Candle

Your plan

Candle on your computer

Write offline, with every project backed up to your account. Candle is free and open source.

Windows

The installer (windows-setup.exe), or a portable zip that runs from a folder.

Download for Windows

Windows may say it “protected your PC”: Candle isn't signed with a paid certificate. Click More info → Run anyway.

macOS

Apple Silicon. New Mac builds are paused: version 0.1.1 is available, without Candle Premium (sign-in, cloud backup, KDP files).

Download 0.1.1 for Mac

The first time, open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. On a Mac you can also write here, in Candle on the web.

Linux

From the Snap Store, or the .snap file from the latest release.

Get it from the Snap Store

Or run it from source.

All versions and release notes on GitHub →

Amazon KDP paperback