Pure Expression.

An AI writing workspace that understands the whole work.

A note, a report, a story that keeps growing. Keep drafts, references and earlier versions in one project, with AI that remembers the whole work as you draft, revise and translate.

Free local workspace · No account required to write · Palim AI with account access

01 / PALIM AT WORK

AI moves the work forward. Every decision stays yours.

From line-by-line review to guided drafting across a full project, choose how closely to work with Palim AI. Feature demonstrations below; Palim AI is not yet available to purchase.

Describe the change.

Select a passage and describe the change. Palim AI works with your draft and relevant project material to prepare a suggestion for you to review.

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Palim interface · Read-only demo

Draft from your plan.

Set out the plan and target length. Palim AI drafts against your project requirements. Follow its progress, pause the task, then review and edit the result.

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Palim interface · Read-only demo

Review each edit.

See each edit where it belongs in the text. Keep a useful change, preserve a qualification, or leave the original as it is.

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Edits in their original context

Palim interface · Read-only demo

02 / BEYOND THE DRAFT

As the work grows, the whole project stays in view.

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Long projects stay coherent.

Keep drafts, notes and references together so distant details, relationships and earlier threads carry through drafting, review and revision.

RESEARCH
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Change one place, keep the rest aligned.

Organize chapters and sections in the file tree, and keep related passages, notes, outlines and translations aligned as the work evolves.

STRUCTURE
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Keep your voice and every version.

Learn from approved samples and edits to preserve your tone and choices, while comparing history and restoring earlier drafts whenever needed.

VERSIONS

03 / GET STARTED

Start from a first thought, or bring a work in progress.

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Start from a first thought

Open a new project, gather notes and references, and turn a fleeting idea into a structured first draft.

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Bring in existing work

Import drafts, reference files or a Scrivener project, review the structure, and pick up right where you left off.

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Deliver across formats and languages

Proofread the work, align multilingual versions, and export clean files for editing, translation or publication.

04 / YOUR FILES

Your writing lives in local files.

Choose where projects are saved
Projects are stored in the local folder you choose. A Palim account does not provide cloud sync or backup.
You control AI use
Palim sends task-specific text and project excerpts for AI actions you start or automatic reviews you authorize.
Revisit earlier versions
Review earlier versions and restore when needed. Keep separate backups of important projects.

05 / ACCESS

Palim is free. Palim AI is optional.

Local writing does not require an account or a subscription.

PALIM Free writing software

Write, organize, revise and export your local projects.

PALIM AI Not yet available to purchase

Help with drafting, revision, project checks and translation, within your writing project.

06 / DOWNLOAD

Try Palim on your computer.

AVAILABLE PREVIEW0.4.9-beta.2

macOS · Apple silicon

Requires macOS 14.0 or later.

Signed with Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple.

AVAILABLE PREVIEW0.4.9-beta.1

Windows 11 · x64

Requires Windows 11 or later, with an x64 processor.

Unsigned preview. Install manually; automatic updates are not yet available. If Windows blocks installation, contact support.

Download integrity and release details
Release notesrelease-notes.txt

macOS · Apple silicon

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Windows 11 · x64

Installer SHA-256dacd7cd2cfba777da744fd7f743294a54987f49804ac2934ab6cd1c723a7a07c

Choose a version that meets your computer’s system requirements.

Need help installing or updating? See the support guide.