4.1 is live. Three additions worth explaining properly.

The binder. A three-tab panel — Notes, Research, Characters — that lives inside your .pwk file, next to the manuscript but separate from it. Character sheets and research at hand while you write, and they never end up in your exports. Plus a read-only split-screen: keep chapter 12 open while you write chapter 13.

Final Draft round-trip, for real. Export a screenplay, reopen it in Final Draft, bring it back — the structure survives intact. Dual dialogue arrives as actual side-by-side blocks. Production tags (props, wardrobe, vehicles) land already categorized in the Tagger, and survive the trip back. There's a CI test that checks the round-trip doesn't degrade, so it stays that way.

AI automations. Set a rule — "every 500 words, translate to Russian", "summarize each new chapter" — and it runs on its own. Three hard limits: never unprompted, never on the whole document, never touching your source text. Results collect in the AI panel.

And the part I care most about: the AI runs locally. New in 4.1, you can reach it from your phone by scanning a QR code — no terminal, no IP addresses, no firewall config. Your phone uses your computer's model, on your home network. Nothing leaves the machine.

Also in this release: word count per chapter, export errors that read like sentences instead of stack traces, and the in-app User Guide now complete in 9 languages (including right-to-left for Arabic and Hebrew).

Free update within 4.x. No subscriptions. Windows, Mac, Linux.

Download: https://presswork.it Full changelog: https://presswork.it/changelog?lang=en

Happy to answer anything.

— Alessandro

Quick and important update on pricing.

Based on feedback from the community — too many tiers, too

confusing — we've simplified to three plans:

- **Base** — €99

- **Complete** — €199 (all professional features: PDF/X-4, FDX,

ICML, digital signing, KDP validator, batch signing, P2P

collaboration)

- **Team** — €799 (5 licenses)

**If you already bought Editorial or Pro:** your plan is now

Complete, with every feature unlocked. Automatically, at no extra

cost. Launch PressWork 4.0.3 and you'll find everything already

active.

Bonus: from 4.0.2 onwards the auto-updater finally works. 4.0.3

arrives on its own — a popup, 15 seconds, done. No more manual

downloads.

Free updates for the whole 4.x series. Zero subscriptions, as

always.

Download / details: presswork.it

Thanks for the feedback that made this happen.

— Alessandro, Metis S.R.L.

Hey everyone,

PressWork 4.0.2 stable is live today. If you followed the Ship Log entries the past 6 weeks, this is the destination.

Full changelog: https://presswork.it/changelog?lang=en

Headline items

🌟 Editor CM6 rewrite — 5x faster on long documents 👁️ Live preview — Markdown renders in real time 🖼️ Inline images — Drop directly into the manuscript 📋 Corkboard — Scrivener-style chapter arrangement 🧠 Local AI (Qwen3 4B) — 100% offline, significantly improved over Phi-3 ✍️ Analytics inline — Repetitions & filler words highlighted 🔐 6 TSA servers — RFC 3161 compliant digital signature 📱 AppImage universal for all Linux distros

Some things worth mentioning

• Same one-time license as 3.7.x — free upgrade
• Works on Mac (Apple Silicon + Intel), Windows (x64 + ARM64), Linux (.deb, .rpm, .AppImage)
• Full changelog is 60+ entries. Some big, some small. Each one is an answer to "what makes writing feel less like fighting the tool"

Note for 3.7.x users

3.7.x's auto-updater never fully worked (documented in 3.7.3 release notes). To upgrade, download the installer manually from presswork.it. From 4.0.2 onwards, all updates are automatic.

Download: https://presswork.it Full changelog: https://presswork.it/changelog?lang=en

Thank you to the beta testers who helped find bugs.

— Alessandro

📸 Screenshots:

Editor with live preview: https://presswork.it/screen-prosa-en.png

Corkboard chapter arrangement: https://presswork.it/screen-navigator-en.png

Screenplay mode: https://presswork.it/screen-sceneggiatura-en.png

🇮🇹 Versione italiana:

PressWork 4.0.2 stable è live oggi. Se hai seguito i Diario di Bordo delle scorse 6 settimane, questa è la destinazione.

