I wrote in Scrivener for years, moved my notes and research into Obsidian, and used the Longform plugin until I hit its edges. Rather than going back to a separate writing app, I built Quire.The parts that were interesting to build:- A Scrivenings-style combined editor: It stitches many scene files into one editable document and round-trips every edit back to the right file, including conflict handling for edits that arrive from sync while a session is open.- A compile pipeline of pure steps: User-written steps run sandboxed- Plain Markdown storage where one index file s frontmatter is the source of truth: No database, and the vault stays portable; uninstall and your manuscript is still just notes.It s paid and closed-source, which is what funds maintenance. The docs give a better overview of how it works.It s local-first: no telemetry, and scene text never leaves the machine; a license check and a GitHub version ping are the only network calls. Desktop only for now.