Bean: An OS X Word Processor

Bean: A Word Processor for OS X

Bean is a small, easy-to-use word processor that is designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable. Bean is lean, fast and uncluttered. It starts up quickly, has a live word count, and is easy on the eyes. Also, Bean is available free of charge.

MS Word, OpenOffice, etc. try to be all things to all people, but sometimes you just want the right tool for the job. That is Bean's niche.

Screenshots / Features / File Formats

Bean has some limitations: it doesn't do footnotes or use stylesheets and is only partially compatible with Word's file formats. Also, it allows in-line graphics, but not floating graphics.

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Version 3.0.5 (released 26 January 2012) Requires OS X 10.5+

Includes: Many bugfixes, localizations for Slovak and now Polish (thanks Wanarek).

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This older version (2.4.5) is compatible with OS X Tiger 10.4+

Changelog / News & Plans / Previous Versions

Requirements / Installation

Bean requires a Mac with a PPC or Intel processor running OS X 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, or 10.7 Lion.

To install, double-click the downloaded file Bean-Install.zip. This will unarchive a folder named Bean-Install. Inside this folder you will find the Bean app, which you can drag into your Applications folder. You can then trash Bean-Install.zip and the Bean-Install folder.

FAQ / Troubleshooting

Answers to common questions about Bean are here. For troubleshooting, click here.

Cost / License / Sourcecode / Warranty

Bean is provided at no monetary cost.

Bean.app is released under The Bean Word Processor Software License.

Bean 3.x is closed source. However, Bean 2.4.x is open source (download source code here).

Bean comes with no warranty; you assume all the risk of using it.

Contact

Report bugs, give feedback, or ask questions here: jnrh2001 (at) yahoo (dot) com.