A free, open-source alternative to Draftsmith HQ. They charge $19/mo.
Free
Draft Table
Long-form drafting with version history, written to plain files in a git repo you control.
Teardown
3 parts, wired together
- 01CodeMirrorTODO — handles the editor, folding and word-count gutter.
- 02isomorphic-gitTODO — commits each save so history is real git history.
- 03Claude APITODO — does the optional line-edit pass, on your key.
What it does
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Draft Table covers the one job Draftsmith HQ charges $19/mo for, and stops there. It runs on your own machine or your own hosting, against your own key, so the running cost is whatever the underlying API charges and nothing on top.
TODO — describe the actual loop the tool handles here.
Run it yourself
Bring your own API key. Three commands from clone to running.
$ git clone https://github.com/rebuiltlabs/draft-table.git$ cd draft-table && npm install$ cp .env.example .env # add your own API keyWhat I cut
Where it stops short of Draftsmith HQ
- TODO — no real-time collaboration; one writer at a time.
- TODO — no comment threads on selections.
- TODO — export is markdown and PDF, not .docx.