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Your studio, on every desk

The desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux opens your studio in its own window, with spellcheck suggestions and native menus — and keeps a restorable backup of each book on your computer. Your books stay in sync with the web, and the ones you've opened on this computer open even with no connection.

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Windows

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit

Installer
Recommended. Updates itself.
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Portable
No install; runs from any folder or USB drive.
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macOS

macOS 13 Ventura or later

Apple silicon
M1 and newer. Unzip, then drag the app to Applications.
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Intel
Unzip, then drag the app to Applications.
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Linux

64-bit, most distributions

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Runs anywhere. Updates itself.
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Phone, tablet & Chromebook

Install the studio from your browser. No app store needed.

iPhone and iPad: open this site in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
Android and Chromebook: open the browser menu and choose Install app.
Any computer: in Chrome or Edge, use the install icon in the address bar.

Same studio everywhere — see desktop & mobile. Your books, story bible and plans stay in sync.

What the desktop app adds

Your books on your computer

Local backups save a restorable .zip of each book — chapters, scenes, story bible and plans — to Documents › Lore & Lilac Backups, or a folder you choose. While the app is open, each book you've changed is backed up at most once a day, and Back up now is always there. You choose how many copies to keep. To restore, open one with Restore a project archive; it arrives as a new book, so nothing is overwritten.

Links that open the app

Links starting loreandlilac://open/ open the desktop app at your library or straight at a book or scene — handy in a notes app or a to-do list. They can only open pages inside your own studio; anything else is ignored.

Spellcheck, menus and updates

Spellcheck suggestions, native menus and a guard against closing with unsynced words. Windows and Linux update automatically; on a Mac, the app tells you when a new version is ready and opens this page. The app may use the microphone (never the camera) only for the studio itself; if dictation isn't available in the app, it points you to your system's own dictation.

Opens with no connection. Once you've opened a book on this computer, the app opens it without a connection and you can keep writing; changes sync when you're back. The first launch needs a connection, and so do new scenes, exports and AI features. Backups are a separate copy you control, for restoring. More on working offline and desktop & mobile.