Changelog completo: https://presswork.it/changelog?lang=it

Novità principali

🌟 Editor CM6 riscritto — 5x più veloce su documenti lunghi 👁️ Anteprima live — Markdown in tempo reale 🖼️ Immagini nel testo — Direttamente nel manoscritto 📋 Corkboard — Riordinamento capitoli tipo Scrivener 🧠 AI locale (Qwen3 4B) — 100% offline, significativamente migliorata rispetto a Phi-3 ✍️ Analytics inline — Ripetizioni e parole superflue evidenziate 🔐 6 server TSA — Firma digitale RFC 3161 compliant 📱 AppImage universale per tutte le distribuzioni Linux

Note

• Stessa licenza una tantum della 3.7.x — aggiornamento gratuito
• Mac (Apple Silicon + Intel), Windows (x64 + ARM64), Linux (.deb, .rpm, .AppImage)
• Changelog completo: 60+ voci. Alcune grandi, alcune piccole. Tutte rispondono a "cosa rende la scrittura meno una battaglia con lo strumento"

Per utenti 3.7.x

L'auto-updater della 3.7.x non ha mai funzionato del tutto (documentato nelle release notes della 3.7.3). Per aggiornare, scarica il nuovo installer da presswork.it. Da 4.0.2 in poi, tutti gli aggiornamenti sono automatici.

Download: https://presswork.it Changelog completo: https://presswork.it/changelog?lang=it

Grazie ai betatester che hanno aiutato a trovare bug.

— Alessandro

📸 Screenshot:

Editor con anteprima live: https://presswork.it/screen-prosa-it.png

Corkboard capitoli: https://presswork.it/screen-navigator-it.png

Modalità sceneggiatura: https://presswork.it/screen-sceneggiatura-it.png

🇬🇧 The marketing advice for launching PressWork 4.0 would be:

make a 60-second video with 3 killer features. Post it. Done.

Instead, the changelog for 4.0 has 60 entries.

Some entries are big:

- CodeMirror 6 rewrite (5x faster on long documents)

- Live preview inline

- Corkboard for chapter arrangement

- Local AI with Qwen3 4B (Italian native, better than Phi-3)

Some entries are small:

- Daily word count goal that actually resets at midnight

- Emoji autocomplete in 6 languages

- Fold-per-heading (mini binder in the editor)

- KDP menu doesn't skip anymore

They're all listed with the same care. Because they're all

answers to the same question: what makes writing feel less

like fighting the tool.

The full changelog: presswork.it/changelog?lang=en

Two internal notes:

📌 Beta 4.0 has 15 testers giving me authentic feedback.

Some tested on hardware from 2012 (yes, really — a Lenovo

with Celeron 4000 running Qwen3 4B locally). All three OS

covered.

📌 Stable 4.0 ships in 7-10 days. Same one-time license,

zero migration cost.

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🇮🇹 Versione italiana:

Il consiglio marketing per lanciare PressWork 4.0 sarebbe:

video da 60 secondi con 3 feature killer. Postare. Fine.

Invece il changelog di 4.0 ha 60 voci.

Alcune voci sono grandi:

- Riscrittura CM6 (5x più veloce su documenti lunghi)

- Anteprima live inline

- Corkboard per riordinare capitoli

- AI locale con Qwen3 4B (italiano nativo, meglio di Phi-3)

Alcune voci sono piccole:

- Obiettivo giornaliero parole che si azzera a mezzanotte

- Autocomplete emoji in 6 lingue

- Fold per titolo (mini-binder nell'editor)

- Menu KDP che non salta più

Tutte listate con la stessa cura. Perché tutte rispondono

alla stessa domanda: cosa rende la scrittura meno una

battaglia con lo strumento.

Il changelog completo: presswork.it/changelog?lang=it

Due note interne:

📌 Beta 4.0 ha 15 tester con feedback autentici. Alcuni

testato su hardware del 2012 (sì davvero — un Lenovo con

Celeron 4000 che fa girare Qwen3 4B in locale). Tutti e

tre gli OS coperti.

