hughhowey/neo
A novel-writing tool created by a novelist.
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Where it stands
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3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 42 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a distraction-free, local word processor tailored specifically for novelists and authors.
- Offers a minimalist writing environment with manuscript organization resembling a bookshelf and no cloud accounts or subscriptions required.
- Use for drafting and organizing book manuscripts with automatic chapter numbering and progress tracking.
- Use for outlining stories or screenplays using index cards that can be rearranged to structure narratives visually.
- Use for exporting finished works in multiple formats including EPUB, PDF, Word, and screenplay industry standards like Fountain and Final Draft.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
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From the README
A distraction-free word processor for authors, by a wannabe author.
NEO understands from the moment you install it that you are writing books and nothing else. No bloat, no distractions, with manuscripts that look like books as you write them.
NEO runs locally. WIPs are saved in plain files on your disk. No accounts or subscriptions. And it's free!
Get the latest installer from the Releases page:
Your library lives in
Documents\NEO Library. If OneDrive backs up your Documents folder, that puts your books in OneDrive too; File → Library Folder… moves the library anywhere you like. If Windows Security's Controlled folder access is on, Windows won't let NEO save in Documents: NEO says so when it starts, and you can allow NEO there or pick another folder.If it complains about a sandbox (common on Ubuntu 24.04 and newer), run it as
./NEO-*.AppImage --no-sandbox. Your library lives in~/Documents/NEO Library; File → Library Folder… moves it anywhere you like.Your library looks like a bookshelf, not a file list. Labeled shelves you organize however you like — by series, by status, by pen name. Progress bars on the covers show how far you are from your word goals. You can drag-and-drop books anywhere. You can also drag shelves around and put cover art on your titles.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+242 stars over 20 days across 21 snapshot days; best day +21 on Oct 9.
Forks
216+56
Open issues
50+13
Compared with peers in Web
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| pingdotgg/t3code | 48.4K | +16.6K | 40 | today |
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| HunYiSage/dsh-purge | 19.2K | +6.2K | 13 | today |
| Renhuai123/ziwei-doushu | 16.2K | +6.1K | 44 | 21 days ago |
| paperclipai/paperclip | 111.5K | +2.8K | 59 | 13 days ago |
| hughhowey/neo | 1.6K | — | 60 | 2 days ago |
| Category median | 48.4K | +6.2K | 44 | — |
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