Quiet Write

A quiet, local-first writing space for drafts, journals, essays, newsletters, and daily notes. Write in Markdown, keep your words close, and export anytime.

Quiet Write is a calm, local-first Markdown writing app for journals, drafts, essays, newsletters, and quiet daily notes.

Create and edit drafts in a focused writing space with Markdown-friendly tools, preview, outline, focus mode, and typewriter mode. Keep your writing organized with archive, recently deleted, search, and version snapshots.

Quiet Write is intentionally small: no custom account, no subscription, no publishing platform, and no AI writing pipeline. Your writing is stored locally first, with optional iCloud sync for continuity across your Apple devices.

Features: • Write drafts, journals, essays, newsletters, and notes • Markdown-friendly editor with preview • Focus mode and typewriter mode • Outline view for longer writing • Archive, restore, and recently deleted • Version snapshots for writing changes • Search active and archived drafts • Import .md and .txt files • Export one draft as Markdown • Export all writing as Markdown or JSON backup • Optional iCloud sync • One-time lifetime unlock

Quiet Write is designed for people who want a slower, clearer writing space without accounts, feeds, pressure, or noise.