Instantly proofread & optimise your writing system-wide:
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Writing Tools is an Apple Intelligence-inspired application for Windows and Linux that supercharges your writing with AI LLMs. It lets you fix up grammar and more with one hotkey press, system-wide. It's currently the world's most intelligent system-wide grammar assistant.
Aside from being the only Windows/Linux program that works like Apple's Writing Tools:
Writing Tools has been featured on Beebom, XDA, Neowin, and more!
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).Invoke Writing Tools with no text selected to enter a chat mode.
Go to the Releases page and download the latest Writing.Tools.zip
file. For Linux and macOS, run it from source with the instructions further below.
Extract it where you want, run Writing Tools.exe
, and enjoy! :D
Note: If you extract Writing Tools into a protected system folder like Program Files, you'll need to run it as administrator at least on the first launch or it won't be able to create/edit its config file (in the same folder as its exe).
To let it automatically start when you boot your PC, add a shortcut of the Writing Tools.exe
to the Windows Start-Up folder (Open Run and type shell:startup
to get to this folder).
ollama run llama3.1:8b
. This will download and run Llama 3.1. That's it! Leave this running in the background.OpenAl Compatible
AI Provider, and set your API Key to ollama
, your API Base URL to http://localhost:11434/v1
, and your API Model to llama3.1:8b
.I believe strongly in protecting your privacy. Writing Tools:
Note: Privacy policies may vary depending on the AI provider you choose. Please review the terms of service for your selected provider.
(Being investigated) On some devices, Writing Tools does not work correctly with the default hotkey. To fix it, simply change the hotkey to ctrl+` or ctrl+j and restart Writing Tools. PS: If a hotkey is already in use by a program or background process, Writing Tools may not be able to intercept it. The above hotkeys are usualy unused.
The initial launch of the Writing Tools.exe
might take unusually long — this seems to be because AV software extensively scans this new executable before letting it run. Once it launches into the background in RAM, it works instantly as usual.
If you prefer to run the program directly from the main.py
file, follow these OS-specific instructions.
1. Download the Code
2. Install Dependencies
After extracting the folder, open your Terminal (or Command Prompt) in the relevant directory.
Windows:
cd path\to\Windows_and_Linux
pip install -r requirements.txt
Linux:
cd /path/to/Windows_and_Linux
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Make sure Python is installed!
3. Run the Program
pythonw main.py
python3 main.py
Here's how to compile it with PyInstaller and a virtual environmentL
# Install virtualenv if you haven't already
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv myvenv
myvenv\Scripts\activate
source myvenv/bin/activate
2. Once activated, install the required packages:
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
python pyinstaller-build-script.py
Writing Tools would not be where it is today without its amazing contributors:
1. Cameron Redmore (CameronRedmore):
Extensively refactored Writing Tools and added OpenAI Compatible API support, streamed responses, and the chat mode when no text is selected.
2. momokrono:
Added Linux support and switched to the pynput API to improve Windows stability. Fixed misc. bugs, such as handling quitting onboarding without completing it. @momokrono has been super kind and helpful, and I'm very grateful to have them as a contributor - Jesai.
3. Disneyhockey40 (Soszust40):
Helped add dark mode, the plain theme, tray menu fixes, and UI improvements.
Helped improve the reliability of text selection.
5. raghavdhingra24:
Made the rounded corners anti-aliased & prettier.
I welcome contributions! :D If you'd like to improve Writing Tools, feel free to open a Pull Request or get in touch with me.
My email: jesaitarun@gmail.com
Made with ❤️ by a high school student. Check out my other AI app, Bliss AI, a novel AI tutor free on the Google Play Store!
Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.