Changelog — Charc

v0.2 June 2026

Sync, sharing, AI context & interface polish

Cross-device sync, project sharing, and an overhauled reference panel. Plus AI browser tool support and a full redesign of the preferences and document settings panels.

New

Cross-device sync — sign in to keep your projects in sync across browsers and devices.
Project sharing — share a project with another Charc user by email. Shared projects appear in their sidebar with a shared badge.
Account management page — view your plan, manage your subscription, and update your email or password.
AI Context — Charc can now expose your project structure to AI browser tools like Claude in Chrome via a hidden, machine-readable section in the page. Includes your outline, characters, places, and phase notes. Your data never leaves your browser — it is only visible to tools running in the same window. An optional full manuscript prose mode is also available. Toggle both on or off in Preferences.
Auto chapter word targets — chapters now show a calculated default target based on your project word goal divided by chapter count. Progress bars fill in automatically as you build your outline, with no manual target-setting required. Individual chapters can still be overridden.
Template word targets — the new project form sets a sensible default word target when you pick a template, with hint text that updates per template.

Improved

Reference panel — fully overhauled with consistent edge treatment, border depth, and inset shadow across all themes.
Inspector panels — front matter and charts inspectors updated with matching border and shadow treatment. The front matter inspector header now correctly renders its left border in the daylight theme.
Preferences panel — General and Custom Appearance tabs redesigned from flat column layouts into a 3-column card grid. Settings grouped into labelled cards throughout.
Document settings panel — redesigned from a 4-column console layout into a 3-column card grid with sub-section dividers.

Fixed

Entity sidebar showed a 1px border seam when collapsed to zero width.

v0.1 March 2026

Initial release

Charc launches. A free writing workspace for novelists — outline, draft, track progress, and compile, all in the browser with no download required.

New

Manuscript editor — rich-text prose editor with manuscript and page view modes, scene-level editing, focus mode, and revision tracking.
Outline — hierarchical act / chapter / scene structure with drag-and-drop reordering, synopses, POV, and draft status per scene.
Characters & Places tabs — sketch pages with custom field blocks, text sections, and images for every character and location.
Progress page — phase-based word count tracking with per-chapter and per-act progress bars.
Drafts — save full manuscript snapshots on demand and compare any two drafts side by side.
Scrap pile — cut content is never deleted, always retrievable from the scrap pile tab.
Export — compile to PDF or export to JSON for backup and import.