A quiet place to
write your book —
and nothing else.
Quillier is a free writing app for novels and other long work. It keeps your book on your computer in one file, keeps track of who’s in it, and stays out of your way.
Also for Intel Macs, Windows and Linux.
Opening it for the first time on Windows
If Windows says it protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway. That happens with new apps that aren’t code-signed yet.
Opening it for the first time on Linux
Make the AppImage executable (in its file properties, or with chmod +x), then double-click it.
Your turn: click into the page and keep writing. The story bible already knows Mara, Edith (or Gran), Ingrid, Tomas, Pell and Skarra light. Type the first three letters of one and press Tab.
Everything a book needs
Chapters, an outline and notes side by side. A story bible that keeps itself up to date. Room to rewrite without losing anything, and exports ready for agents, editors and ebook stores.
Made for a whole book
Chapters in folders and parts, an outline that knows which chapters cover it, find and replace across the book, a goal with a deadline, and dictation.
More about writing
Mara Lind252 mentions
Edith Lind70 mentions
Tomas Arve22 mentionsA story bible that keeps up
Characters and places, found in your chapters as you write. See who appears where, put your scenes on a timeline, and give each character a face.
More about the story bibleRewrite without losing a word
Save versions of a chapter, write another take of it, and compare any two, marked up like a manuscript.
More about versionsReady to send
Standard manuscript format as a Word file or a PDF, an ebook and a print-ready book PDF with their front and back matter, all from the same chapters.
More about exportNothing you write leaves your computer.
There’s no account and no analytics. Quillier only goes online to check for a new version, which you can turn off in Settings, and to download the speech model once if you use dictation. What you say to it stays on your computer too.
Free and open source
Quillier costs nothing, with no subscription and nothing to sign in to. The code is MIT-licensed and on GitHub, where you can read it, report a bug or suggest an idea.
Also for Intel Macs, Windows and Linux.