Muvel: the best writing tool for authors
So the real reason my serial never made it past 30 episodes was the tool!
A complete workspace for authors
Muvel is an editor optimized for novel writing.
Projects are made up of episodes, wiki pages, canvases, and memos, letting you systematically manage everything from worldbuilding and manuscripts to ideas and plans.
Episodes
A format for managing your novel manuscript by episode or chapter. The episode editor provides tools that make writing easier, with a UI similar to web novel platforms.
Read the guideWiki
A format for managing story settings such as worldbuilding, characters, events, and plot development. The wiki editor provides a familiar wiki UI and utilities such as table-of-contents management.
Read the guideMemos
A format for quick notes that are not quite manuscript or formal setting: loose ideas, things to check while writing, and anything that needs a simple place to live.
Read the guideWherever you write, on any device cross-platform
Muvel works consistently on PCs, phones, and tablets.
You can use it directly on the web without installing,
and when you save novels to the cloud, you can keep writing from any device.
Windows
Windows 10 ↑
Windows (ARM64)
Windows 10 ↑
MacOS (Apple Silicon)
11.0 ↑
MacOS (Intel)
10.13 ↑
Linux (.deb)
Debian / Ubuntu family
Linux (.rpm)
Fedora / RHEL / openSUSE family
Linux (AppImage)
Portable executable
Google Play
Android 7.0 ↑
App Store
iOS 13.0 ↑ (Beta)
Windows
Windows 10 ↑
Windows (ARM64)
Windows 10 ↑
MacOS (Apple Silicon)
11.0 ↑
MacOS (Intel)
10.13 ↑
Linux (.deb)
Debian / Ubuntu family
Linux (.rpm)
Fedora / RHEL / openSUSE family
Linux (AppImage)
Portable executable
Google Play
Android 7.0 ↑
App Store
iOS 13.0 ↑ (Beta)
Your manuscript is yours, with real data ownership
No matter what happens to the service, your manuscript should always remain yours.
Muvel does not want to grow by trapping writers inside its service.
Even when that choice works against our own interests,
we value data ownership and freedom of choice over lock-in.
That is why Muvel lets you begin without an account, save to your own device,
and take your entire manuscript with you whenever you need.
Keep writing without an account
Software built around an account may become impossible to launch when its service ends. Muvel's desktop app lets you create a local project and write without signing up or logging in.
Keep it only on your device
If you do not want to entrust your manuscript to a cloud server, keep it on your own device from start to finish. Local projects work offline without uploading your manuscript.
Export everything anytime
Export your entire work as a backup whenever you want. You can also move a cloud project into Muvel's local project format and choose where it is kept.
Readable beyond Muvel
Local projects use an open, unencrypted JSON-based format. You can open the files and inspect your manuscript and data structure without going through the Muvel app.
An automatic exit route: Auto-Plotter
Turn on Auto-Plotter to organize episodes and wiki documents in your chosen format and folder automatically. If Muvel has a problem, your latest manuscript can move to another tool.
Updates are your choice too
Has an update ever disrupted a familiar writing setup? Muvel lets you choose whether to update, and you can download an earlier version again when you need it.
Cloud projects, backed up locally
When you work on a cloud project in the desktop app, episodes and wiki documents are also backed up in local-project format. You get convenient sync and a backup on your own device.
Freely customizable writing environment
Keep distractions out of your workspace.
From background color, fonts, and line spacing to split workspaces and a widget system that lets you place only the tools you want, Muvel helps you build your own writing environment.
Flexible settings
Fonts, background color, line spacing, text-count rules, typewriter scroll, and most other workspace details can be customized in settings.
Workspace editor
An advanced editor for authors who like to write with multiple pieces of information open at once. Split the screen, place episodes, wiki pages, memo boards, and more wherever you want, then resize them freely.
Read the guideWidget system
Place only the tools you need in your writing environment. There are many widgets, including text count, stopwatch, dictionary, and episode reference widgets.
Read the guideLight and dark mode
Switch between dark mode and light mode anywhere with the button in the upper right.
Create and share presets
Save settings as presets, switch between them when needed, or share them with other people and devices.
Platform style templates
Muvel provides templates for major web novel platform styles so authors can write in an environment close to what readers see.
Convenient and varied widgets .
Built around the idea of putting only the tools you need where you need them, Muvel's widget system is one of its signature features.
Browse the widget list below and find what fits your workflow.
No widgets match your search.
And many other features
Muvel also includes many tools that keep your writing flow moving.
Typewriter scroll
Even in a long manuscript, the part you are editing can automatically stay near the center of the screen. You can turn it off in options.
Read the guidePlot canvas
Muvel includes a plot editor where you can place nodes on a blank canvas and connect them freely. Use it for memos, event planning, relationship maps, and more.
Read the guideSmart quote actions
When you type a quote mark, Muvel creates the pair automatically. If you press Enter before the closing quote, quick quote behavior moves you smoothly to the next line.
Read the guideSimple sharing
Set a novel to public or partially public and share it with a link. It is easy to send a work in progress to someone for feedback.
Read the guideAI review and summary
AI can review written episodes or summarize their plot. It runs only when you request it, and your content is not used to train AI models.
Read the guideAutomatic versioning
Muvel automatically saves the current version of your novel every 10 minutes, so you have a fallback if something was changed by mistake.
Muvel runs on your support
In April 2025,
A small tool began with neither capital nor investment, sustained by support given without expecting anything in return.
Those contributions came together, one by one, to make Muvel what it is today.
Muvel has now grown into a formal business,
but we still believe it should be a tool made for writing, not a tool made for selling.
We will always remember that it was not outside investment or large amounts of capital, but your support that carried Muvel this far.
What began as a bootstrapped project focused on surviving one day at a time is now learning to stand on its own two feet.
Our business's goal is now to earn back at least minimum wage for the work our team puts in!
Please cheer us on as we pursue this grand ambition!(A subscription would be lovely too...)
We hope Muvel will still be your little notebook ten years from now—and forever!