Hello & Hello again to all my #writer Mastodonians, I need your help to find a #writing program to replace GoogleDocs
What do you write with? I need something that is free, has a free limited version, or a very long free trial (suggest paid programs if you love them, but I have no $$$ rn)
& doesn't use my data to train AI.
Help please?
ETA: Thank you all so much for your suggestions! I am overwhelmed by all your helpful posts!
@KarinWanderer#LibreOffice. A bit overwhelming at the beginning but worth the effort. Nice & helpful community. I use it for work for ~12 years, replacing MS Office.
@KarinWanderer If you want something that's collaborative & not on your own computer (i.e. closest to GoggleDocs), Proton just announced that they're rolling out their own Docs: https://proton.me/drive/docs
I haven't used their Docs yet, but I do use and really like other Proton things (Mail & Drive).
If you're willing to explore non-cloud things, i really like both Zettlr and Obsidian. They both use Markdown for formatting—and Markdown is something people seem to either love or hate. I happen to really like it, since it helps keep the file sizes much smaller and you can edit them in many other text apps.
For writing books or long articles, I'd look at Zettlr first: https://www.zettlr.com It's aimed at academic writers, but it'll easily support fiction or other things, too.
For smaller notes or daily journal pages, Obsidian is also great: http://obsidian.md Some people get really into customizing it, but that's not necessary at all.
@KarinWanderer i like obsidian, might end up in a rabbit hole journey in customising and improving yer vault but i highly recommend it just for the customisation and organisation features <3
@KarinWanderer Since you started with google docs, I'll say #LibreOffice 100% free. Runs on everything. Uses basically the same commands and GUI you're probably used to. I wrote a dissertation (350pp) and a gaming manual (300pp) on that program twenty years ago, and it's only gotten better.