winget install --id=ibrahemid.Writ -e Writ opens any text file and searches every file in its folder. A Markdown file renders inline as you type, with the markup shown on the line you are editing. Chat, rewriting, connected programs, connections, the graph and tags are apps, each switched on in Settings. Writ needs no account and sends no telemetry.
Writ is a text editor for macOS, Windows and Linux that opens any text file and searches every file in its folder. Markdown files render inline as you type, and connections, the graph, tags and chat are apps you switch on in Settings.
brew trust ibrahemid/writ # macOS 12 or later
brew install --cask ibrahemid/writ/writ
winget install -e --id ibrahemid.Writ # Windows
curl -fsSL https://github.com/ibrahemid/writ/raw/main/install.sh | sh # Linux
yay -S writ-bin # Arch
Or download a .pkg or .dmg, .msi, .AppImage or .deb from Releases.
writ commandInstall it from Settings, Advanced, Terminal command.
writ todo.txt README.md # open files
writ . # open a folder
cargo test 2>&1 | writ --title results # save piped text as a file and open it
writ new Groceries # create a file in the Writ folder and print its path
writ rename Groceries Shopping # rename a file inside its folder
Every verb and its exit codes are in docs/cli-verbs.md.
Prerequisites: Rust 1.89+, Node.js ^22.22.2 || ^24.15.0 || >=26, pnpm 9+, and the Tauri v2 prerequisites for your OS.
git clone https://github.com/ibrahemid/writ.git
cd writ
pnpm install
cargo build -p writ-cli
HOST_TRIPLE=$(rustc -vV | sed -n 's/^host: //p')
cp target/debug/writ "src-tauri/binaries/writ-$HOST_TRIPLE"
pnpm tauri dev
On Windows PowerShell, after pnpm install:
cargo build -p writ-cli
$hostTriple = (rustc -vV | Select-String '^host: ').Line -replace '^host: ', ''
Copy-Item target/debug/writ.exe "src-tauri/binaries/writ-$hostTriple.exe"
pnpm tauri dev
For a release build, build the sidecar with cargo build -p writ-cli --release, copy target/release/writ (or writ.exe) to the same src-tauri/binaries/ name, and run pnpm tauri build. The installer or app bundle is written to target/release/bundle/.
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md covers the system design and docs/adr/ the decision records.
MIT. See LICENSE.