✒️ Scribe — Author Resources Directory

A clean, kiosk-style resource directory for authors — available as both an Electron desktop app and an installable PWA web app.

🌐 Live demo →

Features

• 30 curated resources across six categories: Writing Tools, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Marketing, Printing & Merch, and Communities
• Kiosk interface — distraction-free, dark-themed, single screen
• Search across resource names, descriptions, and categories
• Category filters for quick navigation
• Two ways to use it:
  • Desktop app (Electron 41) for macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Web app at guildmasterdev.github.io/Scribe — installable as a PWA, works offline
• External links open in your default browser

PWA / Web demo

The web demo lives in web/ as a single self-contained index.html (inline CSS, inline JS, embedded resource data — no fetch calls, no external JS dependencies).

It is deployed automatically to GitHub Pages on every push to main.

Once loaded, the service worker (web/sw.js) caches the shell, the icons, and the embedded resource data so the directory is fully usable offline. Install it from your browser's "Install app" / "Add to Home Screen" menu to get a standalone window.

• Manifest: web/manifest.json
• Theme color: #2563eb (writer's ink blue)
• Background: #0a0a0f
• Icons: 192×192, 512×512, plus a 512×512 maskable

Desktop app

git clone https://github.com/GuildMasterDev/Scribe.git
cd Scribe
npm install
npm start

Build distributables

electron-builder is configured for macOS (DMG + ZIP, x64 + arm64), Windows (NSIS + portable), and Linux (AppImage + deb).

npm run build         # current platform
npm run build:mac
npm run build:win
npm run build:linux

Outputs land in dist/.

Resource categories

• Writing Tools — Grammarly, Scrivener, Hemingway Editor, Google Docs, ProWritingAid
• Publishing — Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, QueryTracker, Publishers Marketplace, Manuscript Wish List
• Self-Publishing — Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, BookBaby, Reedsy
• Marketing — BookBub, Goodreads, NetGalley, Canva, MailerLite
• Printing & Merch — PrintNinja, Printful, Blurb, Lulu, 48 Hour Books
• Communities — r/writing, Absolute Write, NaNoWriMo, Writers Guild of America, 20BooksTo50K

Customization

To add or modify resources for the desktop app, edit the resources array in renderer.js:

{
    name: "Resource Name",
    category: "writing", // writing | publishing | self-publishing | marketing | printing | communities
    description: "Brief description of the resource.",
    url: "https://resource-url.com"
}

For the web demo, update the matching array inside web/index.html.

Tech stack

• Electron 41 (sandboxed BrowserWindow, contextIsolation, IPC-based external link opener)
• electron-builder 26 for cross-platform packaging
• Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS — no frameworks, no build step for the web demo
• Service Worker + Web App Manifest for PWA install + offline support
• GitHub Actions for Pages deploy and CI syntax checks

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Author

GuildMaster Development

Contributing

Issues and pull requests welcome — add resources, refine categories, or improve the interface.