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Open your desk anywhere you write.

Log in on the web, keep it in your Dock, or carry it in your pocket. It's the same desk everywhere, and your books stay in sync between all of them.

Three ways in

One desk. Every screen.

Ready now

On the web

Any computer with a browser. Go to app.saltofthepage.com, type your email, and we send you a one-time code. There's no password to forget.

Log in

Ready now

On your computer

Mac, Windows and Chromebook. Install it from your browser in one click and it gets its own window and its own icon in the Dock or taskbar. It updates itself.

How to install it

App stores coming

On your phone

iPhone, iPad and Android. Add it to your Home Screen today. The App Store and Google Play versions are on the way.

Add it to your phone

On your computer

Put it in your Dock.

It takes about a minute, and it's free with Salt of the Page.

  1. Log in. Open app.saltofthepage.com in Chrome, Edge or Safari and sign in with your email code.
  2. Install it. Go to Settings › Desktop app and choose Install the desktop app. In Safari on a Mac, use File › Add to Dock.
  3. Open it from your Dock. It opens in its own window, keeps you signed in, and picks up new versions on its own.

A downloadable installer for Mac and Windows is coming too. It opens the same desk with the same login, so you can switch any time.

Your computerHow to install
Mac or Windows, ChromeInstall the desktop app in Settings, or the install icon at the right end of the address bar
Windows or Mac, EdgeInstall the desktop app in Settings, or ⋯ › Apps › Install this site as an app
Mac, SafariFile › Add to Dock
ChromebookInstall the desktop app in Settings, or the install icon in the address bar

On your phone

Your book, in your pocket.

iPhone and iPad

Open app.saltofthepage.com in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

Android

Open app.saltofthepage.com in Chrome, tap ⋮, then Install app or Add to Home screen.

App Store and Google Play

Coming. When they arrive you'll log in with the same email, and everything you've written will already be there.

How it stays in sync

Write on one, pick up on another.

Saved on your device first

Every edit is saved where you're typing, so you never wait on the internet to write.

Synced in seconds

When you're online, your changes reach every other device within a few seconds.

Keeps writing offline

On a plane or out on the water, keep going. It catches up as soon as you're back online.

One login everywhere

The same email code works on the web, the desktop app and your phone.

Questions

About getting the app.

Do I need to install anything?

No. You can do everything at app.saltofthepage.com in your browser. The desktop and phone versions are there if you'd like their own icon and window.

How do I log in?

Type your email and we send you a one-time code. There's no password to remember or reset.

Will my books be on every device?

Yes. Everything you write is shared between the web, desktop and phone versions as soon as you're online.

Who can log in right now?

Logins are open to our first authors while we finish getting ready. When you buy Salt of the Page, we set up your login.

Your desk is waiting.

Log in on any screen and pick up right where you left off.

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