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Bean (software)

Bean is a word processor for Mac OS X. Originally free and open source software Bean became closed source at version 3. However, the Bean executable is still distributed free of charge. According to its author, James Hoover, Bean is not meant to replace Microsoft Word, but to be a lean word processor that is beautiful and user friendly. Many of Bean's…

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Developer
James Hoover
License
Freeware
Operating system
Mac OS X
Release
1 May 2007; 19 years ago (2007-05-01)
Stable release
v3.73 / August 30, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-08-30)
Type
Word processor

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Bean (software)

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples8
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

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Bean (software)

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Developer · 1
Bean (software) → James Hoover
License · 1
Bean (software) → Freeware
Operating system · 1
Bean (software) → Mac OS X
Release · 1
Bean (software) → 1 May 2007; 19 years ago (2007-05-01)
Stable release · 1
Bean (software) → v3.73 / August 30, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-08-30)
Type · 1
Bean (software) → Word processor
Website · 1
Bean (software) → bean-osx.com
Written in · 1
Bean (software) → Objective-C

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bean (software)DeveloperJames Hoover1.00infobox
Bean (software)LicenseFreeware1.00infobox
Bean (software)Operating systemMac OS X1.00infobox
Bean (software)Release1 May 2007; 19 years ago (2007-05-01)1.00infobox
Bean (software)Stable releasev3.73 / August 30, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-08-30)1.00infobox
Bean (software)TypeWord processor1.00infobox
Bean (software)Websitebean-osx.com1.00infobox
Bean (software)Written inObjective-C1.00infobox

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