Free and open source

The next-generation Markdown editor.

You hold the pen. AI keeps your ink flowing.

For macOS, Windows and Linux.

Textus with Hamlet open. Beside it, Textus AI proposes an edit with its reason, sentence by sentence, and pins a review comment to a line.

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

Writing

What you see is what you get.

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

Formulas, tables, diagrams – done in a snap.

euler.md

Euler’s formula

For every real number ,

e^{ix} = \cos x + i\sin x

At it becomes Euler’s identity, .

Hamlet.md

Hamlet

Act
Words
Done
I
6,998
✓
II
5,915
✓
mermaid

Your writing style? Your call.

Hamlet.md

Share it anywhere.

Export to PDF, Word, HTML and more.

Textus AI

Your writing assistant. It writes with you.

Grammar check

It catches every slip. The best editor you’ll have.

Review

Suggestions for your writing, and fresh ideas.

Continuation

Your writing assistant knows what you want to write next.

Revision

Sentence by sentence, it polishes your writing.

Built-in skills

Tighten, proofread, translate, refine the tone. We’ve got it covered.

Grows over time

It learns your style, remembers what you ask for, and grows with you.

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

Any LLM you like.

Textus works with more than 20 LLMs, and with any LLM that offers an OpenAI-compatible API.

  • OpenAI
  • Claude
  • Google Gemini
  • DeepSeek
  • Grok
  • Mistral
  • Groq
  • OpenRouter
  • Kimi
  • GLM
  • Qwen
  • Ollama
  • Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint

Privacy

What you write is yours alone.

  • On your device

    Documents are plain Markdown files, kept wherever you choose.

  • Keys kept locally

    API keys and sign-ins are stored only on your computer.

  • Straight to your provider

    AI requests travel directly from your device to the provider you pick.

  • No account

    Download it and write. There is nothing to sign up for.

  • No tracking

    No analytics, no telemetry, no ads.

  • Open source

    MIT-licensed and public, line by line, so anyone can verify all of this.

With a local model through Ollama, your words never leave your computer.

Download

Get Textus.

Free and open source, under the MIT license.

macOS

Apple Silicon

Download .dmg

Or with Homebrew

brew install --cask catvinci-studio/tap/textus

iPhone and iPad: coming soon.

All releases on GitHub

FAQ

Questions.

Is Textus free?

Yes. It is free and open source under the MIT license, with no account and no subscription. If you use Textus AI, your provider bills you directly, or not at all with a local model.

Which platforms does it run on?

macOS on Apple Silicon, Windows and Linux. iPhone and iPad are coming.

Do I need an AI account?

No. The editor works fully without AI. For Textus AI, connect a provider of your own: sign in with ChatGPT or Claude, add an API key, or run a local model with Ollama.

Does it work offline?

The editor does, completely. Textus AI needs your provider, unless you run a local model.

Is it plain Markdown? What can I export?

Yes: plain .md files, with tables, task lists, footnotes, math and Mermaid. You can export to PDF, Word, HTML and more.