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Distractionless Writing Tool
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OriginalLeft

Left is distractionless plaintext editor designed to quickly navigate between segments of an essay, or multiple documents. It features an auto-complete, synonyms suggestions, writing statistics, markup-based navigation and a speed-reader.
The application was initially created to help Rek with the writing of the upcoming novel Wiktopher, and later made available as a free and open source software.
Learn more by reading the manual, or have a look at a tutorial video. If you need help, visit the Community.
Install & Run
You can download builds for OSX, Windows and Linux, or if you wish to build it yourself, follow these steps:
git clone https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Left.git
cd Left/desktop/
npm install
npm start

Extras
- This application supports the Ecosystem Theme.
- Support this project through Patreon.
- Left's source code is licensed under MIT and the images, text and assets are licensed under BY-NC-SA 4.0. View individual licenses for details.
- Pull Requests are welcome!
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