Write and edit plain text with Parchment.
Parchment is a plain text editor. It is intended for writing prose and computer code. It supports keyboards, mice, and even touch screens as inputs. The app should also display text in any human language so long as fonts are installed for them.
Parchment has an intentionally small set of features specifically chosen to reduce friction between the user and their work. It won't interrupt a writing session and time will not need to be spent learning unusual features you're not going to often use.
I wrote significantly about Parchment during its lengthy development.
2024-02-08 🧙 Experiments in IDE Design
2024-07-04 🖥️ Experiments in IDE Simplification
2024-08-30 💬 Programming Deserves Better than Monospace
2024-09-05 ✏️ Finding the Right (Design) Metaphor
2024-09-09 ✒️ Avoiding the Wrong (Digital) Superpowers
2024-12-17 📜 Parchment is a Sparse, Spartan Text Editor
2025-01-16 😵 What is the Point of Customization?
2025-10-04 📝 Stop Wrapping Text by Hand
2026-05-06 📜 Parchment is Now Available
2026-07-13 🗑️ Why I Stopped Using Vim
Parchment also has a few hidden features intended mainly to be used when programming:
