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The French-first writing studio that knows when to be silent.

No suggestion. No completion. Not a byte of your text sent to any model. When your editor respects your voice, your voice can be heard. Extypis, in AI-free mode, is the narrative studio you were looking for — without the noise you were running from.

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  • No transmission to any generative model
  • Made in France, GDPR-native
  • Free, no credit card

Six promises we commit to

Will my text be used to train a model?

Never. Not a line, not a sentence, not a word.

AI-free mode cuts every request to any AI provider at the root. Your chapters, sheets, drafts stay strictly on our European servers — never transmitted to a third-party model.

How do I show a jury how my manuscript was written?

With a signed “human origin” certificate, checked by QR code.

In every project, Extypis records where each character comes from while you write, and its server timestamps your writing time. The jury scans the certificate's QR code and checks on our site that the manuscript they received is the one that was certified.

Can the editor really hold a long project without AI?

Visual outline, sheets, @mentions, mind map — no AI involved.

Tableau de scènes, dedicated sheets, mention system, mind map, drag-and-drop narrative plan. The whole architecture of a 500,000-word novel — no generative model required.

What about proofreading quality without AI?

Deterministic tools, transparent, no surprises.

Repetition detection, passive voice, readability, syllable counting for poetry, word stats — purely algorithmic analyses. No model to hallucinate, no suggestion to drift.

Will my manuscript come out ready to submit?

Book-quality PDF, EPUB, DOCX, LaTeX, Markdown — one click.

Title page, front matter, APA/MLA/Chicago citations, footnotes, bibliography. Everything that makes a manuscript ready for an editor or jury. No AI engine in the export chain.

And the day-to-day writing experience?

Zen mode, shortcuts, autosave — the editor disappears behind the text.

No ghost cursor, no side suggestion, no bubble offering. You type, the editor saves. That's it. The absolute silence needed to really write alone.

From the first sentence to the delivered manuscript — in silence.

Everything purist authors have been searching for since 2022, in a single French-first software.

  1. Turn AI-free mode on with a single click

    One button, at the top of the home page. Every AI tool disappears instantly from the interface: buttons, suggestions, credit badges, panels. The editor becomes a traditional text editor. Reversible at any time, but never by accident.

  2. Build the narrative architecture

    Characters, locations, events, objects, conflicts, themes — each gets its dedicated sheet, linked to your text by a simple @mention. Your world at a glance in the mind map, rearranged with one drag in the scene board. No generation, just organization.

  3. Write in zen mode, with no interference

    Zen mode collapses the side panels, leaving only the text. No suggestion bubble, no ghost cursor, no button offering. You type, the editor autosaves. Concentration becomes possible again.

  4. Proofread with deterministic tools

    Repetition detection, passive voice highlighting, readability score, syllable counter for poetry, real-time stats. Purely algorithmic analyses, transparent, reproducible. No hallucinating model.

  5. Attach a “human origin” certificate to your submissions

    In every project, Extypis records where each character comes from (typed, pasted, imported) and its server timestamps your writing time. You download a signed certificate whose QR code lets a publisher, a jury or a committee check the text they received.

  6. Deliver a manuscript ready to submit

    Title page, dedication, epigraph, foreword, afterword, front matter, APA/MLA/Chicago citations, footnotes, bibliography. Clean export to book-quality PDF, EPUB, DOCX, LaTeX or Markdown — no tinkering, no regret.

The narrative studio you were looking for, without the engine you were avoiding.

Extypis AI-free mode is three simultaneous commitments. No dead end, no feature lost compared to traditional tools — only the owned absence of the generative engine.

Everything to hold an ambitious novel together.

Visual outline, scene board, dedicated sheets (characters, locations, events, themes), cross-document @mentions, mind map, non-linear writing, version tracking, word goals. No French tool covers this scope without forcing AI.

  • Structured narrative plan
  • Non-linear writing
  • Narrative-elements radar
  • Narrative element cards
  • Scene Board

Proofreading without a model, without surprises, without drift.

Repetition detection, passive voice, readability, syllable counter for poetry, connector analysis, real-time stats, built-in French dictionary. Everything to keep a text tight — sending nothing to any generative model.

  • Readability score
  • Syllable analysis
  • Repetition detection
  • Connector analysis
  • Passive voice detection
  • Dictionary
  • Real-time statistics

The manuscript comes out clean, with its “human origin” certificate.

Title page, front matter, APA/MLA/Chicago citations, footnotes, bibliography, export to book-quality PDF, EPUB, DOCX, LaTeX, Markdown. The signed “human origin” certificate goes with the submission, and its QR code lets anyone check the text received.

