Novalist — where your whole novel comes together
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One window. Every page of your novel.

Novalist is a free, offline-first desktop app for novelists — manuscript, worldbuilding, plotting, timelines, maps, export and version control in one place, with your project stored as plain files in a folder that stays yours.

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Prologue
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Offline-first

A project is a folder of plain files — scenes as HTML, metadata as JSON. Back it up, sync it, open it anywhere.

Cross-platform

One app for Windows, macOS and Linux — your writing desk travels with you.

The full craft

Manuscript, codex, plot grid, timeline, maps, research, export and Git — without leaving the window.

Open & extensible

MIT licensed, with a complete extension SDK for views, exports, themes and more.

Chapter I

The craft, in full.

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Plates

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Chapter II

Your copy of the press.

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Chapter III

The story so far.

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View the full release history on GitHub ↗