Free for Mac

OpenAtelier,
on your desk.

A quiet, native window for your manuscript. No tabs, no browser chrome. One click from the dock to the page.

Download for Mac

Version 0.1.0 · 3.2 MB · Apple Silicon, macOS 11+

Or use it in your browser
Why install it

Stay in the page, not the browser.

A focused window

No tabs, no address bar, no notifications bleeding in from elsewhere. Just the page.

Lives in your dock

One click from anywhere on your machine, straight to the manuscript you were last editing.

A real menu bar

Native macOS menus and keyboard shortcuts. Cmd+S, Cmd+F, Cmd+W, all where your hands expect them.

Calm, quiet, fast

A thin native shell over the studio you know. No browser overhead, no extension chatter.

Requirements

What you need

  • macOS 11 Big Sur or later
  • Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4)
  • 3.2 MB download, signed disk image
  • Free, no account required to install
Installation

Four small steps.

  1. Download the disk image

    Click the download button above. The file is small, around 3 MB, so it should arrive in a moment.

  2. Open the .dmg

    Find Open Atelier in your Downloads folder and double click to mount it.

  3. Drag to Applications

    In the window that appears, drag the Open Atelier icon onto the Applications shortcut.

  4. Launch from Spotlight

    Press Cmd+Space, type "Open Atelier", and press Return. Sign in with your account, and you are writing.

A room of one's own, the saying goes. A window of one's own will do, too.
The studio

Bring the atelier home.

Free to install, free to use, always one click from your manuscript.

Version 0.1.0 · 3.2 MB