AbiWord

The AbiWord word processor is a full-featured cross-platform word processor.

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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chrisofbristol Posted 2025-09-19

I tried this as I was fed-up with LibreOffice and this looked simpler so more suited to my needs. Never again, it trashed the 3 files that I opened. That is unforgivable, any other bug is manageable, but trashing your files! Luckily I do regular backups. The website is defunct and this site shows that the software hasn't been updated for 11 years (as of 2015). Avoid!
agecanonix Posted 2015-07-27

Jut what we need at home. Avoid last versions 2.9 (bugs) choose 2.8 or 3.0.1 for Linux
sochi2014 Posted 2014-07-25

Très bien pour les besoins domestiques, le look est moderne, Abiword commence à peiner à partir de 3 pages. Si l'on veut faire de gros documents, procéder par tranches que vous regrouperez en final. Attention la version 2.9 est une version bêta, utiliser la 2.8.6 bien suffisante pour la maison. pas de support, mais franchement, c'est Microsoft Word tout craché.
starker Posted 2011-07-12

very friendly application.
andymurphy Posted 2011-07-03

Not the most sophisticated software but light and easy to use.

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Operating Systems

BeOS, BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop, Information Technology, Other Audience, System Administrators

User Interface

Cocoa (MacOS X), Gnome, Handheld/Mobile/PDA, Non-interactive (Daemon), Win32 (MS Windows)

Programming Language

C, C++, Objective C, Perl, Python

Related Categories

Python Word Processors, Python Office Suites, Python GNOME Software, Perl Word Processors, Perl Office Suites, Perl GNOME Software, C++ Word Processors, C++ Office Suites, C++ GNOME Software, C Word Processors, C Office Suites, C GNOME Software, Objective C Word Processors, Objective C Office Suites, Objective C GNOME Software

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2000-11-28

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