Manuscript Compiler 0.10.0 — Initial Public Release

[anthonyfitzpatrick]

🎉 Manuscript Compiler 0.10.0 — Initial Public Release

This is the first public release of Manuscript Compiler, an Obsidian plugin that transforms structured manuscripts into publication-ready documents without leaving your vault.

Designed specifically for authors, Manuscript Compiler understands the structure of a book—including Front Matter, Parts, Chapters, Scenes, and Back Matter—and compiles only the content you choose to publish. The result is clean, professional output suitable for editing, publishing, and archival.

Highlights

• 📖 Purpose-built for authors writing in Obsidian
• 📂 Right-click any manuscript folder to begin compilation
• 🌳 Review and correct manuscript structure before exporting
• 📚 Native support for:
  • DOCX (designed for Vellum workflows)
  • ODT
  • EPUB
  • HTML
  • Markdown
  • XML
• ✍️ Semantic understanding of Parts, Chapters, Scenes, Front Matter, and Back Matter
• 🎨 Configurable formatting, scene breaks, title pages, and paragraph indentation
• 🔒 Completely offline operation
• 🚫 No Pandoc
• 🚫 No external executables
• 🚫 No companion Obsidian plugins
• 🚫 No telemetry or cloud services

Built for Publishing

Unlike a generic Markdown exporter, Manuscript Compiler compiles only the reviewed manuscript content. Project notes, dashboards, metadata, planning material, revision notes, and other non-manuscript content are automatically excluded, producing clean publishing files ready for professional workflows.

Installation

Until Manuscript Compiler is available through the Obsidian Community Plugins directory, download these release assets:

• main.js
• manifest.json
• styles.css

Place them in:

<vault>/.obsidian/plugins/manuscript-compiler/

Reload Obsidian and enable Manuscript Compiler under Community Plugins.

Documentation

The repository includes comprehensive documentation:

• 📖 User Guide
• 👨‍💻 Developer Guide
• 🏗 Architecture Guide
• 🔒 Security Policy
• 🤝 Contributing Guide

Privacy

Manuscript Compiler is designed to work entirely on your own computer.

• No telemetry
• No cloud services
• No accounts
• No background network activity during compilation
• No external executables

Support and donation links are opened only when you explicitly choose to use them.

Support Development

If Manuscript Compiler has helped your writing or publishing workflow and you'd like to support its continued development, you can buy me a coffee here:

☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/wolf359pressab

Your support helps fund continued development, testing, documentation, and new features for the plugin.

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who has helped shape Manuscript Compiler during development.

Bug reports, feature requests, and feedback are always welcome and help make the plugin better for authors everywhere.

Happy writing!

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