> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.inkwell.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# v1.9.0: The Inkwell Library: your scripts on every device

> Keep a script in your Inkwell Library and open it in the browser and on your Mac, read it on your iPhone or iPad, or keep it as a local file. The Library is free.

> [!NOTE]
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> Released **November 2026** · [Download the latest version](https://inkwell.app/download)

## Highlights

**Your scripts, on every device.** The new **Inkwell Library** keeps a script in your Inkwell account, so the same script is there in the browser editor, in the Mac app, and, read-only, in Inkwell Reader on your iPhone and iPad. Start on your laptop, pick up in the browser, read it on set. There is one copy of each script, so there is nothing to merge. The Library is free.

**Prefer files? Nothing changes.** A script you open from Finder or **File → Open** is a local `.ink` file. It saves to that file, nothing is uploaded, and you don't need an account.

## New

* **The Inkwell Library.** Sign in and your scripts are in one place on every device. A script has exactly one home, your Library or a file on your device, and the window always says which.
* **Add to Library.** Have a file you want everywhere? Choose **Add to Library** and Inkwell makes a separate Library copy and opens it. The file you started from is left exactly as it was.
* **Download a Copy.** Take a Library script back out as an `.ink` file whenever you like. PDF, Final Draft and Fountain are in **File → Export**, as always, and in the browser's Download a Copy.
* **Works offline.** A Library script is cached on your device, so you can keep writing with no connection. It saves to your Library when you are back online.
* **Take over.** Open a script that is being edited on another device and you see it read-only, with **Take over** when you're ready to continue here. One writer at a time keeps your pages from ever being merged behind your back.
* **Recently deleted.** Delete a Library script in the browser editor and it waits for 30 days, so you can bring it back. Choose **Delete now** to remove it right away.
* **A backup folder on your Mac.** Optionally, turn on **Keep backups in a folder** in Settings and Inkwell keeps a `.ink` copy of each Library script there. It is one-way, and off by default.

## Your scripts, protected

Library scripts are stored by Inkwell, encrypted in transit and at rest. They are not end-to-end encrypted, which is what lets the same script open on every device. We commit to five things: we never use your scripts to train AI, no one at Inkwell opens them without your permission, they are encrypted in transit and at rest, you can export them any time, and delete means deleted. Read more on the [Inkwell Library](https://docs.inkwell.app/managing-files/inkwell-library.md) page and in our [Privacy Policy](https://inkwell.app/privacy).

Share Draft is unchanged, and still end-to-end encrypted.

## Improved

* **Moving off encrypted sync is one click.** The older encrypted sync on the Mac is being retired in favor of the Library. It keeps working for scripts you already turned it on for, and opening one offers **Add to Library**. Your `.ink` file stays on your Mac either way.

## In Inkwell Reader 1.4.0

Your Library scripts appear in the Reader on iPhone and iPad, read-only and available offline. See the [Reader release notes](https://docs.inkwell.app/whats-new/whats-new-ios.md).

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> See [all releases](https://docs.inkwell.app/whats-new/overview.md) for the full history.


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