Folio Dark Muse
A local-first writing IDE for books
Folio Dark Muse launched on May 9, 2026 with 3 votes, #3,449 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
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.
Local-first writing app for novelists. Track threads, plan beats, stop losing subplots. Your manuscript stays as plain Markdown on your disk.
Folio gives novelists the tools developers have had for decades — structure, revision, fast navigation, AI assistance — without the spreadsheet feel of writing apps. Your manuscript stays in plain Markdown on your disk. Some chapters back, one Bulkington was spoken of, a tall, newlanded mariner, encountered in New Bedford at the inn. When on that shivering winter's night, the Pequod thrust her vindictive bows into the cold malicious waves, who should I see standing at her helm but Bulkington! Know ye, now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea.…from folio-dark-muse.com
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