Maldric
English

For indie fiction authors

Your stories. Your writing desk.

A free writing app for Mac, Windows and Linux. Write offline, keep your series notes close and export your book. No account needed.

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For Apple silicon Macs, Windows and Linux.

The Maldric desktop manuscript editor in light mode.
A quiet writing desk, in light or dark. Maldric desktop. Sample library.

A good story has a lot to remember.

An age you gave a character in chapter four. A name only her brother uses. The winter that has to end before the journey begins.

Keep your draft, saved revisions and series notes together. You write the book and decide what is true.

If your series lives in a folder of documents today, here is how the two compare.

  1. The series bible

    Keep character notes, places and the rules of your world beside your chapters. Books in a series share the same references.

  2. The timeline

    Put events in story order across your books. Add notes, link them to chapters and check who was there.

  3. Bring your manuscript

    Import DOCX, EPUB or text-based PDF. Check the chapters before adding the book, then export EPUB, print PDF or editable DOCX when you are ready.

A second look, when you want one.

Connect Codex, Cursor or Grok Build to discuss a chapter, proofread a passage or suggest an edit. Your AI account is optional; its charges and usage limits are separate.

With Codex, Review reads the book for continuity, pacing and prose. Pulse helps you look at its rhythm. Read the advice, check the evidence and choose which edits to Apply.

The app is free.

Write and export on your Mac, Windows or Linux computer without an account or subscription. Optional Cloud adds backup and automatic sync between computers.

Maldric

Free

Write, check spelling, keep earlier drafts and save cut passages in Bench. Add series notes and a timeline, make library backups and export EPUB, PDF or DOCX. All free to use locally.

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Optional Maldric Cloud

£2.99/month

Cloud backs up your library and automatically syncs it between your computers. It costs £2.99/month and helps support Maldric’s development.

Local writing, revisions and export stay free if you cancel Cloud. Keep your own backups too. Cloud does not include AI usage.

What does Maldric Cloud include?

I built the desk I needed.

I'm Chris Vanderplank, an indie author and a software developer. I write from the UK, and I built it because I was losing track of my own series. My notes lived in documents next to the draft, and then I stopped opening them.

If Maldric is missing something you need, or gets something wrong, tell me. Feedback comes straight to me.

Meet the person behind Maldric · For UK indie authors · Release notes · Socials

The next chapter is on your computer.

Your manuscript stays yours

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