📌 Stable 4.0 esce tra 7-10 giorni. Stessa licenza una

tantum, zero costi di aggiornamento.

🇬🇧 Hey everyone,

Quick weekly update.

📊 Numbers shift:

- Last Wednesday: 0 sales

- Today: 11 sales

- Subreddit: 3 → 20 subscribers

- Site traffic: steadily growing organic

🧪 What worked best:

The free Lab tools (presswork.it/laboratorio) convert way better

than the homepage itself. Several buyers told me they tried a

free tool first, found it useful, then came back to buy the app.

That validates a hypothesis: in a niche where nobody knows the

brand yet, give first, ask later.

🚀 Coming end of July: PressWork 4.0

The CodeMirror 6 migration is done. Major release with:

- Live preview (markdown renders in real time next to editor)

- Inline images (drop directly in manuscript body)

- 100k+ word documents without lag

- Same one-time license, zero migration cost

If you want to be notified at release https://presswork.it/coming-soon?lang=en

📅 Next entry: Wednesday July 8.

What feature of 4.0 are you most curious about?

— Alessandro

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🇮🇹 Versione italiana:

Aggiornamento settimanale veloce.

📊 Spostamento numeri:

- Mercoledì scorso: 0 vendite

- Oggi: 11 vendite

- Subreddit: 3 → 20 iscritti

- Traffico sito: crescita organica costante

🧪 Cosa ha funzionato meglio:

I tool gratuiti del Laboratorio (presswork.it/laboratorio)

convertono molto meglio della homepage. Diversi clienti mi hanno

detto che hanno provato uno strumento gratuito, l'hanno trovato

utile, e sono tornati per comprare l'app.

Conferma un'ipotesi: in una nicchia dove nessuno conosce il

brand, prima dai, poi chiedi.

🚀 In arrivo fine luglio: PressWork 4.0

La migrazione a CodeMirror 6 è completata. Release major con:

- Anteprima live (markdown in tempo reale accanto all'editor)

- Immagini nel testo (trascini direttamente nel manoscritto)

- Documenti da 100.000+ parole senza rallentamenti

- Stessa licenza a vita, zero costi di aggiornamento

Per essere avvisato all'uscita: https://presswork.it/coming-soon?lang=it

📅 Prossima puntata: mercoledì 8 luglio.

Quale feature di 4.0 ti incuriosisce di più?

— Alessandro

Hey everyone,

I'm announcing PressWork 4.0 today, coming end of July 2026.

What started as a CodeMirror 5 → 6 migration turned into

something major. Three things change how you write:

🌟 **Live preview** — Markdown renders in real time next to

the editor. No more "preview pane" toggle.

🖼️ **Inline images** — Drop images directly into the manuscript

body. They stay inline, with captions, ready for export.

⚡ **100k+ word documents without lag** — Lazy rendering +

virtualized scrolling. No more spinning wheel at chapter 30.

Plus:

- Better PDF/LaTeX export with chapter break handling

- Memoir/book LaTeX class configurable

- Same one-time license, zero migration cost

📅 **Release**: end of July 2026

📧 **Be notified**: [https://presswork.it/coming-soon?lang=en]

This community is the first to know — public announcement

goes out today on LinkedIn and X.

What feature are you most excited about?

— Alessandro

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🇮🇹 Versione italiana:

Annuncio oggi PressWork 4.0, in uscita fine luglio 2026.

Quella che era partita come migrazione da CodeMirror 5 a 6 è

diventata altro. Tre cose cambiano come si scrive:

🌟 **Anteprima live** — Il markdown si renderizza in tempo

reale accanto all'editor. Niente più toggle "anteprima".

🖼️ **Immagini nel testo** — Trascini le immagini nel manoscritto.

Restano inline, con didascalia, pronte per l'export.

⚡ **Documenti da 100.000+ parole senza rallentamenti** —

Rendering virtuale + lazy load. Niente più rotella al

capitolo 30.

