# NovelThread / 墨言

> A local-first desktop writing app for novelists. Keep track of your cast and outline, write in a quiet editor, and work with an AI that never touches your manuscript without permission.

This download is only for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 12 or later. Windows coming soon.

Download supported on: macOS · macOS 12 Monterey+ · Apple Silicon only.
The interactive website demo uses fictional data and does not save changes.

Public pages can be read without authentication. Request Accept: text/markdown on a page URL, or use its Markdown link below. HTML remains the browser default.
NovelThread does not currently offer a public third-party API, agent registration, a hosted MCP server, or agent checkout/payment protocols. The account console uses interactive sign-in.

These content-use preferences apply to the public website: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no. They do not grant access to private manuscripts or account data.
Support: support@novelthread.app

## Product and availability

- [Product overview](https://novelthread.app/en.md)
- [Release availability](https://novelthread.app/en/download.md)
- [Pricing preview](https://novelthread.app/en/pricing.md)
- [FAQ](https://novelthread.app/en/faq.md)

- [产品介绍](https://novelthread.app/index.md)
- [上线说明](https://novelthread.app/download.md)
- [方案预览](https://novelthread.app/pricing.md)
- [常见问题](https://novelthread.app/faq.md)

## User guide

- [Meet NovelThread](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/overview.md): NovelThread is a local-first desktop writing app built specifically for novelists. Your manuscripts, character notes, and outlines stay safely on your computer. AI serves as a capable assistant on your terms, never an uninvited ghostwriter.
- [Create Your Novel](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/create-novel.md): Start with just a working title, or brainstorm a world and outline with the AI assistant. You can have a structured first volume ready in minutes.
- [Immersive Drafting](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/immersive-writing.md): Hide sidebars and keep nothing on screen except your words. Features paragraph focus, gentle reading themes, and instant local autosave so you can write offline with peace of mind.
- [Chapters & Volumes](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/chapters-volumes.md): Long-form needs structure. NovelThread organizes a book as a two-level "Volume → Chapter" outline, with per-chapter point of view, live word counts, and daily goals to help you keep the pace.
- [Editor Tools](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/editor-tools.md): The prose is a deliberately plain document — no bold or lists to fight with, so exports and platform pastes stay lossless. The editor bundles in-chapter find & replace, flavor-word highlighting, read-aloud, and voice dictation on macOS 26 and later, so drafting and revising stay frictionless.
- [Read-Aloud & Dictation](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/read-aloud.md): The editor’s tool row carries "Read aloud" and a mic: the first lets NovelThread read a chapter to you, the second turns your speech into prose on macOS 26 and later — neither needs any setup.
- [Writing Lens & Banned Words (Beta)](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/text-lint.md): NovelThread ships two purely local checks: the "Writing Lens" marks wording issues as you write, and banned-word checks sweep for risky terms by category before you submit. Both run on this machine only — no prose is ever uploaded.
- [Review Report](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/chapter-report.md): Finished a chapter and want a quick self-check? The "Review report" in the chapter menu gathers opening checkup, narrative density, beats, and consistency to-dos into one floating panel — all derived locally, and reading the report costs nothing.
- [Revision History & Autosave](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/revision-history.md): No need to fear losing work. NovelThread writes changes to your machine as you type and automatically keeps a version snapshot before every AI write or restore, so you can always compare and roll back.
- [Copy for Platforms](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/platform-copy.md): Before pasting a chapter into a web-novel dashboard, stop hand-tuning the format. NovelThread arranges title, prose, and the author’s note to each platform’s posting habits, ready to copy section by section.
- [Inline AI & Continuation](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/inline-ai.md): Select a passage to polish or expand it, or describe the change you want in your own words; when you want to push forward, use AI continuation to extend the scene. Either way, you preview first and commit only if you like it.
- [Multi-Candidate Rewrites & Blind Pick](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/rewrite-candidates.md): Can’t get it in one shot? Have the AI produce up to three candidates at once to compare; you can even let different models each write a version and reveal — after you choose blind — whose voice fits best.
- [AI Writing Assistant](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/ai-agent.md): A capable desk assistant: drafts chapter plans, brainstorms beats, and tracks lore and foreshadowing. Every plan and draft requires your explicit approval before anything touches your manuscript.
- [On-Device Hosted Writing](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/hosted-writing.md): Want the AI to write through a batch of chapters? "On-device hosted writing" advances chapter by chapter inside the plan you approved — execution happens entirely on your computer, never in the cloud, with every step on the record.
- [AI Skills & Commands](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/ai-skills.md): A "skill" is a specialist manual for the AI — a piece of writing knowledge or workflow that can auto-trigger when relevant or be invoked by a slash command. NovelThread ships a dozen-plus writing skills and a marketplace of downloadable, shareable ones.
- [Context & Privacy](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/context-control.md): In NovelThread, you control every piece of content sent to the AI. Preview the context before sending, reference items precisely with @, and choose whether to confirm assistant requests or give permission to act automatically.
- [Models & Providers](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/model-providers.md): NovelThread isn’t tied to one model. Connect any OpenAI-compatible provider with your own API key for a direct local connection; once signed in, you can also use official cloud models with zero setup.
- [Asset-Driven Story Bible](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/story-bible.md): Characters, locations, items, factions, rules, events, and custom — seven asset types, centralized in the Asset Library. The AI senses relevant settings as it writes, keeping long books consistent, and assets can be reused across novels.
- [Relationship Graph](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/relationship-graph.md): See how characters, factions, events, and foreshadowing connect at a glance. NovelThread offers an interactive relationship graph with a dozen-plus relation types and layer-by-layer expansion to untangle a sprawling cast.
- [Foreshadowing, Events & Continuity](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/foreshadowing.md): Long-form’s worst fears: planting a thread and forgetting to pay it off, or watching the settings drift as you write. NovelThread carries every thread on a "plotline" with a full lifecycle, manages story time on an event timeline, and offers a story sync the moment you finish a chapter.
- [Local-First & Cross-Device Sync](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/multi-device-sync.md): Everything lives on your machine by default, and you can write fully offline without an account. Subscribe to enable cloud sync and backup across devices; whether your prose goes to the cloud is always your call.
- [Import & Export](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/import-export.md): Bring old drafts in, take finished work out. NovelThread imports from txt / md and exports to TXT, Markdown, EPUB, or Word — all done on your machine, with nothing uploaded.
- [Settings & Shortcuts](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/settings-shortcuts.md): Theme, language, models, memory, flavor words, and your account all live in Settings; common actions have shortcuts, the command palette jumps to any of them, and you can rebind them to taste.
- [Plans & Subscription](https://novelthread.app/en/docs/plans.md): NovelThread is fully functional offline for free, with access to all official models. Upgrade when you need higher AI quotas or cross-device sync. Here is an advance look at the upcoming tiers.

