Writing
Lightweight distraction-free text editor, in the browser (Markdown and LaTeX supported). No lag when writing.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Aug 2023.
At a glance
Writing quick facts
- Health score
- 22/100 STALE
- Stars
- 1,120
- Last commit
- 3.2 years ago (Aug 2023)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Writing
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Writing is a lightweight distraction-free text editor, in the browser."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Writing scores 22/100, #20 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 1,120 stars add 12.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 12.2 / 20
1.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Last 12 months
- 3.2 years ago
- Last push
Ranked #20 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between DailyTxT (#19) and Turtl (#21) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Javascript |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 1,120 |
| Open issues | 8 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | josephernest/writing ↗ |
Writing vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Writing (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HedgeDoc | 96 | 7.5k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Livebook | 95 | 5.9k | Apache-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| Many Notes | 92 | 1.1k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| Overleaf | 62 | 18k | AGPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| Writing (this tool) | 22 | 1.1k | MIT | 3.2 years ago |
Writing: common questions
Is Writing still maintained?
Writing had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3.2 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.