Crysta: A cross-platform desktop and mobile writing environment for novelists outlining books using the Snowflake Method. Features bilingual (English/Arabic) support, dynamic RTL/LTR layout transitions, and offline SQLite storage.
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Hi Product Hunt! I’m Rubar, the creator of Crysta.
I built Crysta because I wanted a clean, modern writing tool that doesn't just act as a typewriter, but actively helps writers outline their books using the Snowflake method.
It's built with Rust (Tauri) and React, which makes it extremely fast and lightweight. It's completely open-source and respects user privacy. I’d love to hear your feedback and feature requests!"
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The bilingual RTL/LTR handling sounds genuinely thoughtful for novelists working in both languages. One thing that would really help during outlining is a side-by-side comparison view for parallel scenes, so you can see how a chapter's beats translate between English and Arabic drafts without flipping back and forth. Would love that as an option.
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@saniye824360 I didn't quite get it what you meant. If you mean working on two books at the same, the solution is that you can start two instances of Crysta. And if you mean two chapters from the same book, i don't know how a chapter will be in arabic and another one in english? could you please explain more? thanks for you time.
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One thing I'd love to see is a dedicated distraction-free typewriter mode that hides the outline tree and shows only the scene text, with a soft background and ambient sounds toggle. Would make long drafting sessions way easier to sink into.
The bilingual RTL/LTR handling sounds genuinely thoughtful for novelists working in both languages. One thing that would really help during outlining is a side-by-side comparison view for parallel scenes, so you can see how a chapter's beats translate between English and Arabic drafts without flipping back and forth. Would love that as an option.
@saniye824360 I didn't quite get it what you meant. If you mean working on two books at the same, the solution is that you can start two instances of Crysta. And if you mean two chapters from the same book, i don't know how a chapter will be in arabic and another one in english? could you please explain more? thanks for you time.
One thing I'd love to see is a dedicated distraction-free typewriter mode that hides the outline tree and shows only the scene text, with a soft background and ambient sounds toggle. Would make long drafting sessions way easier to sink into.
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Just look where i am while i am replying to you. i am working on it.