Revise
Hacker ApprovedRanked 7 of 14 word processors by recommenders
Free, fast word processor with an AI agent that lets you accept suggestions selectively. Critics object to the subscription and web-app design.
Free, fast word processor with an AI agent that lets you accept suggestions selectively. Critics object to the subscription and web-app design.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 1 year
Median of the 3 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free, fast, lightweight core
“It's pretty fast, and doesn't rely on pandoc, LibreOffice, or any other external dependencies to be installed on the host system.”
Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Revise CLI” “the core product is completely free and even includes free LLM spellchecking”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” “It's a free, lightweight, fast word processor at its core.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” Integrated AI agent inside the editor
“It's a word processor that lets you selectively accept AI suggestions, or just talk to the agent in margin comments.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Don't Use AI to Write” “From my testing, the Revise agent is more capable than Gemini+Docs and Copilot are right now.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” “The pitch with Revise is it's a fully integrated agent inside a word processor.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” - Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents”
Word processor formatting features
“Revise can do proper word processor esque formatting, like page numbers, page layout, page breaks.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” “Revise can already do a lot of things neither Google nor Overleaf can”
Comment from 1 Mar 2026 in “I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's "free" and ad-supported”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Subscription pricing around $8 monthly
“it's hard to justify another $8 a month on another tool”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” “Subscription-based, web-app, and vibe-coded would individually be deal breakers.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” “Subsciption and Online means not for me”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” - Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents”
Web-app design rather than desktop
“Subscription-based, web-app, and vibe-coded would individually be deal breakers.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents” “Subsciption and Online means not for me”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Revise – An AI Editor for Documents”
Other word processors people recommend
The four most recommended other word processors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Docs | 144 | 137 | 51% | 13 | 11 yrs4 owners | — |
| Microsoft Word | 129 | 234 | 36% | 12 | 20 yrs5 owners | — |
| Apple Pages | 39 | 27 | 59% | 11 | — | — |
| WordPerfect | 36 | 7 | 84% | 9 | — | Approved |
| ReviseThis page | 16 | 4 | 80% | 5 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
What people said
23 of the 30 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's pretty fast, and doesn't rely on pandoc, LibreOffice, or any other external dependencies to be installed on the host system.”
“It's a word processor that lets you selectively accept AI suggestions, or just talk to the agent in margin comments.”
“Thanks to it I can now learn in advance without any fear of not knowing what I've learned after a month.”
“When I just tried your app it gave me that same thrill”
“But I really hate subscription-ware.”
“bringing any doc over is very useful”
“I signed up and gave the product a spin and its clear that its not some vibe coded weekend project.”
“Revise can answer any of those questions! You just have to ask.”
“Revise can do proper word processor esque formatting, like page numbers, page layout, page breaks.”
“There are chat apps that basically incorporate all the features of this editor so I am not really sure who is this for.”
“the core product is completely free and even includes free LLM spellchecking”
“Selection highlight is offset for indented paragraphs.”
“Subsciption and Online means not for me”
“This looks really nice! Congratulations on building something awesome”
“Subscription-based, web-app, and vibe-coded would individually be deal breakers.”
“It's a free, lightweight, fast word processor at its core.”
“From my testing, the Revise agent is more capable than Gemini+Docs and Copilot are right now.”
“The pitch with Revise is it's a fully integrated agent inside a word processor.”
“it's hard to justify another $8 a month on another tool”
“I started building this 10 months ago, largely using agentic coding tools.”
“Revise can already do a lot of things neither Google nor Overleaf can”
“It asks to use a Google account or create an account.”
“A new word processor for the post-AI age! Try it out.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.