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What it does
WriteMonkey 3 is a minimal, plain-text, distraction-free, keyboard-friendly Markdown-enabled text editor for writers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · writemonkey.com
Free plan
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · writemonkey.com
Support
The maker directs bug reports, feature suggestions, and general discussions to the project's GitHub issues page.Read 11 Oct 2026 · writemonkey.com
AI plugin
The site lists a ChatGPT helper plugin that supports continuing previous conversations, copying conversations, clipboard use, and proxy servers, and says it works with GPT-4.Read 11 Oct 2026 · writemonkey.com
Backups
The documentation describes database backups and says automatic backups default to every six hours when the application loses focus.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Cloud sync
The documentation lists a cloud synchronization mechanism among modules missing in the January 2023 state it describes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Editing
It offers full-screen writing, a themeable single-window interface, UTF-8 text editing, and support for large documents.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
File format limit
The documentation says WriteMonkey 3 can currently handle only UTF-8 text files.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Installation
The documented installation process is to download the ZIP for the operating system and unzip it; the documentation says there is no special installation procedure for version 3.3.0.Read 11 Oct 2026 · writemonkey.com
Markdown and export
It supports Markdown, including footnotes, tables of contents, and KaTeX expressions, and includes templates for printing or exporting to PDF.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Organization
It supports projects that split long-form writing into separate documents, full-text library search, a snippet repository, and a Jumps tool with a live document table of contents, bookmarks, and comments.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Plugins
WriteMonkey 3 can be expanded through a plugin engine and API, and the maker says plugins are available to donors.Read 11 Oct 2026 · writemonkey.com
Storage
The documentation says documents are stored locally in a database file, and documents can also be saved as regular text files.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Who it is for
The maker describes WriteMonkey 3 as a writing environment for writers, with organizational and publishing capabilities alongside its primary text-editing function.Read 11 Oct 2026 · writemonkey.com
Writing tools
Its listed tools include live word and character counts, a progress bar, session and Pomodoro timers, sentence or paragraph highlighting, typewriter scrolling, and inline spell checking.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Free Free Free to download and use on as many machines as needed · Donor-only plugins are available separately Read 22 Sep 2026 · writemonkey.com
WriteMonkey 3 Free Free to download and use on as many machines as needed · plugins available to donors for any donation amount Read 11 Oct 2026 · writemonkey.com

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