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title: "Draftside — Open Source, Offline AI Writing Editor"
description: "Draftside is an open source writing editor that runs 100% offline. Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano powers inline completions, rewrites, alternate phrasing, and draft classification — all on your device, without a model backend."
url: "https://draftside.ai/"
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Open source · 100% offline · Local AI

# Draftside

An open source writing editor that runs entirely in your browser. Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano powers inline completions, rewrites, alternate phrasing, translation, and draft classification — all on your device.

- [Start writing](https://draftside.ai/write/)
- [View on GitHub](https://github.com/seeARMS/draftside)

No account. No API key. No backend AI. 100% free & open source.

Why it exists

## AI help that stays beside the draft, not above it.

### 100% offline. Always.

Drafts live in your browser's storage. Install Draftside as a PWA and keep writing on a plane, in a tunnel, or anywhere there's no network.

### On-device Gemini Nano

Chrome runs the model on your machine. No API keys, no rate limits, no backend model calls. Your draft never leaves the tab.

### An assistant, not just autocomplete

Chat with the draft, translate selections to another language, transcribe a voice note, or ask the local model to read what you've written and name its form, intent, stance, and friction. Every pass runs in the tab.

### Suggestions, not interruptions

Pause briefly and Draftside offers a faint continuation. Highlight a phrase to swap in alternate wording. Tab to accept, keep typing to ignore.

### A vault, sealed to your passkey

Move sensitive drafts into a Private Vault encrypted on this device. Touch ID, Windows Hello, or a hardware key unlocks them. There's no password to phish, no key on a server, and a one-time recovery code in case you lose the device.

## Open a blank page with a useful edge.

Draftside is built for notes, essays, posts, and any draft that benefits from a second pass without leaving the writing flow. Open source, no account, runs in your browser. Open it and start typing.

[Start writing](https://draftside.ai/write/)

Made by [Colin Armstrong](https://armstr.ng).