Divisadero

A writing app for professional formats.

Write prose, screenplays and stage plays, then send them out as the files those trades actually use: Word, PDF, Final Draft and more.

Coming soon to the Mac App Store Get support

Divisadero is in alpha testing now. For macOS 15 Sequoia and later.

What it does

Three formats, done properly

Prose, screenplay and stage play, each held to its trade's conventions. Novels, nonfiction, essays, academic papers and blogs are all prose projects.
Sheets, not files

A sheet is a page that grows. Type first; decide what it is later. File sheets into groups and projects when you're ready, or never.
Send it anywhere

Export to PDF, Word, Final Draft, Fountain, Markdown, HTML, LaTeX and EPUB, with a live preview and presets like Submission Manuscript.
Bring what you have

Import Word, Final Draft, Fountain, Markdown, RTF and plain text with styling intact. Drop in a folder and it becomes a group.
Screenplays, ready for production

Pagination that matches Final Draft, dual dialogue, locked pages, scene numbers and colored revision sets.
Stage plays, too

Modern stage-play format with a cover page and cast page, and blind submission exports.
Universes

Keep one series bible of characters, places and lore, shared across every project set in that world.
Goals that do the math

Set a word goal and a deadline, and Divisadero works out a daily quota to get you there.
A real safety net

Version history, automatic hourly, daily and weekly backups, and sync conflicts saved as versions, never dropped.
Twelve themes

Light and dark themes named after writers, from Beckett to Woolf, with curated type for long sessions.

No account to create. No analytics, ads or tracking.
No AI reads your work. Divisadero doesn't send your writing anywhere.
Your library lives on your Mac and syncs through your own iCloud account. You can turn sync off at any time.
Diagnostics stay on your Mac unless you choose to send them.

The details are in the privacy policy.