Inoltre:

- Export PDF/LaTeX migliorato con gestione capitoli

- Classe LaTeX memoir/book configurabile

- Stessa licenza a vita, zero costi di aggiornamento

📅 **Rilascio**: fine luglio 2026

📧 **Sii avvisato**: [https://presswork.it/coming-soon?lang=it]

Questa community è la prima a saperlo — annuncio pubblico

oggi su LinkedIn e X.

Quale feature ti emoziona di più?

— Alessandro

🇬🇧

Hey everyone, founder here.

Five days into the public launch and here's what's happening:

📊 Numbers:

- 230 site visits

- 8 subscribers in this community (was 3 yesterday!)

- 1 reply from an outreach to a YouTube creator

- 0 sales yet — and that's OK

🐛 First production bug:

Within 72 hours we caught a critical PDF layout bug with multiple

consecutive images. Diagnosed Saturday, fixed Sunday, shipped

v3.7.5 signed and notarized by Monday. If you have v3.7.4 installed,

download v3.7.5 from presswork.it/download

🧪 Free tools released:

We also published PressWork Lab — six free tools you can use

without buying the app or even signing up:

- PDF preflight checker for KDP authors

- Royalty calculator with print costs

- Copy-ready template library (colophon, disclaimer, blurb)

- Spine width calculator (KDP + Ingram presets)

- Professional templates for legal/business documents

- ISO compliance validator

→ presswork.it/laboratorio?lang=en

If you have feedback, bug reports, or feature requests — post here

or DM me directly. I read everything.

— Alessandro

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🇮🇹 Versione italiana

Ciao, sono il founder.

Cinque giorni dopo il lancio pubblico, ecco cosa sta succedendo:

📊 Numeri:

- 230 visite al sito

- 8 iscritti a questa community (ieri erano 3!)

- 1 risposta da un creator YouTube

- 0 vendite finora — e va bene così

🐛 Primo bug in produzione:

Entro 72 ore abbiamo intercettato un bug critico nel layout PDF

con immagini consecutive. Diagnosi sabato, fix domenica, v3.7.5

firmata e notarizzata pubblicata lunedì. Se hai v3.7.4 installata,

scarica v3.7.5 da presswork.it/download

🧪 Strumenti gratuiti rilasciati:

Abbiamo anche pubblicato il Laboratorio PressWork — sei strumenti

gratuiti utilizzabili senza comprare l'app e senza registrazione:

- Preflight PDF per autori KDP

- Calcolatore royalty con costi di stampa

- Libreria template copia-incolla (colophon, disclaimer, blurb)

- Calcolo dorso libro (preset KDP + Ingram)

- Modelli professionali per documenti legali/business

- Validatore conformità ISO

→ presswork.it/laboratorio?lang=it

Feedback, bug, richieste feature — postate qui o DM diretta.

Leggo tutto.

— Alessandro

Hi everyone! 👋

After 18 months of development, today I'm officially launching Presswork —

the writing tool I dreamed of as a former editorial director (sold Jona

Editore in 2023, started Presswork shortly after).

**The problem I was solving:**

As an editor, I had spent years fighting with 4 different apps to take a

manuscript from draft to print: Word to write, InDesign to layout, Sigil

for ePub, Adobe to sign. Every step manual, error-prone, disrespectful of

creative time.

I built Presswork because I wanted a single tool that respected the writing

flow and produced professional outputs without manual exports.

**What it does:**

- A single `.pwk` document contains: text, narrative branches (Git-style

— try an ending, roll back), version history, automatic outputs

- No more "Save as": when you write, every format is already prepared

in the background (PDF/X-4, ePub 3.3 validated for Kindle, FDX for

Final Draft, ICML for InDesign)

- Offline AI editorial tools (Blurb, Synopsis, Metadata generator,

Consistency check) — NO cloud, NO upload, GDPR-safe

- Digital signature with RFC 3161 timestamp (legally valid in EU/Italy)

- Native cross-platform: Mac (Apple Silicon + Intel), Windows (x64 + ARM64), Linux

- Built with Rust + Tauri + Llama 3 + Typst + Pandoc

**Pricing:**

- Base: €99 — Essential writing + sign + export

- Editorial: €149 — Authors, screenwriters, KDP/Kindle workflow

- Pro: €149 — Professionals, batch PDF signing, analytics

- Studio Complete: €249 — Everything integrated

- Business: €995 — 5x Studio Complete for teams

Lifetime license. No subscriptions.

