive and ease-to-use user interface.

Calmly Writer is a minimalist, distraction-free writing app with WYSIWYG markdown, typewriter sounds and focus mode. Pay-once license. For Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, ChromeOS and your browser.

Traditional word processors include dozens of options for formatting text, distracting you from what really matters: writing. Calmly Writer is an editor designed to keep you focused on the story you want to tell, with a simple, unobtrusive, easy-to-use interface. Good writing needs room to breathe. The words come more easily when nothing else is competing for your attention. Calmly Writer is a WYSIWYG markdown editor : unlike other minimalist editors, you don't have to read the syntax. Headings look like headings, tables like tables, lists like lists, as you write. Typewriter sounds, smart punctuation, customizable caret, full screen mode, and color themes – light, dark, dark blue, dune and…from calmlywriter.com

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