A simple, opinionated plain text editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr is not meant to be a full-featured text editor, but rather a simple and easy to use tool for writing. It's not aimed at developers.
- Tab Autocompletion: Inline autocompletion suggestions based on your personal dictionary
- User Dictionary: Build your own vocabulary for better suggestions
- Text Snippets: Save and reuse frequently used text blocks. Just save any text as snippet and insert it anywhere by double-clicking the snippet.
- Word Count: Real-time statistics for words and characters.
- Integrated Browser: Browse reference materials without leaving the editor
- Custom Search Contexts: Right-click any text to perform a Google search or a custom search on your desired website:
- AP News
- Reuters
- BBC
- or any custom websites
- Distraction-Free Mode: Clean, minimal interface for focused writing
- Customizable Themes: Light, dark and sepia themes for the editor
- Font Customization: Choose your perfect writing font and size
- Zoom Controls: Easily adjust text size with keyboard shortcuts
- Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Native look and feel on each platform
- Consistent feature set across all systems
Downloads are available from the Releases section. Currently downloads for linux (deb, rpm, flatpak) and macos (Intel macs only) are available. For other platforms, you can clone the repository and run it from source. Note for macOS users To run Jottr on Mac you need to install the requirements (see below) and echant through homebrew.
brew install enchant
Either download the package for your distribution or clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/mfat/jottr
cd jottr
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
cd src/jottr
python3 main.py