Bean
A macOS word processor that is small, easy-to-use, and free.
Bean is a macOS word processor that is small, easy-to-use, and available free of charge. It includes features like live word count, template documents, dark mode, split-window editing, full screen focus mode, date-stamped backups, and a find panel with regular expressions. It does not support footnotes, stylesheets, or floating graphics, and is only partially compatible with Word's file formats.
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