TextMaker is a word processor, which aims at utmost compatibility with Microsoft Word, its default document format is .docx.

It is sold as part of the SoftMaker office suite. Some reduced versions of TextMaker are released as freeware. It is available for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

In contrast to Microsoft Word, SoftMaker TextMaker comes with some proprietary features like an object mode for working with frames or a simple built-in database functionality. It reads and writes its own document format (.tmd and .tmdx), Microsoft Word (.doc and .docx), OpenDocument (.odt), Pocket Word (.psw, .pwd), Rich Text Format (.rtf), HTML 4.0 (.htm), and plain text files (.txt). It can also open OpenOffice.org XML (.sxw) files.

Multilingual features include a five language translation dictionary, a thesaurus in ten languages, spell checking in 17, hyphenation in 29, and user interface in 31 languages.

VBA-compatible scripting is supported through SoftMaker's scripting language, called BasicMaker, which is part of its SoftMaker Office suite for Windows.

For mobile use, TextMaker can be run from a USB stick without changing any registry or system files of the host PC.

The subscription-version of TextMaker 2024 includes a connection to ChatGPT, which summarizes texts on request, makes suggestions for improvements or generates texts according to hopefully appropriately formulated prompts. It translates documents with DeepL and preserves the text formatting completely.

Development of TextMaker started in 1987 under MS-DOS.