Account & License

Your account

Scriptorium uses a simple email + password account. It exists to manage your license. Your writing is not stored in your account — it lives on your device.

Signing up with an email address and password needs a 6-digit code we email you. The account can’t be used until the code is entered, which is what stops somebody registering an account against your address.
Codes last 10 minutes; ask for a new one from the same screen if yours runs out. Signing up with Google needs no code — Google has already confirmed the address.
You stay signed in; sessions refresh automatically.
Account data is hosted in Europe and protected under GDPR.

Trial, purchase, license

Signing up starts a 30-day free trial with every feature unlocked.
Scriptorium is a one-time purchase — lifetime access, free updates, no subscription. One purchase covers macOS, Windows, and Linux.
To buy: click the upgrade prompt in the app. Checkout opens in your web browser; once you complete payment, the app detects it automatically and unlocks within seconds.

Working offline

Once you’ve bought Scriptorium, your licence is stored on your computer, and it doesn’t expire. You don’t need to be online, or even signed in, to keep writing:

Go as long as you like without a connection — months, years — and your work stays fully editable.
If your sign-in lapses while you’re away, Scriptorium keeps going on the licence instead of asking for your password. The account screen will say it’s running on this device’s licence.
Sign in again whenever you want to manage your account or download an invoice. Nothing is lost in the meantime.

Signing out doesn’t remove your licence either — it stays with the computer you bought it for.

Very occasionally Scriptorium may not be able to confirm the licence on your device — usually after an update. When that happens it goes read-only rather than locking you out: everything you’ve written is still there, still readable, and still exports. Connecting to the internet once puts it right.

Read-only mode

Sometimes a page is read-only. The two reasons:

The item is in the Trash — a red banner offers Restore or Delete.
Your trial has expired — all your work remains on your device and fully readable; editing re-enables the moment you purchase.

Being offline is not one of the reasons. If you’ve purchased, Scriptorium stays editable with no connection at all.

In read-only mode, toolbars and edit controls are hidden and auto-save is off — nothing can change your content accidentally.