Noctis
Write / Plan / Publish
A desktop book editor built for novelists who want serious tools without the subscription. From first draft to final manuscript — one application, no compromises.
Write / Plan / Publish
A desktop book editor built for novelists who want serious tools without the subscription. From first draft to final manuscript — one application, no compromises.
Core Features
A distraction-free writing environment with custom themes, drop caps, scene breaks, and formatting that stays out of your way until you need it.
Organize chapters, scenes, notes, and research in a hierarchical tree. Drag to reorder. Split or merge with a click.
20+ local analysis reports: readability scores, style checks, pacing metrics, and custom house style rules. No API calls, no subscriptions.
Corkboard with index cards, timeline with plotline lanes, character relationship charts, and place management — see your story's shape at a glance.
Export to EPUB, PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, or plain text. Preview on phone, tablet, Kindle, and book-size frames before you ship.
Built-in definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and related words. Spell check with context-menu suggestions. All offline-capable.
Planning Tools
Noctis gives you multiple views of your manuscript's structure. Plot timelines with branching storylines, character arcs that track scene-by-scene, and a corkboard that lets you rearrange your story's beats visually.
Prose Analysis
Noctis runs 20+ analysis reports locally on your machine — no data leaves your computer. Get objective feedback on readability, sentence variety, adverb density, passive voice, dialogue ratios, and more.
Define custom house style rules for your publisher's guidelines or your own preferences. Track your writing statistics over time.
Available On
Your manuscripts live on your machine, in an open project format. No cloud lock-in. No subscription. Works anywhere you write.
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