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Darkwrite | A notebook that is truly yours

Write without distractions.

Notes as it should have been. Built for people who just want to write, without nonsense.

Get Darkwrite

The personal workspace that respects you.

Stay focused.

Simplicity is power, not a weakness. We don’t have anything to distract you away from your work. We don’t have AI buttons either, it’s just you.

Work offline.

All your notes are stored on your device. You don’t need an internet connection to access them. You don’t need an account on any service to get started either.

Enjoy freedom.

Darkwrite is free and open source software. We don’t serve you ads, spy on you, or train AI with your notes.

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A fresh coat of paint for your notes.

Easy-to-use editor

Everything you’d expect to create beautiful docs, ready at your disposal.

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Infinitely customizable

From individual notes to the entire UI, tweak the look and feel to your vibe.

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One-click backups

Pack everything up into a archive, restore with one click on a new device.

Backup feature buttons

Themes and fonts

Use one of the included themes or make your own. Export PDFs with custom fonts and colors, without hassle.

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Work offline, no account required.

Download once, use forever. You don’t need an account, or even an internet connection, to use Darkwrite. There are no forced updates either.

Additionally, there are no paywalls.

Fully open source.

All source code is public under the AGPLv3 license, which gives you the freedoms to run, modify, fork and distribute your versions.

No license verification is involved.

Roadmap

In development

Databases
v1.2 milestone tasks on GitHub
User documentation

Planned

Collaboration & sync server (self hosted)
Flatpak support
Graph view
Plugin API

Ready to write in peace?