awthorRead / write
Nothing between you and the sentence.
Open the same chapter for reading or writing without leaving the manuscript. Focus mode clears the room when the words need all of it.
quiet by design
Start with the sentence. Keep the manuscript.
Awthor is a calm place to plan, draft, and finish a novel. Your books begin in this browser, with no account to create and no paid tier between you and the page.
The working manuscriptAwthor · Read mode
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An invitation
Before chapter one
A first sentence doesn't need a setup process.
Name the book later. Fix the outline later. For now, write the line that makes you want to know what happens next.
Write the first sentenceUntitled novelDay one
Chapter one
It began with a knock at the door.
One honest sentence is enough for today.
The working manuscript
Tools in the margins
The tools stay in the margins.
Awthor keeps the scaffolding close and the machinery out of sight. A long draft gets room to breathe; its structure remains ready when you reach for it.
Story work
The scaffolding stays close, not loud.
Characters, chapter arcs, formatting, and live counts remain close enough to call on—and quiet enough to ignore.
structure in the margins
Proofreading
Useful feedback without another reader in the room.
Harper checks spelling, grammar, and style on your device. Suggestions can enter the margin without sending the chapter away.
local by default
The writing room
Three views, one book
Return to the story, not the software.
Library
Return to the page you left.
Your local library keeps books searchable and remembers the chapter and reading position where you stopped.
LibraryPlate 01
Manuscript
Stay inside one continuous book.
Read, write, format, and move between chapters in one workspace. The structure remains present without becoming the work.
ManuscriptPlate 02
Proofing
Revise without another reader in the room.
On-device proofreading brings suggestions beside the chapter. Names, invented words, and Bengali transliterations can live in the book’s own dictionary.
ProofingPlate 03
Colophon
The honest details
The manuscript details are yours to read.
Awthor makes its boundaries explicit: where the draft lives, when anything leaves the device, and how you can take a copy.
- Working copy
- Stored in this browser by default
- Account
- Not required to write
- Proofreading
- Runs on-device with Harper
- Sync
- Begins only when you choose it
- Book exports
- Markdown · PDF · EPUB
- Workspace backup
- Restorable Awthor ZIP
- Price
- Free; no paid tier
- Source
- AGPL-3.0 on GitHub
The Cartographer's WinterChapter one
Mara drew the coast from memory, which meant the sea arrived first and the land had to learn its shape around it.
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Chapter one
The rest is yours
Begin anywhere
One honest sentence is enough for today.
Open Awthor and begin. There is no account wall, onboarding ritual, or subscription decision waiting before the page.