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Requires Google Chrome, Google Drive? No thanks...
Works fine in firefox for me. And interestingly, the pwa features still work even though firefox doesn't have first class support for it, meaning you can even access this "website" fully offline after you visit it once.
It doesn't require either of those, google docs integration is entirely optional.
I'm only going by what the website says, if I click "how to install": https://wavemaker.co.uk/blog/how-to-install-a-pwa/ there's no mention here of it working with Firefox or relevant instructions (same as in the FAQ), and if I go to https://wavemaker.cards/ there's no obvious way of installing it and it's heavily promoting Google Drive.
I'm also not sure it's FOSS, this page makes reference to "Open sourcing the code for the older versions" which seems half-hearted at best and I've not found any code yet.
Even if I'm wrong about all of the above I'm still put-off by the Google-centric focus of it all.
Firefox requires this addon to install PWA's onto the system, unfortunately. But the application can be used from any browser if you don't mind using it there.
The source code is available here, and though he mentions only open-sourcing the old version, Version 4 (the latest) appears to be available there under the MIT license.
The Google docs integration is, AFAIK, only there if you want to access your document from anywhere and any device. Otherwise it works perfectly well standalone, allowing you to save your document in either wavemaker format or as a .doc.
It works fine in (Android) Firefox, and supports loading from/saving to local files.
I can't imagine wanting to write a book on my phone though.
Definitely not on a phone, but Android tablets with a keyboard can make decent typing devices.