# Tempus Word

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Tempus Word and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Feature-rich Atari ST word processor that people still prefer to Word and Google Docs for writing.

## Why people recommend it

- Feature-rich even by today's standards (2 comments): "The list of features is impressive even today!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47043147)) "The other features are impressive too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083218))
- Preferred over Word and Google Docs (2 comments): "I'd still rather write on something like this than Word, Pages or Google Docs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47071757)) "Tempus was gold standard, even better than 1st Word Plus." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47071511))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Google Docs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-docs.md): 144 recommend
- [Microsoft Word](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-word.md): 129 recommend
- [Apple Pages](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pages.md): 39 recommend
- [WordPerfect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wordperfect.md): 36 recommend
- [LibreOffice Writer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libreoffice-writer.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tempus Word", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tempus-word/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).