“I built this because I was tired of songwriting apps with subscriptions and ads interrupting my creative flow.”
Piyush (pi22by7), on news.ycombinator.com ↗
Songwriting apps wanted a subscription to hold your lyrics; Flowrite holds them offline, ad-free, AGPL, on every platform you own.
Overleaf wants $25 a month before your co-author gets track changes. Aldine is the whole collaborative LaTeX editor in two containers, and nothing in it has a price.
“Most need a paid subscription service to enable proper collaboration, are clunky, and shove distracting non-features in your face.”
Overleaf charges by the head for Git sync and the rest of the good parts. Ayakaleaf Pro bolted the Pro features onto the free edition and handed the server back to your lab.
“Overleaf subscriptions can be expensive, especially for research teams.”
Vellum wants $249.99 to turn your novella into an ebook. Chronicle does it offline, and the only thing it charges is your word count.
“Being a software engineer by day, I decided that instead of paying hundreds of dollars for the needed tools, I could just make them the way I wanted them to be.”
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