Bookless

A hassle-free book-writing app that let you author books in plain text.

Demo

A manual written in Bookless:

• HTML: https://bookless.github.io
• PDF: https://bookless.github.io/book.pdf
• EPUB: https://bookless.github.io/book.epub

Features

• Write books in local plain text files, you own your content, no vendor lock-in
• Support Markdown syntax with Pandoc extensions for building books
• Paste images directly into editor from clipboard
• Distraction-free writing mode
• Organize chapters visually with drag & drop
• Export books to PDF / ePub / HTML
• Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux
• Multilingual spelling check

Installation

• For PDF export, install Latex first.

• Download binary for your OS on release page.

  • macOS: Get .dmg file, open it and drag the app into Applications folder, for Apple Silicon mac: get arm64.dmg file instead.
  • Windows: Get .exe file and open it to install.
  • Linux: Get .AppImage file to install, for ARM laptop: get arm64.AppImage file instead.

Credits

• Code base inspired by PanWriter
• Pandoc integration inspired by Zettlr
• Logo by mavadee

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