Account
Writer Studio is local-first and works forever with no account. An account is optional — it is a service identity, never a writing identity. Your projects live on your disk whether you are signed in or not, and the app never asks you to sign in to write.
What an account is for
An account exists only for the services around the app:
- Sharing a draft with beta readers (see Share a draft).
- Associating a feedback report with your account (see Feedback). Sending feedback works without one.
- Using Authr AI, the AI provider that runs on our servers. It needs an active Authr Plus subscription (see AI Assistant). Other AI providers (bring-your-own-key, Ollama) still need no account.
Those are the only places an account is even mentioned. Nothing nags you about it.
Where to find it
The account lives in its own Activity Bar entry, not in Settings: who you are, sign in, sign out. When you are signed out, it offers to sign in or register; when you are signed in, it shows your name and a sign-out button.
Register
Open the account entry and choose Register.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Shown in the app |
| Your sign-in address | |
| Password | Your sign-in secret |
Choose Create account. If the email is already registered, you are offered to sign in instead.
Sign in
Open the account entry, choose Log in, enter your email and password.
Sign out
Open the account entry and choose Log out. Signing out deletes the local session on this device and changes nothing about your projects — no content, settings, history, or statistics move. The account-bound services (sharing, associating feedback reports with your account) become unavailable until you sign in again.
What needs an account
| Feature | Account needed |
|---|---|
| Writing books and scenes | No |
| The Book Wiki, characters, search | No |
| The AI assistant (BYOK providers, Ollama) | No |
| Safety, history, backups | No |
| Sending feedback | No |
| Sharing a draft with readers | Yes |
| Associating a feedback report with your account | Yes |
| Using the Authr AI managed provider | Yes |
Your credentials stay on this device
Your sign-in session is a device-level secret. It is never written into your project folder, your exports, your backups, or any copy of a project. Copy a project to another machine and it carries none of your account — only your book.