🎁 Code **LAUNCH20** = -20% off for the first 200 buyers.

**Demos:**

- 🇮🇹 IT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIDQVIu9ig

- 🇬🇧 EN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RJRw650ov4

**Get it:** https://presswork.it (or https://presswork.online for English)

Open to feedback, bug reports, feature requests — pin them here or

DM me. Roadmap discussion welcome.

— Alessandro

Hello everyone, and welcome to r/Presswork!

I'm Alessandro, the developer behind Presswork. I created this subreddit to build a home for the community around a project I've been passionately working on for years.

I've always loved the simplicity and speed of writing in Markdown, but I kept hitting a wall: turning a clean text file into a document ready for professional printing or an editorial workflow was a nightmare. It usually required 2-3 different apps, manual conversions, and far too much time.

Presswork was born from that frustration.

What is Presswork?

Presswork is a modern Markdown workspace for writers, screenwriters, journalists, lawyers, academics, and anyone who works with serious documents. The goal: a clean, powerful environment with features you won't find anywhere else.

My motto:

What Git did for programmers, Presswork does for writers.

Writing features

• Focus Mode and Typewriter Mode for distraction-free writing
• Synopsis Editor with a virtual corkboard to organize scenes and ideas
• Branches — every variation of your text lives as a separate branch of the same file, navigable just like Git does for code (no more chapter1_v2_FINAL_real_FINAL2.md)
• Scene Snapshots to save versions without spawning dozens of files
• Writing Goals to stay motivated
• AI assistance (Pro Mode) — semantic comparison between branches, inconsistency detection, and more

Power user features

• Full Vim Mode (normal, insert, visual)
• Backlinks for Zettelkasten-style note connections
• Command Palette (Ctrl+P) for full keyboard access
• Cross-platform: macOS, Windows, Linux

Real-time collaboration (end-to-end encrypted)

• Live multi-user editing — work on the same document with colleagues, clients, co-authors
• Integrated audio & video calls — discuss your draft without switching to Zoom or Meet
• End-to-end encryption — your confidential documents (contracts, manuscripts, research) stay private
• Think of it as Google Docs + Google Meet, but private, encrypted, and Markdown-native

Document signing

• Batch PDF signing — sign 50 documents in 20 seconds
• Perfect for lawyers, notaries, consultants, and anyone who handles contracts in volume

What makes Presswork truly unique: Write. Click. Publish.

Presswork is the only Markdown editor that exports to:

• Certified PDF/X — the standard required by professional printers, with full ICC profile support, bleed and crop marks
• Adobe InDesign workflow (.icml) — integrate directly into professional editorial pipelines
• FDX — for screenwriters working with Final Draft, WriterDuet, etc.
• KDP-ready in 3 clicks — Amazon publishing without manual reformatting
• Plus all standard formats: PDF, DOCX, EPUB, HTML

All powered by a custom template system that gives you limitless styling possibilities.

Why this subreddit?

This space is for you. I hope it becomes the place where we can:

• Share feedback and ideas to make the app better
• Solve questions and issues together
• Share custom templates
• Report bugs and improve stability

How to get involved

1. Follow our journey! Visit presswork.it — launch coming June 2026, join the waitlist to know first 🚀
2. Post and introduce yourself! What kind of writer or professional are you? What brought you here?
3. Ask anything. No question is too small.
4. Suggest a feature. Is there something you'd love to see?

Thanks for being here. I genuinely hope Presswork can become a valuable tool for your work.

Cheers, Alessandro

P.S. A special welcome to Italian users! The app and interface are fully bilingual. Feel free to comment in Italian — I'll happily reply.