Long manuscripts stay coherent. AI stays in its lane.

Palim is a professional macOS workbench for authors who keep revising after the story gets large: manuscript-first editing, reviewable AI suggestions, route exploration, old-draft intake, recovery, and export evidence in one local-first workspace.

Download macOS Beta View release evidence

Apple Silicon macOS Beta 0.1.0-beta.1 is available for internal testing. Core pricing is visible, buying is closed, and this build is not Developer ID signed or notarized yet.

Novel workspace — Chapter 03

Author controlled

Chapter 03: The Gate

The rain had ceased by midnight, leaving the flags of the courtyard dark and gleaming like obsidian. He stood before the stone arch, his fingers tracing the cold glyphs carved into the lintel. Behind him, the camp slept in silence. A single ember pulsated in the ash of the hearth.

He knew that if he crossed the threshold now, the return journey would be written in a language he could no longer speak.

Write Review Explore

Chapter collaboration

Suggestions wait for your decision. The manuscript remains the canonical surface.

Revision suggestion Pending

Original line stays in the manuscript.

Candidate rewrite waits for author review.

Decision gate

Accept, defer, or compare before anything touches the chapter.

Product-faithful reconstruction of the Palim workbench. Sample project content only.

BETA.01 / DOWNLOAD

Apple Silicon macOS

The 0.1.0-beta.1 DMG is live for controlled internal testing with checksum and rollback evidence.

BETA.02 / UPDATES

Signed updater feed

The Tauri update feed, artifact signature, checksums, and release notes publish from the official update domain.

BETA.03 / SALES

Buying closed

Core prices are visible to set the launch frame; checkout, paid license, and Palim AI subscriptions remain closed.

BETA.04 / TRUST

Low-cost Beta trust boundary

Developer ID signing and notarization are deferred; the site states the expected Gatekeeper friction clearly.

WHY PALIM

Built for the point where a long project becomes hard to hold in your head.

Palim turns the messy middle of a book-length project into a controlled workspace: canon, branches, imported material, revision suggestions, sources, and exports each have a place.

01 / Manuscript-first editing

The chapter stays central. Binder, AI Copilot, revision workbench, and support surfaces orbit the manuscript instead of replacing it.

02 / Reviewable AI suggestions

AI can propose, compare, and explain. The author decides what becomes canon, with visible diffs and receipt-style evidence.

03 / Route exploration

Try a branch before it touches the mainline. Compare route impact, then write back only the pieces that earn their place.

04 / Recovery and export discipline

Version history, diagnostics, preview, print proof, and export paths keep the project usable after major revision rounds.

WHAT IS IN THE WORKBENCH

A complete long-form operating surface.

Long manuscript editor

A writing surface tuned for book-length chapters, mixed CJK/Latin prose, autosave, version history, and comfortable reading width.

AI Copilot with context

Attach selected text, chapter state, sources, continuity, and project context to writing tasks without turning the manuscript into a chat log.

Revision workbench

Accept, defer, compare, and recover revision suggestions in a decision-first surface designed for repeated editorial passes.

Story branches and routes

Explore alternate routes, branch summaries, and write-back decisions without risking the mainline draft.

Old draft intake

Bring in manuscript files, reference material, source catalogs, and Scrivener-style projects as reviewed project assets.

Preview, proof, export

Move from draft to reading preview, print proof, and structured export while keeping images, layout, and manuscript text separated.

CURRENT COMMERCIAL BOUNDARY

Download the Beta. Paid Core is not open yet.

Palim Core is free during the 0.1.0-beta.1 internal test window. The prices below set the planned Core launch frame; this site does not connect checkout, manual collection, invite queues, or billing.

Public Beta

Beta access

Current Beta free

The Apple Silicon macOS Beta installer, updater feed, checksum, release notes, and rollback boundary are live for internal testing.

Download free Beta

Planned Core

Palim Core

$39 / ¥98 standard

Planned one-time Core license for the local workbench, updates, recovery, import/export, revision workflows, and author-configured AI service support.

Buying closed

Planned Founders

Founders window

$19 / ¥58 early

Planned early Core price window. It is not a subscription, reservation list, invoice promise, or payment collection path.

Not for sale

Palim AI subscriptions, Research production, team plans, and future add-ons are not for sale from this Beta site.

Download 0.1.0-beta.1 for Apple Silicon macOS

Use this build for controlled internal download, install, update, and UX testing. Automatic update metadata and checksums are published on the same official update domain.

Version 0.1.0-beta.1

macOS installer Palim_0.1.0-beta.1_aarch64.dmg

Installer SHA-256 2b5039319dd259804fa67dc3218940f2538f776776eecc4af0f3c6f5a2cd73ab

Updater feed latest.json

Updater artifact Palim.app.tar.gz

Updater SHA-256 6fd73ab917e964cf4abbd0bb013758914bde4d558397e668132c6f8a80559896

Release notes release-notes.txt

This build is intended for controlled internal testing and Beta evaluation; keep independent backups of important projects.
Apple Developer ID signing and notarization are intentionally deferred for low-cost Beta; macOS may show Gatekeeper or quarantine prompts.
Do not send manuscripts, connection keys, passwords, or full local paths when reporting installation or update issues.
This first internal test keeps version 0.1.0-beta.1 during the owner-controlled correction window; later public updates should move to a higher beta version.

Installation and update issues should be sent to Support Policy; do not send manuscripts, connection keys, passwords, or full local paths.

Download for macOS