Software · Office & notes

Linetta

Local-first desktop writing app for long-form fiction.

Completely free
Windows and macOS
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: AGPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by GitHub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and macOSEstablished by macOS: GitHub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: devlikebear
Latest version: 1.6.0
Latest activity: 9 November 2026
Source code: github.com/devlikebear/linetta

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and in its Winget manifest: offline use.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Local-first writing studio for long-form fiction and web serials.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Linetta is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 8 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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