Local Writing App

Linux · desktop

Download for Linux

A single AppImage: download it, make it executable, and run. No install, no root, nothing to uninstall — delete the file when you’re done. Linux has no “unknown publisher” gate, so there’s no warning to click through.

Download AppImage (x64)

On ARM64, use the arm64 portable zip. There’s also an x64 portable zip if you’d rather not use an AppImage.

Run it

  1. Download the AppImage above.
  2. Make it executable — in a terminal, or via your file manager’s Properties → Permissions → “Allow executing file as program”:
chmod +x local-writing-app-linux-x64.AppImage
./local-writing-app-linux-x64.AppImage

These commands are for the x64 AppImage. There’s no arm64 AppImage — on ARM64, download the arm64 portable zip instead, unzip it, and run the app inside.

The app opens in your browser at a local address on your own machine.

If it fails with an error about libfuse.so.2 or “AppImages require FUSE to run”: some newer distributions (e.g. Ubuntu 22.04+) don’t ship the older FUSE library by default. Install it once with sudo apt install libfuse2 (Debian/Ubuntu) or your distro’s equivalent, then run the AppImage again.

Running a server instead?

For a headless box you reach from other machines on your network, use the headless / server build →

Not on Linux?

See downloads for Windows and macOS →