Ulysses

Ulysses is a highly popular, award-winning text and document management application designed for long-form, professional writing. It is exclusively built for the Apple ecosystem.

It’s favored by writers of books, screenplays, long articles, and academic papers because it blends a minimal, distraction-free editor with powerful organization and export tools.

Key Features of Ulysses

Distraction-Free Editor: Ulysses uses a markup-based editor (similar to Markdown) that allows you to format text (like headings, bold, and lists) using simple keyboard symbols rather than toolbars, helping you stay focused on the content.

Unified Library: All your writing is stored in a single, unified library that seamlessly syncs across all your Apple devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone) via iCloud.

Sheet/Project Structure: It breaks down long projects (like a novel or thesis) into small, manageable text files called "sheets," which can be easily dragged, dropped, and rearranged within the app's binder.

Revision Mode & Text Check: Includes an integrated grammar and style checker that provides suggestions for over 20 languages, analyzing text for capitalization, punctuation, style, and redundancy.

Direct Publishing: You can publish your finished work directly to popular blogging platforms, including:

• WordPress
• Ghost
• Medium
• Micro.blog
• Flexible Export: Ulysses can compile your sheets and export the final document into various formats, including beautiful PDFs, DOCX (Word), ePub (eBooks), and HTML.
• LaTeX Support: Newer versions support writing and previewing complex equations using LaTeX, which is crucial for academic or technical writing.