Writing Apps

Scriptorium is an all-in-one book editing tool for GNOME.

Novellier is a complete writing suite designed for novelists, screenwriters, and storytellers. Unlike traditional word processors, it lets you manage entire book series within a single project—switch between novels while sharing characters, locations, and resources across all of...

Free Scrivener-style novel writing app in your browser: binder, corkboard, plot board, outliner, character sheets, and compile to PDF, DOCX and ePub.

Offline-first writing app for fiction, memoir and non-fiction: a Markdown editor, structured notes on people, places and ideas, and EPUB, DOCX and PDF export.

Priama — local-first desktop writing app for authors.

The writing app for authors, academics, and worldbuilders who need to plan, write, and collaborate - all in one place.

garret is a free, open-source writing studio for novelists. It keeps your manuscript, story planning, research, and revisions together on your own disk. You can write offline without creating an account.

Novel writing workspace for outlining, drafting, and refining manuscripts with hierarchical organization, offline editing, AI suggestions, and collaboration.

Tracks writing projects, drafts, goals, submissions, markets, and editor contacts while logging stats, word counts, sessions, reminders, and writing progress.

Rayuela Editor is moderm, privacy-focused writing environment designed for long-form fiction (novels, screenplays, and theses). It bridges the gap between the structural power of Scrivener and the portability of modern web technology, wrapped in a native desktop application.

Neverkin is a free and open-source webapp aimed at different kind of writers and storytellers that have large stories or worlds to keep track of. It includes a wide range of features and it keeps evolving.

Free offline novel-writing app with scene planning, a Book Wiki, local Markdown files, version history, and DOCX/EPUB export.

The only app you'll need to write your novels and build your worlds. Organize your thoughts and cross-reference anything at any time.

Free, open-source writing app for fiction writers who outline. Each scene opens with its beats, characters and notes beside the draft. Imports Scrivener, Plottr, yWriter, Obsidian and novelWriter. No AI, no subscription, no account.

Free, open source, local-first novel editor with writing, planning, continuity checks, prose analysis, typeset export, and BYO cloud sync. No account or subscription required.

Outcome is a desktop writing and creative workspace designed to help writers, researchers, creators, and organizations manage complex content in a structured environment.

One app to build your world, write your stories, and format for publishing. Draft your novel with every character, place, and system in your world just a keystroke away.

Cross-platform writing software for novels, screenplays, plays, and theses, with binder organization, revision tools, writing goals, and multi-format export.

Free desktop app that shows the structure of your novel or screenplay (scenes, threads, characters) over the files you already write in.

Talesmyth lets writers, GMs, and game designers build interconnected worlds using genre templates like Fantasy or Sci-Fi, with smart linking and AI for quick summaries.

Focus on your words not the interface. Quoll Writer is a writing application that helps you focus on your words. Clean and uncluttered. Feature rich. Features are where you would expect them to be.

Open-source writing tool with hierarchical outliner, distraction-free editor, character management, plot development, Snowflake method, and writing goal support.

novelWriter is a Markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents. It uses its own flavor of Markdown that supports a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis and cross-referencing between files.

A smooth yet powerful writing experience for devoted authors. With only wanted features and native workflow it runs faster than all your previous apps combined.

A simple tool for building stories and the worlds they live in.

Organize your ideas, create memorable characters, build immersive worlds, and write captivating stories. Tintero is your ideal companion to take your creative projects to the next level, from planning to book generation.

Fortelling provides the tools you need to plot & write your book.