Product direction
Folian helps writers understand, organise and develop their work without taking creative ownership away from them. This roadmap shares direction—not delivery dates. Priorities may evolve based on beta feedback.
What Folian offers today and what we are actively strengthening during beta. Capabilities evolve with writer feedback.
Structured story bible tools to keep long-form work coherent.
Folian’s AI is meant to help with research, development, continuity, analysis and editing—not to write your book for you.
Near-term direction we are already working toward—without fixed release dates.
Richer structured profiles and exports so your bible stays useful outside Folian.
When something changes, Folian should help you understand what else may need attention—without rewriting your novel for you.
Use Folian’s structured project context with tools such as Claude, Codex and other compatible AI clients—on your machine, when you choose.
Longer-term ideas we are exploring. These are direction, not promises—and priorities may shift with beta feedback.
Help you see how story elements connect and where changes may have consequences—including a Continuity Map over time.
Screenplay is a project type today, but the dedicated experience still needs product validation.
Deterministic layout and typography with writer control; AI may assist with setup, not replace your choices.
Exploratory only. Optional cloud capabilities should not remove the local-first foundation.
These principles guide what we build—and what we choose not to build.
Folian should support your decisions rather than make them for you. The manuscript stays yours.
Your project belongs to you. Local storage and portability remain fundamental—not optional extras.
Core writing does not require AI. You choose whether to connect a provider and which keys to use.
Suggestions from Folian or external tools should be reviewable before they become part of your project.
Folian’s strength is understanding your manuscript, canon, characters, timeline and decisions—not flooding you with prose.
You should know where your work lives and be able to export it in useful formats when you need to.