WordCraft

WordCraft

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About

SmartEdit Writer, free software for novel and short story writers. A free software to plan your novel, prepare and maintain research material, write your novel scene by scene, and edit chapter by chapter in a modern Windows application that has a similar look and feel to Microsoft Word. Store images & links to websites, all in a handy research section that sits right next to you as you write. Create character profiles, outlines & notes as you work. No more 100,000 word Microsoft documents. Write your novel one scene or chapter at a time. Drag and drop scenes inside your document until it’s just the way you want it. Identify word and phrase over-use, monitor adverbs, crutch words & clichés, and improve sentence structure & punctuation, all using SmartEdit’s editor toolbar. SmartEdit Writer allows you to group your work-in-progress and any research you’ve built up about it into a single project. Add folders, scenes, and notes to your document tree.

About

WordCraft is a free, open-source word processor for people who write and format documents. Its ribbon interface provides editing and page-design tools for styles, tables, images, citations, footnotes, tables of contents, comments, and tracked changes, along with spelling and grammar checks and mail merge. It reads and writes DOCX, opens older DOC files, works with ODT, RTF, HTML, Markdown, LaTeX, and plain text, and exports PDF and page images. WordCraft runs as a native application on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and also has a WebAssembly edition that can be hosted on a static server. Its command-line tools, JSON control channel, and Model Context Protocol server support scripted and AI-agent document workflows. The software is in alpha, so file compatibility and feature coverage continue to develop.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Novel and short story writers interested in a free solution to write their novel scene by scene and edit chapter by chapter

Audience

People who write, edit, and format documents on desktop or in a browser, as well as developers and AI-agent builders automating document workflows.

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$77 one-time payment
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

$0
Free to use; open-source software dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.0 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 3.5 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It doesn't need the internet, and it's free. The editing tools are the main attraction, IMO. If you are trying to avoid AI tools, it has a bunch of great monitoring tools that are not AI, similar to ProWritingAid or Hemingway. Shows a list of your word and phrase repetitions, all adverbs you used, redundancies, misused words, homonyms, "new" and "knew", "less than" and "fewer than" shows a list of your cliches, dialogue tags, proper nouns, acronyms, risque words and phrases, all words and phrases used to begin sentences. Shows extra-long sentences. Shows all the punctuations you used, etc, etc
  • At first I was quite pleased with it design, workflow, easy to get to know it. I got into developing and creating a story pretty easily.

Cons

  • I wish it exported to HTML. It's rarely updated (but it's still easy to find).
  • 8 days later, suddenly all text from every single scene, and I mean all = 100%, had vanished. Characters were still there, but what to do, when all the flesh has left? No copy or saved files could be opened or reopened and if only the emptied project was there. Hours went on and that was it. I could not retrieve a single word. I should have copied every line to whatever text program and save it elsewhere.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Supported

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

SmartEdit
Ireland
www.smart-edit.com/Writer/

Company Information

ArtCraft
github.com/storytold/wordcraft

Alternatives

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Alternatives

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The Apache Software Foundation
Google Docs

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Google
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Lilith Studios LLC
LibreOffice

LibreOffice

The Document Foundation

Categories

Word Processors Supported
Writing Supported

Categories

Word Processors Supported

Integrations

Claude Code Not Supported
Microsoft 365 Supported
Microsoft Word Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
SmartEdit Pro Supported

Integrations

Claude Code Supported
Microsoft 365 Not Supported
Microsoft Word Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
SmartEdit Pro Not Supported
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