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A calm page to write your novel

FoxQuill is a desktop app for writing novels, offline. No distractions, no ads, no account.

FoxQuill is for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers. Open this page on your computer to download it.

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Free for 14 days. No card needed. For M1 and newer. On an Intel Mac, get the Intel version.

Little Women

Chapter I

Playing Pilgrims

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

“It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

“I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all,” added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

“We’ve got Father and Mother, and each other,” said Beth contentedly from her corner.

The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, “We haven’t got Father, and shall not have him for a long time.” She didn’t say “perhaps never,” but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.

A program you own

Some apps charge by the month and keep your book on their servers. FoxQuill keeps your data on your own computer, with no account, and never sends your data anywhere.

A page that lets you focus

As soon as you start typing, distractions fade away, leaving you with the page.

The writing view in the Forest theme, showing the opening of Little Women while the writer types. The top bar and the chapter list on the left have faded almost to nothing, and the page is all that stands out.
The Plan tab for Little Women on the corkboard: a card for each scene, grouped under its chapter, with the point of view, the word count, and a one-line summary on each. Outline, Threads, and Timeline sit beside Corkboard at the top, with a box to find a scene.

Plan on a corkboard

A card for every scene so you can stay organized.

The Library for Little Women: twelve character cards in rows of four. Each card has a picture, or a large initial when it has none, its role, and a one-line summary.

Organize your world in cards

Worldbuild with ease by creating cards for people, places, things, and more.

Novels, stories, scripts, and games

FoxQuill is as flexible as you are; use it to write novels, draft game stories, and so much more.

The Submissions tab of a short story, The Salt Year: four magazines and a prize, each with the date it was sent, its status (accepted, declined, or withdrawn), the date of the reply, the days it took, and a note.

A shorter card for each character, settings, and motifs, the length as you go, and a Submissions tab that counts the days each magazine keeps you waiting.

A screenplay, Night Ferry, in the writing view: a scene heading, a line of action, then the names THEO and JUNE centered over their dialogue, with one direction in brackets, and a second scene heading on the ferry deck.

Screenplay format as you type. Tab and Enter move between scene heading, action, name, and dialogue, and Fountain files come in and go out.

The Flow view for the sample game, The Lamplighter’s Debt: scene boxes joined top to bottom by the choices between them. Under The Gull Queen, one choice shows only if coins >= 3 and another only if trust >= 1, and The Lamp Tower branches into two endings, A dark harbour and Light returns.

End a scene in choices, and Flow draws every path, with the conditions on each one. Playtest it from any scene, send it as a link a friend can play, or export to Ink or JSON for your engine.

Optional AI features

While AI is off, a book has no AI tools, and nothing leaves your computer for one.

Flip the switch to see what it can do.

  • Continue a scene
  • Rewrite a passage
  • Summarize
  • Fill in a card
  • Suggest beats
  • Notes on a chapter
  • Chat

Nothing goes into a scene until you keep it.

You choose the model
One on your own computer, like Ollama or LM Studio, or a server you pick. FoxQuill has no AI of its own.
You choose what it reads
Hide any scene, card, or note from it. It never gets the whole book, and FoxQuill’s servers never see your text.

Watch your book grow

Set your goals and track your progress.

See all features

The Statistics page for Little Women. The book holds 5,820 words in 10 sections and 31 scenes, with a bar for the words in each section. Under it, today shows 612 words in 52 minutes and 1 sprint, with the daily goal of 500 words met 4 days in a row.

Four themes

Themes to fit any mood.

FoxQuill’s writing view in the chosen theme, showing chapter one of Little Women in a serif face. The chapter list is folded to numbers on the left, and the bars have faded while the writer types.FoxQuill’s writing view in the chosen theme, showing chapter one of Little Women in a serif face. The chapter list is folded to numbers on the left, and the bars have faded while the writer types.FoxQuill’s writing view in the chosen theme, showing chapter one of Little Women in a serif face. The chapter list is folded to numbers on the left, and the bars have faded while the writer types.FoxQuill’s writing view in the chosen theme, showing chapter one of Little Women in a serif face. The chapter list is folded to numbers on the left, and the bars have faded while the writer types.

Try free for 14 days

Then US$59 once, or US$4.99 a month. More about pricing.

FoxQuill is for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers. Open this page on your computer to download it.

Download for Mac Beta Download for Windows Download for Linux

For M1 and newer. On an Intel Mac, get the Intel version. The first time FoxQuill opens, you allow it once in System Settings. Here is how. Windows may show a warning the first time you run the installer. Here is why. One AppImage file for Linux. Make it executable, then open it.