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Synopsis — Where WriteLite is Going

WriteLite is under continuous development. This page is a place to see a record of what has shipped and get a sense of what is to come. Be a part of the conversation by joining the community. Links below.

Roadmap

  • Building
    UI/UX Improvements and Bug Fixes
  • Next
    Custom drag and drop

    Reorder your files and folders by hand.

  • Planned
    Wider import support

    Open .doc and .docx files directly.

  • Planned
    Wider export support

    Save your work out to .doc and .pdf.

  • Planned
    Windows shell integration

    Right-click the desktop or a folder and choose New → WriteLite Document.

  • Exploring
    Themes

    Eight distinct themes to make WriteLite feel like yours.

Patch Notes

v1.0.3 15 July 2026

This patch brings a new welcome experience. The first time you open WriteLite it now walks you through the app and lets users set their theme preference from the start.

  • Choose your theme during setup — Dark, Light, or System. System follows your computer’s own appearance setting and switches along with it while the app is open, and WriteLite now opens in the right theme straight away instead of flashing the wrong one first.
  • Blank lines you deliberately leave in a document no longer disappear when it reloads.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented sorting files by “Last Updated”.
  • Fixed markdown rendering inconsistencies across .wlite and .md files.
  • Fixed some awkward UI bugs that left old information on the page.
  • Improved support for imported files.
  • Known issue: very large documents (100,000+ words) are slow to open, and the window may stop responding while they load.
v1.0.2 12 July 2026
  • The File View window now has a full menu bar on macOS, matching Windows.
  • Settings has moved into the menu bar, so it is quicker to reach.
  • WriteLite now reopens the files you had open in File View when you last closed it — you can turn this off in Settings.
  • You can now close individual file tabs with the × button or by right-clicking, instead of closing the whole window.
  • On macOS, double-clicking a file in Finder — or dragging it onto the app — now opens it directly, instead of launching to the default window.
  • Links now stand out in the accent colour.
  • In the light theme, faint and disabled text is clearer and easier to tell apart from ordinary text.
v1.0.1 11 July 2026
  • Switching between projects now opens the correct document instead of leaving the previous file on screen, and each project remembers the last file you had open.
  • Links you add are kept when you reopen a file — previously they could vanish on reload. You can also type a link inline as [text](https://…) and it becomes clickable.
  • Imported files are better supported — .txt and .md files now open alongside .wlite.
  • Importing now offers a “keep original format” option so files come in as-is.
  • Re-adding an existing project no longer resets its settings — sort order, expanded folders, and name are preserved.
  • Fixed a problem where renaming a project could break it and make it show as “missing” after a restart.
  • The formatting toolbar is now centred and scrolls when there isn’t room to show every button.
  • Entering and leaving fullscreen is now a smooth transition.
  • On macOS, the fullscreen shortcut hint now correctly shows ⌃⌘F — it previously listed a shortcut that did nothing.
  • Renamed the “Documentation” menu item to “Guides & How-Tos”.
v1.0.0 01 July 2026
  • WriteLite published.

Community

WriteLite has a Discord Community Server where writers of all genres, styles and experience levels to gather, share, and discuss the craft of writing. Competitions will be hosted in the future.

Following the WriteLite Instagram page is a great way to keep track of updates, connect with other writers or share snippets of your work.

These are both places where you can reach out to the developer directly with questions, suggestions and feedback.

Support

WriteLite is free and will stay that way.

If it has become part of how you write — if it opens fast when you need it to, stays out of your way when you are in flow, and keeps your files where they belong — a small donation is a meaningful way to say so.

It goes directly toward keeping the app maintained, updated, and bug free.

If you are able to, thank you. If not, keep writing.

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