Mac only · macOS 26 Tahoe+ · Apple Silicon & Intel
Write more.
Own it forever.
Native macOS writing app. One-time $9.99 — no subscription.A native Mac writing app built for distraction-free drafting. One-time $9.99 — no subscription, no monthly bill, no cloud. Buy once, write forever.
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MinimalWriter is a Mac app — you can't install it on a phone. Drop your email and we'll send you the download link so you can start your free 7-day trial when you're at your desk.
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One-time $9.99 · 14-day money-back guarantee · macOS 26 Tahoe+
Morning pages
Built to disappear
Each feature earns its place. The rest got left out on purpose.
Distraction-free by design
A single centered column on a calm canvas. No toolbars, no ribbons, no chrome — just you and the words.
Frosted glass, born on macOS
A translucent window that melts into your desktop. Built in SwiftUI with Liquid Glass — not a web wrapper.
On-device AI completions
A private language model finishes your sentences as you type — running entirely on your Mac, never the cloud. Press Tab to accept.
The best way to start writing is to just begin — one sentence at a time.
Your words stay yours
Every note is a plain Markdown file, saved locally on your Mac. No cloud, no account, no tracking.
Live word & character count
A quiet footer keeps a running tally as you type — never in the way, always there.
Light & dark, instantly
Flip the whole room with a tap of the floating glass pill.
Make it yours
Pick any installed font and size from the native macOS font panel. SF Mono by default.
Keyboard-first
⌘S hides the sidebar so the page fills the screen. Auto-save runs silently as you write.
Blazing fast & weightless
Native Swift, zero dependencies, Apple-silicon native. Opens instantly and never gets in your way.
Sit down. Start writing.
Three steps, and two of them aren't really steps.
Open to a blank page
No template picker, no setup, no onboarding. MinimalWriter opens straight into a clean column with the cursor already waiting.
It saves itself
Every keystroke is written to a plain Markdown file on your Mac — debounced and silent. There's no save button because you never need one.
Stay in the flow
Press ⌘S to hide the sidebar and fill the screen. A quiet footer keeps your word count while you write — never interrupting, always there.
AI that never leaves your Mac.
A real language model runs locally and finishes your sentences as you write — with nothing sent to the cloud, ever.
Private & offline
The model runs entirely on your Mac. Your words are never uploaded, logged, or seen by anyone — suggestions even work with Wi-Fi off.
Ambient, never nagging
Suggestions appear as quiet grey ghost text after a brief pause. Press Tab to accept, or just keep typing to ignore them.
One small download
A compact 0.6B-parameter model (~334 MB) downloads once and lives on your Mac. No API key, no subscription, no account.
On-device AI requires an Apple-silicon Mac. Included in your purchase — toggle it anytime from the floating pill or Settings.
Simple, honest, and built to last.
One-time payment
Pay $9.99 once. Own MinimalWriter forever. No subscription, no renewal, no account required.
14-day money-back guarantee
Not happy within 14 days of purchase? Email us for a full refund — no questions asked.
Native macOS app
Built for Mac — not a web wrapper. Launches in under a second, works fully offline, files stay on your machine.
Good to know
A native macOS app for distraction-free writing. It gives you one calm, frosted-glass canvas — a sidebar of notes and a centered editor — and stays out of your way so you can focus on the words.
Own it once.
Write forever.
$9.99, one time — no subscription, no account, no renewal. Just a calm place to write, on your Mac, forever.