Strut
Strut keeps notes, sources, outlines, and drafts together and applies AI suggestions to selected passages. Journalists, researchers, and other long-form writers can develop and revise manuscripts while retaining control over changes.
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Who it's for
- Journalists organizing quotes, documents, and context alongside reported drafts.
- Researchers developing theses from reading, imported sources, and a structured long-form argument.
- Nonfiction authors and newsletter writers managing work that develops over multiple sessions.
How it fits your workflow
Create a project, then collect rough notes and import sources. Develop an outline or structure and draft in the long-form editor, with project material and the wider manuscript available alongside the current section.
Select a passage and choose an AI operation such as expand, strengthen, or critique. The suggestion appears beside the draft; accept it if it fits, and use the saved version or word-level diff to review changes.
Pricing
Free: A free account includes one project with up to three documents, unlimited notes and version history, imported sources, and AI tokens. The page gives differing token descriptions: 50,000 starter tokens in its FAQ, and 2,000 tokens per day visited up to 80,000 in its main offer.
Free
Free
- · One project with up to three documents
- · Unlimited notes and version history
- · Imported sources
- · The page describes both 50,000 starter AI tokens and a daily allowance of 2,000 tokens up to 80,000; the displayed free-token figures differ.
Pro
Price not stated on the page
- · Removes the stated limits
- · Free trial offered
Prices checked on Oct 10, 2026 from the vendor's site. They can change; confirm before you buy.
Key features
- Connected writing workspace
- Keep notes, imported sources, outlines, chapters, drafts, and version history together in a project.
- Passage-level AI operations
- Use named operations such as expand, outline, strengthen, and critique on selected text, with project material available as context.
- Writer's notebook
- Capture rough notes, fragments, quotations, and questions for development into longer work.
- Long-form editor
- Work on a section while keeping the outline, sources, and full manuscript in view.
- Reviewable AI suggestions
- AI results appear beside the draft; writers can copy, insert, or replace text. Replacements are shown as a word-level diff.
- Version history
- A restorable version is saved before an AI result replaces text, allowing writers to compare and roll back changes.
Limitations to know
- The free account is described as limited to one project and up to three documents.
- The page gives inconsistent descriptions of the free AI-token allowance: 50,000 starter tokens in the FAQ and 2,000 tokens per day visited up to 80,000 in the main offer.
Alternatives to consider
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Skriptr
Choose it if your academic writing workflow specifically needs uploaded-source research with traceable citations and collaborative documents.
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Type
Choose it if your long-form work is primarily creative storytelling such as books, novels, or screenplays.
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Prosed
Choose it if you want to assemble existing newsletters, podcasts, posts, and notes into a manuscript through a staged pipeline.
Getting started
- Try the demo without an account or create a free account.
- Create a project and add notes, sources, and structure.
- Draft in the editor, then select a passage to run an AI operation.
- Review the result beside the draft and decide whether to accept it.
Frequently asked questions
How is Strut different from a chatbot?
The page says Strut provides named operations that run on a selected passage and use notes and sources already in the project, rather than starting each session without project context.
Does Strut write the piece for me?
No. Results appear beside the draft and only become part of it when accepted. Replacements are shown as a word-level diff, and a version is saved first.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The page describes a free account with one project, up to three documents, unlimited notes and version history, imported sources, and starter AI tokens. It says no card is needed to start.
What kind of writing is Strut for?
The page lists work that takes more than one sitting, including essays, articles, reports, theses, newsletters, and book manuscripts.
Can I get my writing out of Strut?
Yes. Documents can be exported as PDF, Word, Markdown, or plain text.