Palimpsa is a writing surface for serious work. Equations inline, tables that don't fight you, real-time collaboration, and a research panel built into the right margin. That's the whole pitch.
A few notes on what it isn't.
It isn't trying to be Google Docs for everyone. We made a small specialist tool for the small set of people who write while citing things. Anyone whose tab list includes three PDFs and an unfinished introduction — that's our user.
It isn't an LLM that finishes your sentences. Palimpsa has no generative AI by design. The research panel forwards your search query to public academic databases; that's the only network call that touches your prose, and it never includes any of the prose itself.
It isn't a Zotero replacement. We manage the citations in the document you're currently writing, not your full library. If you have a Zotero workflow that works, keep it; Palimpsa doesn't fight with it.
We'll publish releases here as they ship. Real-time collaboration landed in April; the research panel earlier this month; sharing, exports, and a settings page are next. RSS at /news/rss.xml.
— Blade