Skribisto – writing tool for Linux

Skribisto is a project manager and rich text editor for writers in a quest of a complete, yet simple, way of writing and organizing their work.

Skribisto is born from the ashes of Plume Creator, keeping the goals while adopting more recent ways to think an application. Where its ancestor was geared toward writing novels, Skribisto aims to be more generic.

Skribisto means “Writer” in Esperanto.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• For writers:
  • Distraction-free.
  • Option: vertically centered text cursor.
  • Quick view of the end of the previous text.
  • Dedicated note for each items (called Outline).
  • Scrollbar representing the scaled-down text, highlighting dialogs and mistakes.
  • Project overview.
  • Overview with cards.
  • Integration with Druide Antidote grammatical checker and dictionary.
• Basics:
  • Spellcheck.
  • Search / Replace in text.
  • Project-wide user dictionaries.
  • Rich text edition.
  • Examples.
  • Project templates.
• Writing helpers:
  • Sections to set logic book parts.
  • Writing games, like a typewriter-like game forbidding deletion of text.
• Statistics:
  • Word/Character count of items.
  • Word/Character count goals of items.
• Export to PDF, Open Document, Plain text, Markdown, and Printer.
• Customizable:
  • Day/Night themes.
  • Distraction-free themes.
  • Easy theme management.
  • Create your own theme.
• Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: www.skribisto.eu
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Cyril Jacquet
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Skribisto is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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