A writing workspace built for serious work.
Local-first desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux — with version history, team review, focus mode, and Google Drive sync under your account.
Chapter 3 — The crossing
The mist rolled over the bridge as Elara stepped forward. She had not set foot in Thornwick since the night she lost the Silver locket.
Elara
Character
Thornwick
Location
Silver locket
Object
Built for writers who take the work seriously
Novelists & poets
Track characters, locations, and lore in the Archive while you draft long-form work.
Screenwriters
Structured projects with Final Draft export and revision tracking built in.
Editorial teams
Role-based workspaces, review queues, and a shared pinboard for feedback.
Indie authors
Submissions tracking, goals, and a calm workspace without subscription noise.
The Archive
Your story bible, wired into every page
Most writing apps treat worldbuilding as a separate notes file. Ginink's Archive lives inside the editor — characters, locations, and objects connect directly to your manuscript as you type.
Chapter 3 — The crossing
The mist rolled over the bridge as Elara stepped forward. She had not set foot in Thornwick since the night she lost the Silver locket.
Elara
Character
Thornwick
Location
Silver locket
Object
Names in your manuscript link directly to Archive entries — no copy-paste between apps.
Live manuscript highlighting
As you write, character names, places, and objects light up in your text — pulled straight from your Archive.
Aliases & mention tracking
Add nicknames and alternate spellings. Ginink tracks how often each entry appears across your manuscript.
Project or global scope
Keep worldbuilding notes per novel, or maintain a global Archive shared across every project you write.
What makes it different:Scrivener has research folders. Notion has wikis. Ginink's Archive is built into the writing surface — your worldbuilding and your prose stay connected, not copied between apps.
Hover highlighted areas to explore the Archive
Story bible · wired into every pageChapter 3 — The crossing
The mist rolled over the bridge as Elara stepped forward. She had not set foot in Thornwick since the night she lost the Silver locket.
Live manuscript highlighting
As you write, character names, places, and objects light up in your text — pulled straight from your Archive.
Aliases & mention tracking
Add nicknames and alternate spellings. Ginink tracks how often each entry appears across your manuscript.
Project or global scope
Keep worldbuilding notes per novel, or maintain a global Archive shared across every project you write.
What makes it different:Scrivener has research folders. Notion has wikis. Ginink's Archive is built into the writing surface — your worldbuilding and your prose stay connected, not copied between apps.
Features
Everything a serious writer needs — in one place
Pick a feature, then hover over the app preview to explore how it works.
Hover highlighted areas to see details
Chapter 3 — The crossing
The mist rolled over the bridge as Elara stepped forward. She had not set foot in Thornwick since the night she lost the Silver locket.
Your story bible, wired into every page
Characters, locations, and objects live beside your manuscript — with aliases, mention counts, and smart suggestions for unlinked terms.
- Live highlighting as you type
- Project-scoped or global entries
- Filter by Characters, Locations, Objects
Local-first
Every keystroke saved on your machine. Works offline.
You own your data
Your writing stays in your Google Drive under your account.
Sync when ready
Cloud sync when connected, not before.
How it works
Simple by design
Build your Archive
Add characters, locations, and objects — per project or globally. Set aliases so Ginink recognises every name variant.
Write with live connections
Names from your Archive highlight in the manuscript as you type. Click any match to jump to the entry.
Sync, export, and submit
Back up to Google Drive, export to PDF or EPUB, and track submissions — all from one workspace.
About
Built by one developer, for writers
Hi, I'm farhaankhan. Ginink is something I'm building on my own — a writing tool I wished existed when I was drafting long-form work and juggling revisions.
I grew up in the Middle East and I'm now based in Bangalore, building this between everything else that comes with being an indie developer. No big team, no venture funding — just a focused tool made carefully, one feature at a time.
Ginink is in alpha and I'm sharing it with writers who want to try it. If that sounds like you, reach out — I'd love your feedback on what matters.
farhaankhan
Developer · Bangalore
Download the alpha
Ginink alpha 0.1 is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Grab the latest build from GitHub — no account required. If you try it, I'd love your feedback.
Download from GitHubQuestions or feedback? Reach out at farhumaid@gmail.com