oodbo

oodbo is a writing app built on one idea: get the draft down before you get it right.

Forward Mode removes backspace, delete, select, and your cursor keys. You can only type forward. It sounds strange, but it's freeing. The inner editor that keeps you circling the same first paragraph goes quiet, and the words actually come out.

Edit Mode is a normal, full editor. Once the draft exists, switch over and revise properly: fix typos, reword, rearrange, add notes.

Yours, and private. Your writing saves to your own machine, and, only if you sign in with Google or Microsoft, syncs to a private app folder in your own Google Drive or OneDrive. It's encrypted on your device before it syncs so cannot be used for AI training. oodbo never stores your writing on our servers unless you deliberately publish a share link.

No AI: No suggestions, no autocomplete, no "improve this." Just you and the page.

Write in the desktop app on Windows, in your browser, or inside Microsoft Word.