FocusWriter - fullscreen word processor

FocusWriter – free and open source, multi-platform and simple word processor that allows you to write without distraction

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Program interface. When you start FocusWriter, all interface elements are hidden by default, and you can see them by hovering the mouse cursor:

You can save your work in the following formats: Open Document Format (.odt), OpenDocument Flat XML Document (.fodt), Open XML Microsoft Word (.docx), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Plain Text (.txt);
Session management;
Viewing and printing a document;
Formatting: headings (h1-h6), bold, italics, underlined, strikethrough, superscript/subscript, alignment, increase/decrease indentation, left-to-right and right-to-left writing;
There is a search and replace;
Spell check support;
There is a timer with a reminder setting by a specified time interval and assigned to a specific time;
Support for inserting special symbols;
Tab support;
Focus mode is available with the ability to configure: disable or focus on one line, three line, paragraph;
You can change the theme of the program;
You can set a daily goal: how much time to write, how many words to write;
You can configure what to show/display from statistics in the status bar;
It is possible to turn on the sound effect of the typewriter;
Full-screen mode support;
Support for custom keyboard shortcuts.

The software FocusWriter is available for installation on Linux and Windows.

Installation method	OS
PPA	Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
Deb	Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
Flatpak	Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, CentOS, KDE Neon, openSUSE, elementary OS, Manjaro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
EXE	Windows

*Ubuntu (GNOME), Kubuntu (KDE), Xubuntu (XFCE), Lubuntu (LXDE)

Install Software via PPA repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install focuswriter

Install Software via Deb package

Install Software via Flatpak package

flatpak install flathub org.gottcode.FocusWriter

Install Software via EXE package on Windows

Language Interface:	English, Russian, Deutsch, Spanish, French and others
Description version:	1.7.6
Developer:	Graeme Gott
Programming language:	C++, Qt
License:	GPL v3
Software website:	gottcode.org/focuswriter