Knotebook

Studio + Player for ink

Write branching stories.
See the shape. Ship them.

Knotebook is an LLM-friendly studio and offline player for interactive fiction. Write in ink, map every knot and stitch, build self-contained packs, and publish them.

Free · macOS, Windows, Linux · No account

Everything from first line to shipped story

Write in ink

Plain-text ink with live compile, error highlighting, jump-to-line, and a story bible that feeds an LLM.

See the shape

A knot and stitch map with coverage, dead ends, and unreachable branches. Click a node to jump to its source.

Build packs

Self-contained packs with compiled ink, assets, covers, and themes. Sign a catalogue and publish it anywhere.

Play offline

The PWA and desktop apps install packs, save progress, and work without a connection.

Download Knotebook

macOS builds are signed and notarized. Windows and Linux are unsigned for now.

All releases

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Try it without installing

The studio and reader run entirely in the browser. No account, no server.