Write freely.
Stay consistent.
A writing environment for fiction. Organize your scenes, build your story bible, track your timelines. Everything lives in a single file on your machine.
The tool that disappears
Cahnon is built around one idea: your writing environment should feel like a blank page, not a cockpit. The interface steps back. Your words take the stage. Structure is always there when you need it, invisible when you don't.
Features
Scenes & Chapters
Write in scenes. Organize into chapters. Drag, reorder, track status and word count. The structure follows your story, not the other way around.
Story Bible
Characters, locations, objects, factions, concepts, glossary — centralized and linked to your scenes. Check consistency without leaving your draft.
Timeline & Arcs
Place events across your narrative. Link plot arcs to characters and scenes. Conflict detection catches inconsistencies so you don't have to.
Corkboard & Annotations
See the shape of your story on a corkboard. Add inline annotations — comments, questions, research notes — directly in your text.
Your manuscript, your machine
Local & private
Everything in a single .cahnon file on your disk. No cloud, no accounts, no tracking.
Export anywhere
Markdown, PDF, DOCX, JSON, CSV. Your words in the format you need.
Cross-platform
Windows (MSI, NSIS), macOS (DMG for Intel & Apple Silicon), Linux (AppImage, DEB, RPM).
Open source
GPL-3.0 licensed. Free to use, inspect, and contribute.