Welcome to AbiWord!

AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.

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Our latest stable release is version 2.6.8. It's available for a number of languages and operating systems. Release Notes, ChangeLog, Download.

 

Our latest development release is version 2.7.5. Development releases are aimed at developers, or people willing to test unstable software. They should not be used in a production environment. Release Notes, ChangeLog, Download.

Take a Tour

This tour explains in a nutshell what AbiWord is capable of. Have a look to see what functionality AbiWord has to offer you!

Screenshots

Screenshots let you see what AbiWord looks like while it's running. They can give you a good feel for what AbiWord is like without downloading the program.

Reviews

AbiWord is a great word processor, and has attracted a lot of attention. We've assembled a collection of the many reviews that people have written about AbiWord.

Awards

Here you can see photos of the impressive awards that AbiWord has received. Thanks to the AbiWord developers for creating such a great program!

AbiWord

Mar 30, 2008
AbiWord 2.6 has been released! This milestone brings better language support, an innovative experimental collaboration plugin, OpenXML import and a whole lot more! Get it today. See the release announcement here.

Enchant

November, 2005
Enchant 1.2.0 has been released. Enchant is a new cross-platform abstract layer to spellchecking. Enchant has been proposed to be a Freedesktop.org standard.

About AbiWord

AbiWord has been created by a worldwide group of volunteers and currently supports many languages and operating systems.

AbiWord is GNU Free Software software, which means that you will always have the freedom to use it, make copies of it, and improve it. You are encouraged to make use of these freedoms and share the program with your family and friends!