Memoire is a local-first, distraction-free writing application for novelists, researchers, and bloggers who want complete ownership of their long-form work. Launched in late September 2026, Memoire is a cross-platform (macOS, Windows, Linux) Markdown editor built with Tauri that keeps every file on your disk and runs fully offline. It is aimed at people drafting books and essays rather than short social posts, and it keeps their writing private.
Core Features
- A true distraction-free canvas with Focus Mode (Cmd+.), a 68-character line measure, and typewriter-style scrolling that keeps the caret centered.
- Local-first storage: all documents are plain .md files with no account and no telemetry.
- An optional AI assistant, off by default, that runs quantized GGUF models or OpenRouter and shows every change as a diff for approval.
- Branching version history where each save is a node, plus Git and Dropbox sync with hashed, incremental transfers.
Use Cases
- Drafting novels or long essays offline, for example on a plane, without cloud access.
- Keeping a private, future-proof Markdown archive that no vendor can lock or read.
- Developers who want Git-based version control applied to their prose.
Pricing
Memoire is free and open source under the MIT license with no subscription. The optional cloud AI uses your own OpenRouter key and is billed pay-as-you-go by that provider.
Our Take
Best for writers who value ownership and deep focus over cloud collaboration; the trade-off is a smaller ecosystem than Obsidian or Scrivener, and AI help is deliberately minimal. Find similar tools in our AI Writing tools category.
