Vector illustration
A full pen tool with real Bézier editing, shapes, custom pressure-style brushes, gradients, dashes, clipping masks, and convert-to-outlines. Everything you expect from a precision vector app.
Native macOS · Design, layout & writing in oneDesign, lay out, and write — in a single Mac app.
WriteA brings vector illustration, page layout, and genuine word processing together on one canvas. Sketch the art, place it on the page, and pour in text that flows and paginates — without juggling three separate apps or three separate subscriptions.
Most creative work falls between the cracks of tools built for one job. Illustration apps can't set a paragraph. Layout apps treat drawing as an import. Word processors give up the moment you need real design. WriteA is built for the work that needs all three at once— flyers, zines, reports, comics, manuals, posters, and books.
One canvas, three disciplines
What WriteA does
Page layout
Multi-page documents with sizes, margins, two-sided spreads, guides with snapping, rulers, align and distribute, layers, and groups. Place anything anywhere, exactly.
Real word processing
Not an afterthought. Rich paragraph styles, lists, indents, leading, and text that flows and paginates across linked frames and pages — with a distraction-free story mode for long writing.
Highlights
Built for real documents
Text that flows like a document
Thread a single story across many frames and pages. Resize a frame and the text re-paginates automatically. Write a whole chapter, not a box at a time.
Text wrap around art
Wrap body copy around shapes, images, and illustrations with adjustable margins — magazine-quality layout without leaving the canvas.
Distraction-free story mode
Switch to a continuous, full-document writing view with light, dark, and colored themes when you just want to write. Switch back to lay it out.
Bring your existing files
Import DOCX, PDF, and SVG — including embedded vector graphics — plus images. Paste straight from PDF or text on the clipboard. Export polished PDF.
Multiple stories per document
Keep several independent flows — chapters, sidebars, captions — in one file. Each threads and paginates on its own.
Custom brushes & gradients
Build and save your own brushes with profile, roundness, and angle. Fill with solid colors or gradients, stroke with dashes and patterns.
Under the hood
Native, and seriously fast
GPU-accelerated canvas
The drawing engine renders directly on the GPU through Metal, so panning, zooming, and live text reflow stay smooth even in dense, multi-page documents.
A Rust engine, a Mac shell
A precise, well-tested Rust core does the heavy lifting — document model, text layout, rendering — wrapped in a true SwiftUI app that feels at home on macOS.
Built for Apple Silicon
Compiled natively for Apple Silicon Macs. No web wrapper, no heavy runtime — just a fast, focused desktop tool.
Your files, your machine
Documents live as files on your Mac. No account required, no cloud lock-in — open, edit, and export on your own terms.
One app for the whole page.
WriteA is in active development. Follow along — it's coming to the Mac.