FlowShift // Document Forge

🎯 Perfect for Creators & Enterprises

A versatile instrument for diverse professional fields

📋 What You Can Create

From technical documentation to creative projects

🏭 Industry	⚙️ Instructions & Guides	📄 Technical Manuals
	🔧 Machine Inspection Reports	📋 Maintenance & Safety
🏦 Finance	📊 Reports & Whitepapers	🏦 Loan Confirmations
	✅ Task Lists	📈 Quarterly Reports
🎨 Creative	🌐 Simple Websites	🎓 Tutorials & Learning Materials
	📚 eBooks & Posters	📱 Prototypes & Mockups
📋 Office	📝 Meeting Minutes	📋 Checklists
	💳 Business Cards	📅 Planners & Schedules

🔍 Why FlowShift?

Static PDFs vs. Live Engineering Logic: A direct comparison

Aspect	Plain PDF	FlowShift Document
Format	Final format – finished, closed	✅ Source (Markdown/HTML) + remains editable
Editability	Requires special software – often recreate	✅ Always editable in the editor
Traceability	Black box – how was it created?	✅ Transparent + generated from text
Reusability	Usually a dead end	✅ Source remains editable Export anytime (PDF, HTML, print)

🖼️ Visual Preview

A glimpse into the high-precision interface and the Sovereign Workspace

✨ Key Features

The engine room for those who want to end „Layout Roulette“ for good

✅ ISO‑compliant Export	A4, Letter, Web – High-fidelity HTML & PDF output.
✅ Smart PDFs	Searchable, selectable, and structurally clean – fully editable in Adobe Acrobat, InDesign & Co.
✅ Source Swap & Highlight	Flicker-free real-time rendering via WebKit injection with Syntax Highlighting for code clarity.
🚀 Auto-Focus Navigation	Disruptive Milestone: A click in the WebKit preview triggers the editor to instantly jump and autoselect the source line. Immediate editing without searching.
✅ Smart Formatting	One-click Auto‑Fix for Markdown, HTML, and CSS to ensure perfect structural integrity (Ctrl+Shift+F).
✅ Global Precision Engine	Full I18n & L10n support with automatic locale detection. Smart date/time patterns align with regional standards (ISO/DIN vs. US/ANSI) automatically. 🆕 Smart YAML-Sync: The engine intelligently preserves manual YAML overrides while providing sensible system-based defaults for seamless international workflows.
✅ CSS Forge & Design Inspector	High-performance styling engine leveraging Full HTML5 & CSS Grid. If the web can do it, your document can do it – zero design obstacles. 🆕 DOM Hierarchy Inspector: Instantly identifies missing classes and reveals element nesting. Explore the live DOM tree to master how your CSS interacts with the core structure.
✅ Collision‑Free Styling	User-defined CSS is strictly isolated via Layered Namespaces. Style your document with absolute freedom without ever affecting the editor's core UI.
✅ Diagnostic Linter & Radar	Real-time structural validation with High‑Fidelity Inline Popups. The global Status-Bar Summary tracks the most frequent issues and provides intelligent corrective tips for an error-free workflow.
✅ Precision Slicer Engine	Physical 3.78 px/mm geometry for true‑to‑scale 1:1 rendering. Includes a 0.5mm 'Anxiety Deduction' to guarantee pixel-perfect PDF exports without layout fragmentation or unwanted blank pages. Automated logic meets manual page-break overrides for absolute control.
✅ Custom Placeholders	Minimalist YAML-based data injection for dynamic templates and automated document generation.

🗺️ Roadmap & Planned Features

⏳ Data‑Driven Documents	Automated placeholder filling from CSV, Excel or JSON – for mail merges, reports and contracts (planned)
⏳ Batch Processing	Generate multiple documents in one run – e.g. monthly reports, invoices, mail merges (planned)
⏳ API Access	Document generation via REST API – for integration into custom workflows (planned)

🧠 Core Philosophy

Principle	Description
Sovereignty	Absolute control over data and design. Your document, your law.
Efficiency	Maximum intellectual output. No bloat. No waiting.
Precision	Pixel‑perfect rendering for A4, PDF, and Web.

The FlowShift Editor transforms complex ideas into perfectly formatted documents,
built for professionals who demand absolute mastery over their data.
A local, data‑sovereign alternative to cloud systems.

📄 Supported Document Formats

ISO/DIN A-Series (International)

Format	Dimensions	Use Case
A0	841 × 1189 mm	Posters, technical drawings
A1	594 × 841 mm	Posters, flip charts
A2	420 × 594 mm	Presentations, newspapers
A3	297 × 420 mm	Magazines, diagrams
A4 Portrait	210 × 297 mm	Letters, reports, forms
A4 Landscape	297 × 210 mm	Wide format presentations
A5 Portrait	148 × 210 mm	Brochures, notepads
A5 Landscape	210 × 148 mm	Folded brochures
A6	105 × 148 mm	Postcards, flyers

📌 US/ANSI Standards (North America) [click to expand]

Format	Dimensions	Use Case
Letter	215.9 × 279.4 mm	Business correspondence
Legal	215.9 × 355.6 mm	Legal documents, contracts
Tabloid	279.4 × 431.8 mm	Newspapers, ledgers
Executive	184.15 × 266.7 mm	Government documents

🎴 Special Formats [click to expand]

Format	Dimensions	Use Case
Business Card (EU)	85 × 55 mm	European standard cards
Business Card (US)	89 × 51 mm	US standard cards
Credit Card (ID-1)	85.6 × 53.98 mm	Payment cards, IDs

🌐 Web & Screen Formats [click to expand]

Format	Dimensions	Use Case
Web Wide	100% width	Responsive web content
Web Reading	800px width	Optimized reading view
Social Square	200 × 200 mm	Social media graphics

🏗️ Technical Foundation

Engineered with Java 23 & Apache Maven, FlowShift combines the stability of a native desktop powerhouse with the infinite styling possibilities of modern web technologies.

Component	Technology
Build System	Apache Maven (Lifecycle & Dependency Management)
Engine & Runtime	JavaSE-23 (Zulu) with integrated JavaFX (WebKit Core, FXML)
Markdown Core	Flexmark-Java v0.64.8 (Ext: YAML, Tables, Attributes)
Rich Text	RichTextFX v0.11.7
CSS Architecture	Layered DOM Hierarchy (Isolated .workspace / .page / .content namespaces)
Coordinate System	Physical-to-Digital Mapping (3.78 px/mm @ 96 DPI for true-to-scale 1:1 rendering)

📬 Early Access Program 2026

💬 Contact & Legal