ToolNewFor Fiction writers

Deckle

Know the day your draft will be done.

Log your daily words, keep your writing streak, see a projected finish date for your draft, and plan every scene on a chapter board, all in your browser.

Download the source

Zip, 190 KB. MIT licence. Built 26 Oct 2026.

Live preview

Loading the live site…

This is the real site, not a mock-up. Click around; the button on it opens the working app.

What you get

Everything a tool needs, already done.

Pages and screens

  • Launch page
  • Word-count log
  • Pace and finish date
  • 12-week heatmap
  • Scene board

Features

  • Daily word log with streak tracking
  • Finish date projected from your actual pace
  • 12-week heatmap of goal progress
  • Scene cards in chapter columns
  • Point-of-view character and status per scene
  • Runs in the browser, no account needed
  • Data stays in your browser's localStorage

Palette

  • #b5542d
  • #933f1d
  • #f3dfd2
  • #fffcf6
  • #2b2620
  • #6e6457

Style

  • Warm
  • Editorial
  • Minimal
Deckle on a phone
On a phone, as shipped.

For developers

A real codebase, not a page builder export.

Stack

Vite, React 19 and TypeScript for the app. The launch page is plain HTML, CSS and a little JavaScript with no build step. Vitest for unit tests, Playwright for browser tests.

Run it

unzip deckle.zip
cd deckle
npm install
npm run dev

In the zip

  • site/ the launch page with the built app in site/app/
  • src/ and e2e/ the app source and tests
  • docs/technical-docs/ architecture, runbook, quick reference
  • START-HERE.md and LICENSE (MIT)

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