A quiet place to write · for Mac

Ink for your
thoughts

Give an idea room to become something. LeftBlank brings your words, equations and illustrations together in a space that lets you think.

Explore LeftBlankOpen source · Development preview
LeftBlank's starter document, with a diagram, equations, a table and typeset text
From thought to page

See what your words can become.

Write, and watch your page take shape. Move between a quiet editor and a live preview, with the details of beautiful typesetting close at hand.

The included LeftBlank guide. Yours to explore and edit.
Less in the way. More on the page.

A little room goes a long way.

01

Stay with the thought

A clean writing space, light or dark. Your outline waits in the margin. Your pages save as you go.

Focus, by design
02

Find the next possibility

Press ⌘J to discover what you can do. Find a table, an equation or a familiar action, and learn its shortcut as you go.

⌘ J
03

Begin somewhere interesting

Start with a blank page, a guided introduction or a template from the community. Explore a whole book, then make it your own.

⌘ N
04

Keep your words yours

Your writing lives in ordinary files on your Mac. Compare recent snapshots, return to an earlier draft, and export a finished PDF when you're ready.

An open beginning

Leave room for your
next thought.

LeftBlank is taking shape in the open. Explore the project, follow its progress, or help make it better.

LeftBlank on GitHub

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