Palimpsest
Palimpsest is conceived as a dedicated workspace engineered to eliminate the friction of comparing document drafts, spreadsheets, and creative project assets. Rather than forcing users to flip between disconnected windows or parse obscure file naming schemes, the software establishes an intuitive spatial environment where revisions sit side by side in legible horizontal stacks.
By anchoring annotations and contextual remarks directly to the differences between files, teams can reconstruct the rationale behind every modification and navigate project history with complete confidence.
Design principles.
Keep every version
Project history should never be destructive or hidden behind opaque archive folders. Palimpsest retains every draft in an accessible horizontal lineage, allowing instant regression and comparison without manual backups.
Review in one place
Scrutinizing modifications across text, tables, and media requires a consolidated inspection canvas. The workspace aligns disparate files on a unified grid, highlighting additions, removals, and structural shifts side by side.
Keep notes with the change
Comments that live apart from the text quickly lose context. Palimpsest ties reviewer remarks, editorial debates, and change approvals directly to the specific diff fragments they describe.