hundredrabbits/Left

Distractionless Writing Tool

JavaScript

1,885

427 commits

updated Apr 16, 2025

See the code

README

Left

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!
editor
text
text-editor
writing-app
writing-application

hundredrabbits/Left

Distractionless Writing Tool

JavaScript

1,885

427 commits

updated Apr 16, 2025

See the code

README

Left

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!
editor
text
text-editor
writing-app
writing-application

Project health

Overall

2.2/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

2/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Matt DesLauriers

7,367 followers · starred Aug 2018

Brent Jackson

6,104 followers · starred Apr 2018

Ivan Nikulin

332 followers · starred Oct 2020

Oleg Gaidarenko

263 followers · starred Feb 2018