The Biggest Update Yet — Every Part of Your Scrivener Project Now Imports, Your Spellchecker Learns Your Words, and Deckle Now Runs Natively on Linux
Deckle today released version 1.4, its most substantial update since launch. The release brings full Scrivener project import — not just the manuscript, but Research, Notes, web pages, and nested folders — alongside a built-in spellchecker that learns your personal vocabulary, native Linux support, and a significant set of editor improvements. As always, the update is free for everyone who already owns Deckle.
“Full Scrivener import and a proper spellchecker were the two things authors asked for most. Both are in this release, and we’ve shipped them the right way — import that actually brings everything across, and a spellchecker that remembers every word you add, forever. Linux support is a bonus that’s been quietly requested since day one.”
Ezzy, co-founder, Deckle
Deckle now imports the complete Scrivener project — Draft, Research, Notes, web pages, and nested folders all come across in one step. For authors who have spent years building out their projects in Scrivener, switching to Deckle no longer means leaving anything behind.
Deckle now ships with its own built-in spellchecker — wavy underlines, right-click suggestions, and a persistent personal dictionary. Add a word once and Deckle remembers it forever, across every project. Character names, invented words, technical terms — they’re yours to keep.
Deckle now ships native packages for Linux — a .deb for Debian and Ubuntu-based systems, and an .rpm for Fedora and RHEL-based systems. Linux authors now have a first-class native desktop writing and publishing app with no workarounds required.
Research and Draft now live in a single unified binder. Drag documents freely between sections, apply colour labels to any folder, and keep your whole project — manuscript and research together — exactly where you need it.
Insert and edit links directly in the editor. They render correctly in the editor and carry through to every export format. Click to open.
Save web pages directly into your Research folder and read them inside Deckle, right alongside your manuscript. No switching to a browser to check your sources.
Open two documents side by side — write Chapter 22 with Chapter 3 open beside it, or keep your outline visible while you draft. Drag the divider to set exactly how much space each pane gets.
New controls in Preferences let you set your preferred line height and text column width. These are purely editor-side settings — they have no effect on your exported book, only on how comfortable the page feels while you write.
Deckle now fully supports variable fonts — the format used by most Google Fonts. Upload a variable font and Deckle automatically generates real Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variants from the font’s own named instances. The bundled font library has also been overhauled with complete, genuine variants throughout.
Bold and italic now work correctly inside every block type — blockquotes, verse, epigraphs, and insets. Format anything, anywhere in your manuscript.
Before every export, Deckle runs a preflight check of your manuscript. External images are fetched and embedded automatically. Any other issues are surfaced clearly before export — nothing fails silently.
Version 1.4 is available now as a free update for everyone who owns Deckle. New writers can get early access for $107 (a one-time payment, rising to $197 at full launch on August 8th), which includes every feature above and all future updates, forever. Deckle now runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and comes with a 30-day, no-questions-asked refund.
Deckle is a desktop writing and publishing app built for independent authors — one place to write, organise, format, and publish a book, for one price, with no subscription. deckle.studio
Ezzy, co-founder
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