## 中文使用指南

- [认识墨言](https://novelthread.app/docs/overview.md): 墨言是一款专为长篇小说作者设计的桌面写作软件。你的文稿、设定和灵感始终保存在自己的电脑里。AI 只是随叫随到的案头参谋，把定稿的权力完完全全留给你。
- [创建你的小说](https://novelthread.app/docs/create-novel.md): 输入一个书名即可直接起步；如果暂时只有一个模糊的念头，也可以让 AI 助手先陪你推敲世界观和大纲，快速理出一部新书的脉络。
- [沉浸写作](https://novelthread.app/docs/immersive-writing.md): 关掉所有侧栏，屏幕上只留纯净的字句。提供段落聚焦与温和护眼的纸张主题，改动即时写入本机数据库，断网也能安心码字。
- [章节与分卷](https://novelthread.app/docs/chapters-volumes.md): 长篇需要结构。墨言以「分卷 → 章节」两级目录组织全书，支持逐章视角设置、实时字数与每日目标，帮你掌控节奏。
- [编辑器工具](https://novelthread.app/docs/editor-tools.md): 正文是刻意的「纯文本」文档——没有加粗、列表等排版负担，导出与平台粘贴零损耗；编辑器内置章内查找替换、风味词高亮、朗读与（macOS 26 及以上）语音听写，让落笔与修改都顺手。
- [朗读与语音输入](https://novelthread.app/docs/read-aloud.md): 编辑器的工具行里有「朗读」和麦克风：前者让墨言把章节读给你听，后者在 macOS 26 及以上把口述直接变成正文——都不需要额外配置。
- [写作透镜与违禁词（Beta）](https://novelthread.app/docs/text-lint.md): 墨言内置两套纯本地检查：「写作透镜」在你写作时标注表达层面的小毛病，「违禁词检测」在投稿前按你开启的类别扫描风险词。都只在本机运行，不上传正文。
- [审读报告](https://novelthread.app/docs/chapter-report.md): 写完一章想快速自检？「章节菜单」里的「审读报告」把开篇体检、叙事密度、节拍与一致性待办汇进一个浮动面板——全部基于本机派生数据，看报告本身不花额度。
- [修订历史与自动保存](https://novelthread.app/docs/revision-history.md): 写作不必担心丢失。墨言边写边把改动写入本机，并在每次 AI 落笔或恢复之前自动留存版本快照，随时可对比、可回退。
- [按平台复制](https://novelthread.app/docs/platform-copy.md): 把章节贴进网文后台前，不用再手工调格式。墨言按目标平台的发文习惯整理好标题、正文与「作者的话」，一键分段复制。
- [行内 AI 与续写](https://novelthread.app/docs/inline-ai.md): 选中段落即可润色或扩写，也可以用自己的指令描述想要的改法；想往下写时，用 AI 续写延展情节。无论哪种，都是先看预览、满意再落笔。
- [多候选改写与盲评](https://novelthread.app/docs/rewrite-candidates.md): 一句话改不出满意的版本？让 AI 一次给出最多三个候选，逐个比较；还能让不同模型各写一版，盲评揭晓谁更合你口味。
- [AI 写作助手](https://novelthread.app/docs/ai-agent.md): 随叫随到的案头助手：拟定章节计划、推演情节、整理设定与追踪伏笔。它生成的所有计划与正文草稿，都必须经过你的审核确认才能写入。
- [本机托管写作](https://novelthread.app/docs/hosted-writing.md): 要让 AI 连续写完一批章节？「本机托管写作」会在你批准的计划范围内自动逐章推进——执行全程发生在你这台电脑上，而不是云端，每一步都记录在账。
- [AI 技能与命令](https://novelthread.app/docs/ai-skills.md): 「技能」是给 AI 的专业手册——每个技能是一段写作知识或工作流，可在合适时自动触发，也可用斜杠命令手动调用。墨言内置十余个写作技能，并提供可下载分享的技能市场。
- [上下文与隐私控制](https://novelthread.app/docs/context-control.md): 在墨言里，发给 AI 的每一份内容都由你掌控。发送前可预览将要附带的上下文，用 @ 精确引用，助手请求可逐次确认，也可提前授权自动执行。
- [模型与服务商](https://novelthread.app/docs/model-providers.md): 墨言不绑定单一模型。你可以接入任意 OpenAI 兼容的服务商、自带 API Key 本地直连；登录后也能直接使用官方云端模型，无需配置。
- [资产驱动的设定集](https://novelthread.app/docs/story-bible.md): 人物、地点、道具、势力、规则、事件、自定义——七类设定集中在「资料库」里。AI 写作时会自动感知相关设定，让长篇前后一致；设定还能跨书复用。
- [关系图谱](https://novelthread.app/docs/relationship-graph.md): 一张图看清人物、势力、事件与伏笔之间的牵连。墨言提供可交互的关系图谱，支持十余种关系类型与逐层展开，帮你理清错综复杂的人物网络。
- [伏笔、事件与连续性](https://novelthread.app/docs/foreshadowing.md): 长篇最怕埋了伏笔忘了收、写着写着设定就漂了。墨言用「情节线」承载每条伏笔的完整生命周期、用事件时间线管理故事时序，并在写完每章后提供剧情同步，帮你守住前后一致。
- [本地优先与多端同步](https://novelthread.app/docs/multi-device-sync.md): 默认一切都存在本机，不登录也能完整离线创作。订阅后可开启云端同步与备份，在多设备间续写；要不要把正文同步上云，始终由你说了算。
- [导入与导出](https://novelthread.app/docs/import-export.md): 旧稿可以搬进来，成稿可以带出去。墨言支持从 txt / md 导入，并导出为 TXT、Markdown、EPUB 或 Word——一切都在本机完成，不上传任何内容。
- [设置与快捷键](https://novelthread.app/docs/settings-shortcuts.md): 主题、语言、模型、记忆、风味词与账户都集中在「设置」里；常用操作都有快捷键，还可用命令面板一键直达，并按你的习惯重新绑定。
- [订阅方案](https://novelthread.app/docs/plans.md): 墨言可完全免费、纯本地使用；所有档位均支持全部官方模型，需要更高额度时再按需升级。共四档方案，正式发布前只介绍能力，不展示价格。

## Policies

- [Privacy](https://novelthread.app/en/privacy.md)
- [Terms](https://novelthread.app/en/terms.md)
- [Content Signals](https://novelthread.app/robots.txt)