The worldbuilding & writing studio you own

Your world, from every record.

It's your world's wiki, and so much more. Every character, place and event is a record: link them into a living web, command your own calendar, watch it move through the ages, and write the actual book in one private app, in plain files on your own machine. You'll never be forced to use AI or the cloud.

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A living encyclopedia

Records that actually know each other.

Every character, place, faction and item is a rich record you can link, tag, illustrate and cross-reference. Type @ anywhere to link, or create a record on the spot, and every mention becomes a two-way connection.

A richly detailed character record in WorldFrame, with profile fields, tags, stats and linked mentions.
A record in WorldFrame: every character, place and event, linked.
CharactersPlacesBuildingsRealmsWorldsPlanetsFactionsFamiliesSpeciesEventsItemsCulturesReligionsMagic systemsScenesNotes+ unlimited custom types

Rich, structured records

  • Custom fields and per-type templates
  • Portraits, galleries and color identity
  • @-mention to link or create inline
  • Backlinks: see every place a record appears
  • Hover any link for an instant preview card

Relationships, mapped seven ways

  • Columns, groups, hubs, tree, radial, timeline & matrix layouts
  • Drag one record onto another to link them
  • Pathfinder: trace the chain between any two records
  • Family trees with multiple parents, spouses & lines
  • Heraldry: flags, banners & emblems
Your calendar, your map

Command your timeline. Map your world.

Most tools assume Earth's calendar and a flat map. WorldFrame ships a full calendar engine and turns your map art into a navigable atlas where everything links back to your records.

An interactive fantasy map in WorldFrame with labelled pins along a route.
Your map, made navigable: every pin opens the record behind it.

On any calendar, even one you invent

  • Invent months, leap rules, eras & holidays
  • World timeline in story, date or parallel swim-lanes
  • Multi-day events you can drag to reschedule
  • Automatic "age at this event" in chronicles
  • Calendar view with an at-a-glance almanac

Atlas, not just artwork

  • Drop in map art; pins & regions open the record behind them
  • Icon markers with a legend and filters
  • Nested maps: click into a city, a building
  • Routes and journeys drawn across the map
  • Everything stays tied to your world data
From world to manuscript

A full manuscript studio, not just notes.

The same app that holds your world also drafts your novel, with the structure serious writers expect, and your world a keystroke away inside the prose.

WorldFrame's manuscript editor with per-session word goals and a writing sprint.
The manuscript studio, with your whole world a keystroke away.

Manuscript & Studio

  • Rich editor with chapter, heading, block-quote & epigraph styles
  • Link records right inside your prose, with backlinks
  • Focus / composition mode for distraction-free drafting
  • Word-count targets, goals & progress rings
  • Compile to Word, PDF, EPUB, web page & Markdown

Workshop & Whiteboard

  • Pitch & positioning, story planner with plot threads
  • Character arcs that track change
  • Scene board (kanban), corkboard & outliner
  • Infinite whiteboard: draw, shapes & images
  • Export to PNG, SVG, PDF or JSON
The time-lens

Walk through your world at any moment in its history.

Drag a single slider and the whole world reflects that moment: characters born and lost, alliances formed and broken, borders redrawn, thrones changing hands. The story was always moving. Now you can see it, on the graph, the timeline, and the map at once.

WorldFrame's world timeline in story order, with dated events and entity tags.
The world timeline, one of the views the time-lens moves through.
Why it's different

It starts as a wiki. Then it comes alive.

A static wiki just stores facts. WorldFrame links them into a graph, dates them on your own calendar, draws them on a map, moves the whole world through time, and lets you write the book inside it, in plain files on your own disk.

Get WorldFrame

Own the whole studio.

Everything you need to build the world and write the book, in one professional-grade app. Buy it once and it is yours: on your machine, in your files, with no subscription and no account.

Yours forever
WorldFrame
The complete studio to build the world and write the book. Buy once and it is yours to keep: no subscription, no cloud lock-in, no account required.
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FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is WorldFrame?

A private, offline desktop studio for fiction writers and world-builders. It keeps your world's wiki, relationship graph, custom calendar and timeline, navigable maps, and a full manuscript in one app, all in plain files on your own machine.

Can I import my existing world?

Yes. Import from Obsidian, Markdown and CSV, and export a full world bible to Word or the web, or any record to Markdown, Word or HTML.

What platforms does it run on?

A native desktop app for macOS and Windows, proven smooth at 10,000+ records.

Will I ever lose my work?

No. WorldFrame makes automatic backups with time-travel restore, keeps a built-in redundancy mirror of your vault, writes every change crash-safely, and holds deleted records in a trash you can restore with one click.

Do I own my work?

Completely. Your world lives as plain Markdown files on your own disk, with no account and no lock-in. If you ever stop using WorldFrame, everything you made stays readable and yours.

Is it a subscription?

No. WorldFrame is a one-time purchase, yours forever, with no cloud lock-in, no account, and no recurring fees.

Is the cloud required?

Not at all. WorldFrame is local-first and works fully offline. Your world lives in plain files on your own machine, with no account and no connection required.

Who's behind WorldFrame?

One independent developer building the studio they always wanted: professional-grade, private, and owned by the people who use it. Read the philosophy behind it.