Ink — A quiet place to write

Tracking since Apr 28, 2026.

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• May 5, 2026
  description

  Ink — A quiet place to write
  A distraction-free writing app with live markdown, a peekable
  table of contents, and real file save.
  
  Ink is a quiet place to write.
  
  It opens to a blank page in beautiful serif type, hides every
  button until you need one, and saves your words to real files
  on your disk. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking — your text
  stays on your machine.
  
  WHAT'S INSIDE
  
  • Live markdown styling. Type # for a heading, ** for bold,
    > for a quote — and watch the text take its shape as you
    write. The markup stays visible, only quieter.
  
  • A peekable table of contents. Move the cursor to the left
    edge of the screen to see your document's structure;
    click any heading to jump there. Pin it open with ⌘⇧T.
  
  • Real file save. ⌘S writes to a .md file on your disk you
    choose, and afterwards overwrites it silently — like a
    native app.
  
  • Autosave to your browser as a safety net, so closing the
    tab never loses your draft.
  
  • Markdown cheat sheet built in (⌘K).
  
  • Light and dark themes that respect your system preference.
  
  • Focus mode (⌘.) and fullscreen (⌘⇧F) for the deepest work.
  
  PRIVACY
  
  Ink does not collect, transmit, or analyze any data. Fonts
  and all code are bundled inside the extension — there are no
  external requests of any kind. Your words are yours.

  Ink — A quiet place to write
  The free & light alternative to iA Writer or Ulysses: a distraction-free writing app with live markdown, a peekable table of contents, and real file save.
  
  Ink is a quiet place to write.
  
  It opens to a blank page in beautiful serif type, hides every
  button until you need one, and saves your words to real files
  on your disk. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking — your text
  stays on your machine.
  
  WHAT'S INSIDE
  
  • Live markdown styling. Type # for a heading, ** for bold,
    > for a quote — and watch the text take its shape as you
    write. The markup stays visible, only quieter.
  
  • A peekable table of contents. Move the cursor to the left
    edge of the screen to see your document's structure;
    click any heading to jump there. Pin it open with ⌘⇧T.
  
  • Real file save. ⌘S writes to a .md file on your disk you
    choose, and afterwards overwrites it silently — like a
    native app.
  
  • Autosave to your browser as a safety net, so closing the
    tab never loses your draft.
  
  • Markdown cheat sheet built in (⌘K).
  
  • Light and dark themes that respect your system preference.
  
  • Focus mode (⌘.) and fullscreen (⌘⇧F) for the deepest work.
  
  PRIVACY
  
  Ink does not collect, transmit, or analyze any data. Fonts
  and all code are bundled inside the extension — there are no
  external requests of any kind. Your words are yours.

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