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Folio Dark Muse
A local-first writing IDE for books
Folio is a desktop writing IDE for novelists and solo book writers. Organize parts and Markdown chapters, track draft/revised/final status, keep a codex for characters and lore, scan TODOs, restore snapshots, and export MD, TXT, DOCX, or EPUB. Muse adds manuscript-aware AI with local Gemma support, so your book stays on your disk.
At one point in my life, I got married to a wonderful person who is deeply passionate about books. She introduced me to reading, helped me find stories I enjoyed, and we often discussed them together. Over time, I discovered the genres I truly connected with.
As I read more, I began noticing small gaps in the stories I loved-details I was curious about, but never fully explored. That inspired me to try writing my own book focused specifically on those ideas.
When I started writing, I quickly ran into a problem.
The tools available felt either too complex or too limiting. Dedicated writing software often came with steep learning curves and unfamiliar concepts. On the other hand, tools like Word or Google Docs weren’t designed to manage larger creative worlds with characters, places, and evolving ideas.
As a software engineer, I decided to build a solution for myself.
At first, it was a simple writing tool. But as my project grew, so did my notes, spreadsheets, and fragmented ideas. I realized what I actually needed was not just a text editor, but a system that keeps everything connected and organized-so I could focus on writing instead of managing information.
That’s how Folio began.
The first version was rough and heavily reworked over time. I spoke with experienced writers, learned from their workflows, and gradually shaped the app into something more structured and practical.
A key turning point was introducing AI. It started as simple writing assistance-synonyms, rephrasing, small edits-but quickly evolved into something much more powerful: helping structure entire stories, extract characters and lore, and keep everything consistent through a unified codex system.
Folio was built for my own needs, but I believe there are many writers like me-people with big ideas who feel overwhelmed by tools that are either too complex or too scattered.
Book Home Page - it shows you current status, count of word in book, writing streak, latest chapter that is in draft.
Plan Tab - it is a place, where you can see the timeline of your story, beats, threads and the corkboard. Each of these sub tabs designed to track specific aspect of your book. Timeline - so you can know dates of story so there are no confussions in the order of events. Beats - allows you to select a framework, like a skeleton for you story, logically split by events. Threads - to track where each character appears, in which chapter, where they appear in the same chapter. Corkboard - quick overview board over your chapters.
About Folio Dark Muse on Product Hunt
“A local-first writing IDE for books”
Folio Dark Muse was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #37 on the daily leaderboard. Folio is a desktop writing IDE for novelists and solo book writers. Organize parts and Markdown chapters, track draft/revised/final status, keep a codex for characters and lore, scan TODOs, restore snapshots, and export MD, TXT, DOCX, or EPUB. Muse adds manuscript-aware AI with local Gemma support, so your book stays on your disk.
On the analytics side, Folio Dark Muse competes within Productivity, Writing and Books — topics that collectively have 833.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Folio Dark Muse performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Folio Dark Muse?
Folio Dark Muse was hunted by Vladyslav Yanishevskyi. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Folio Dark Muse including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Vladyslav Yanishevskyi
I didn’t start as someone who loved reading.
At one point in my life, I got married to a wonderful person who is deeply passionate about books. She introduced me to reading, helped me find stories I enjoyed, and we often discussed them together. Over time, I discovered the genres I truly connected with.
As I read more, I began noticing small gaps in the stories I loved-details I was curious about, but never fully explored. That inspired me to try writing my own book focused specifically on those ideas.
When I started writing, I quickly ran into a problem.
The tools available felt either too complex or too limiting. Dedicated writing software often came with steep learning curves and unfamiliar concepts. On the other hand, tools like Word or Google Docs weren’t designed to manage larger creative worlds with characters, places, and evolving ideas.
As a software engineer, I decided to build a solution for myself.
At first, it was a simple writing tool. But as my project grew, so did my notes, spreadsheets, and fragmented ideas. I realized what I actually needed was not just a text editor, but a system that keeps everything connected and organized-so I could focus on writing instead of managing information.
That’s how Folio began.
The first version was rough and heavily reworked over time. I spoke with experienced writers, learned from their workflows, and gradually shaped the app into something more structured and practical.
A key turning point was introducing AI. It started as simple writing assistance-synonyms, rephrasing, small edits-but quickly evolved into something much more powerful: helping structure entire stories, extract characters and lore, and keep everything consistent through a unified codex system.
Folio was built for my own needs, but I believe there are many writers like me-people with big ideas who feel overwhelmed by tools that are either too complex or too scattered.
Book Home Page - it shows you current status, count of word in book, writing streak, latest chapter that is in draft.
Plan Tab - it is a place, where you can see the timeline of your story, beats, threads and the corkboard. Each of these sub tabs designed to track specific aspect of your book. Timeline - so you can know dates of story so there are no confussions in the order of events. Beats - allows you to select a framework, like a skeleton for you story, logically split by events. Threads - to track where each character appears, in which chapter, where they appear in the same chapter. Corkboard - quick overview board over your chapters.