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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