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Verso: Minimalist Word Processor for Mac

Early Access

A word processor for people who just want to write. $14.99 once. Free during early access.

Download for MacmacOS 14+ · 10 MB · No account needed
New in 1.4.3: Focus Mode
Verso minimalist word processor for Mac showing a clean, distraction-free writing interface

I switched to Mac and discovered that writing on it is... complicated. Word wants a subscription. Pages is a lot of app. TextEdit tops out at bold and italic. So I built something different.

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Clean writing

Markdown

Dark mode

Syntax highlighting

Works with your files

.docxWord
.docWord 97
.odtOpenDocument
.rtfRich Text
.txtPlain Text
.mdMarkdown
.htmlHTML
.pdfPDF export

What makes Verso different

Native .docx editing

Open Word documents and edit them directly. No conversion, no import wizard. Tables, footnotes, comments, and formatting all survive the round-trip.

Focus Mode

Everything disappears. Only the page is visible. The sentence you’re typing stays fully visible while surrounding text dims. Your workspace restores exactly when you exit.

Markdown round-trip

Open .md files, edit as rich text with syntax-highlighted code blocks, save back as Markdown. Headings, lists, tables, and formatting all preserved.

Focus Mode in action

Press Cmd+Shift+F. Everything disappears. Only the page and your current sentence remain.

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Light

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Everything else

Full formattingBold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, text colour, highlighting
TablesInsert, resize, cell backgrounds, borders, row and column management
Page layoutA4, Letter, Legal. Portrait or landscape. Custom margins. Multi-column
Footnotes & TOCPopover editing, auto-generated Table of Contents with page numbers
CommentsSidebar for reviewing and navigating document comments
Headers & footersPage numbers, custom text, and layout guides
ListsBullets, numbers, letters, Roman numerals. Five bullet styles
Find & ReplaceCase-sensitive, whole-word, regex. Match counter
Syntax highlighting22 languages including Swift, Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go
LaTeX mathPaste equations from ChatGPT or Gemini. Inline and display math
Export to PDFPrint-ready PDF export from any document
WatermarksText watermarks for drafts and confidential documents
Verso

Native Mac. No strings attached.

Built with SwiftUI. Launches instantly. Runs offline. No subscription, no account, no cloud, no telemetry. 10 MB and it’s yours.

Optimized for M1, M2, M3 & M4Zero tracking. No analytics.

How Verso compares

Ulysses

$39.99

per year, forever

iA Writer

$49.99

one-time (Mac only)

Verso

$14.99

one-time, yours forever

All three are great apps built by small teams. The difference is what you pay and what you need.

You are early. That matters.

Verso is being shaped by the people who use it. If something feels off, or you wish it did something it doesn’t, that’s exactly what we want to hear.

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Get Verso

macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

Download Verso 1.4.3

Free during early access. 8 MB. No account needed.

Native Mac app. Launches instantly. Uses a fraction of the RAM of web-based editors.