Longhand
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Longhand, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Longhand's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | — |
| Pro | — | — |
The facts
Each one read from Longhand's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Clipboard
- Copying from Longhand places both text and HTML on the clipboard, and formatted HTML pasted into Longhand is converted to Markdown.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data storage
- A project is a folder on disk containing manuscript files, notes, and project metadata.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editor modes
- Longhand offers editing, reading, and focused modes, and automatically saves changes as you type.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export
- Longhand exports the current file or assembled manuscript to PDF or Word (DOCX), depending on the editor mode.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- standardchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Grammar checker
- The grammar checker groups suggested issues under grammar, style, punctuation, capitalization, and readability.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation describes copying formatted text to rich text editors such as Word, but does not state any external service integrations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Markdown
- Chapters are stored as separate Markdown files, and Longhand converts its continuous paragraph display to common Markdown syntax when saving.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Longhand is a text editor built for professional authors and optimized for long-form writing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Projects
- Each project keeps manuscript chapters and research notes together, with support for rearranging and nesting files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Search
- Search can find matches across manuscript files and notes, with scope filters for manuscript or notes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Themes
- The editor includes 18 themes and settings for font, font size, line height, paragraph spacing, auto-indentation, and spell checking.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Version history
- Longhand automatically snapshots a file when it is opened, and users can browse, restore, or delete snapshots.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- Saturn9 describes itself as an indie studio and identifies the site copyright holder as Saturn9 LLC.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
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