Hacker GitHub

← All repos

davidgiven/wordgrinder

View on GitHub ↗ ★ 1,277 Lua

A word processor which gets the hell out of your way and lets you get some work done.

10 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 3 stories, 7 comments · first 2015-12-17 · latest 2026-05-23

Mentions per year 10 mentions · busiest year 2026 (4)
20082026
AllStoriesComments NewestTopOldest
  1. Consider wordgrinder, a console word processor, as distinct from a text editor. https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
    comment by LeoPanthera · 2026-05-23 · in Time to talk about my writerdeck
  2. Wordgrinder. https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
    comment by LeoPanthera · 2026-04-27 · in L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility
  3. See also Wordgrinder, a text-mode word processor. (As distinct from a text editor.) https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
    comment by LeoPanthera · 2026-04-27 · in L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility
  4. …and HTML that isn't terrible like the type word processors create. I recently found wordgrinder ( https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder ), which is a terminal-based word processor that's very close to what I've been looking for. A…
    comment by antisol · 2026-04-13 · in Show HN: A WYSIWYG word processor in Python
  5. Wordgrinder is a modern text-mode word processor. (Distinct from a text editor.) https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
    comment by LeoPanthera · 2025-09-11 · in A desktop environment without graphics (tmux-like)
  6. …the choice of opengl and luau is interesting and appealing. the file format is also appealing: https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder/blob/master/README...
    comment by kragen · 2024-08-01 · in WordGrinder: A simple word processor that runs on the console
  7. ▲ 105
    WordGrinder: A simple word processor that runs on the console
    story by netule · 2024-07-31 · 28 comments
  8. ▲ 143
    WordGrinder: Terminal-based distraction free word processor
    story by sathishmanohar · 2023-04-11 · 68 comments
  9. ▲ 1
    Wordgrinder: A word processor which gets the hell out of your way
    story by sea6ear · 2016-02-23 · 0 comments
  10. …write self-writing makefiles to do that. It's not as nasty as it sounds (but still pretty nasty): https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder/blob/master/Makefi... Plus, 'set a flag for just this file' is another thing that's appallingly…
    comment by david-given · 2015-12-17 · in Autotools Mythbuster