  • “Human origin” certificate
  • Snapshots (versions)
  • Front matter and back matter
  • Bibliographic citations
  • Footnotes
  • Publication-quality PDF export
  • Multi-format export
Read how certification works

The actual pains of authors who refuse AI in 2026.

Statistics sourced from Author's Guild and Publishers Weekly. The current ecosystem pushes AI, but a growing share of authors resists — without always finding the tool that truly allows it.

Why do my writing tools force AI on me everywhere?

SaaS editors bet on AI everywhere, by default. Disabling generative features is rarely an option, let alone in one click. And even when you do, background calls sometimes keep running.

Extypis's answer

Extypis is the only French-first writing tool with a strict AI-free mode, accessible from the home page. When it's on, no request is sent to any generative model. Not in the background, not on hover, never.

How can I preserve my voice without a model creeping in?

Reading suggestions is already reacting. Recent studies show that authors exposed to AI suggestions drift insensibly toward an average, smooth, post-hoc personalized voice. The original voice erodes.

Extypis's answer

In AI-free mode, the editor shows no suggestion, no completion, no bubble. Not a word you wouldn't have thought of alone. Your voice stays yours, free of cognitive contamination.

How do I show a publisher or a jury that I wrote my text?

AI detectors judge a finished text and are often wrong: in 2023, seven detectors tested by a Stanford team classified 61% of essays by non-native English writers as written by AI. A false positive can cost a publication, a prize or a degree.

Extypis's answer

Extypis records where each character comes from as you write and gives you a signed “human origin” certificate: writing time attested by the server, the share of the text typed, pasted or imported, and a verification QR code. You answer an estimate with facts anyone can check.

Is there a modern AI-free tool fit for long projects?

Ulysses and iA Writer are Mac/iOS only. Scrivener has a dated design and fragile iCloud sync. Novlr lacks narrative depth. No modern French-first tool occupies this lane — until now.

Extypis's answer

Extypis runs in the browser, on all systems (macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android). Full narrative studio, built-in French dictionary, GDPR-native, data in Europe. One platform, one owned stance.

How do I keep a fresh eye on my text without AI to reread it?

After six months, you can't see your text anymore. But asking an AI to reread it already accepts that it manipulates it — and that part of it goes through a third-party model. You want the fresh eye without the transmission.

Extypis's answer

Extypis's linguistic analysis tools are deterministic and local: repetitions, passive voice, readability, meter, stats. No network call, no transmission. You see your weak signals without giving up a single line to a model.

My institution forbids any AI: can a tool really guarantee zero?

Academic integrity policies are getting stricter. Some institutions now require a sworn declaration of AI non-use, sometimes technical proof. Ticking a box in the settings is no longer enough.

Extypis's answer

Extypis AI-free mode is a complete cut: interface, network requests, processing. You can affirm it technically. The “human origin” certificate adds verifiable facts: the share of the text typed in Extypis, the writing time attested by the server, and a QR code your institution scans to check the text you hand in.

AI-free mode is free

The full narrative studio, deterministic proofreading tools, professional exports and timestamped snapshots are included in the free plan. No credit card, no time limit.

Questions an anti-AI author asks before stepping in.

Is AI-free mode a real cut or just hidden UI?

It's a real technical cut. No network request to any model provider is sent — not in the background, not on hover, not on a user action. The mode masks AND disables every AI execution path.

What about analysis tools — repetitions, readability, syllables?

They all stay available and work without sending a word out. These are deterministic linguistic analyses, run in your browser. No generative model, no transmission.

Does the editor really hold the distance on a long manuscript?

Yes. We've pushed the editor beyond 500,000 words with no loss of fluidity. Each chapter is an independent document but the tree keeps everything coherent: cross-search, global stats, drag-and-drop reordering.

How much does staying in AI-free mode all the time cost?

Nothing. AI-free mode is included in the free plan, with no time limit. You only pay if you want to unlock premium AI features — which is never needed in AI-free mode.

Where does my data stay?

On our European servers, GDPR-compliant. No data is transmitted to any generative model provider when AI-free mode is active. Exports are generated locally.

Can I turn it on and off, or is it permanent?

Reversible in one click, as many times as you want. The preference syncs across all your devices. But as long as it's on, no AI feature is reachable or executed.

Can a jury or committee check how my manuscript was written?

Yes, with the “human origin” certificate. It shows the share of the text typed in Extypis, pasted or imported, and the writing time attested by our server; its QR code opens a page where the jury compares the manuscript received with the certified text. It attests typing and does not say where ideas come from: a text retyped by hand from another screen counts as typed.

Start now — in silence.

Create a free account, turn on AI-free mode at the top of the page, open your editor. Twenty seconds to find the calm of writing alone again.

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