Room to write
A focused editor, scenes and chapters, and your words saved on your own disk.
A writing studio for the whole book.
Manuscript, characters, research, and revisions together. Works offline. No account. Every feature is free.
Less between you and the book.
The whole story, together
Characters, research, and plans stay close to the manuscript, without a pile of separate files.
A path to the finished book
Revise with your editor, shape the book, and export it when you are ready.
More tools, when you need them.
Browse the studio at your own pace.
- Focus on a scene
- Work in parts, chapters, and scenes. Focus mode fades the surrounding tools while you write.
- Format as you write
- Keep formatting controls beside your selection, with undo and redo when a sentence needs another pass.
- Search the whole book
- Find a name or phrase across the manuscript and jump back to the passage.
- Write your way
- Choose light or dark mode, English or German, and adjust writing and navigation preferences.
- Know your cast
- Keep character profiles, aliases, pictures, and descriptions beside the manuscript.
- Keep a story bible
- Give your world, continuity rules, and background notes a home inside the book.
- Summarize each scene
- Write scene synopses and read them alongside the manuscript or in the outline.
- Keep research close
- Connect research files to the book so source material stays within reach while you write.
- See the shape of the story
- Arrange chapters and scenes in an outline table or cards, with their summaries in view.
- Follow characters across scenes
- Use appearances to see where each character enters the story, alongside linked timeline events.
- Exchange DOCX reviews
- Send a review document to your editor and import the returned proposals with attribution.
- Keep comments in context
- Attach editorial conversations to the text and resolve them as the draft moves forward.
- Compare earlier versions
- Review scene history, compare previous text, and keep named snapshots of a draft.
- Plan the next pass
- Group revision work into passes and tasks instead of keeping a separate list beside the book.
- Choose a useful format
- Export Markdown, DOCX, or EPUB for the next stage of your book.
- Prepare the complete book
- Set up book design, front and back matter, and covers before export.
- Write under a pen name
- Keep writing identities and publication details ready for the book you are preparing.
- Check a proof copy
- On Linux, preview the book layout and export a PDF proof before publishing.
- Make portable encrypted archives
- Create a manual archive, verify it with your recovery key, and restore it as a separate book.
- Keep a readable mirror
- Use a readable folder alongside your book. It is useful for access to the text, but is not a complete backup.
- Recover what you can
- Local recovery copies, scene history, and salvage tools provide different ways back to your work.
- Work across a series
- Organize books into a series while keeping each manuscript on your own disk.
- Understand your writing
- See book statistics, optional session analytics, and local craft and consistency reports.
- Conceal the desktop app
- The optional PIN lock hides the application when you step away. It does not encrypt manuscript files; Windows does not offer this lock.
Swipe, use the arrows, or choose a chapter.
Your book stays yours.
Books live on your disk. Write without an internet connection or an account. All features are free, and the source is open.
Keep working books outside cloud-synced folders. Make encrypted archives manually, keep the recovery key separately, and verify your saved archive.
Keep a safe copyA smaller studio for your phone.
Android has a library and scene editor for writing on the go. It has fewer features than desktop garret, and books do not sync automatically.
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