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Work · May 9, 2026

Folio Dark Muse

A local-first writing IDE for books

What it does

Folio is a desktop writing IDE for novelists and solo book writers. Organize parts and Markdown chapters, track draft/revised/final status, keep a codex for characters and lore, scan TODOs, restore snapshots, and export MD, TXT, DOCX, or EPUB. Muse adds manuscript-aware AI with local Gemma support, so your book stays on your disk.

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