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Screenwriting

lottie – terminal-based Fountain screenplay editor

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

lottie is a terminal-based Fountain screenplay editor with autocompletion, scene navigation, focus modes and text export.

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Story Architect – writing environment for screenplays and novels

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Story Architect supports screenplays, novels, plays and comics with structured documents, planning tools and manuscript templates.

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Screenplain – convert Fountain screenplays to formatted documents

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Screenplain converts Fountain screenplays to PDF, HTML and Final Draft XML documents through its command-line tool or Python library.

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Afterwriting – post-processing tools for Fountain screenplays

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Afterwriting converts Fountain screenplays to PDF and provides dialogue statistics, scene analysis and Final Draft import tools.

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Screenwriter-mode – screenplay writing extension for Emacs

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Screenwriter-mode adds script editing to Emacs with plain-text scenes, title pages, character reports and location tools.

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Barefoot – command-line Fountain screenplay converter

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Barefoot converts Fountain screenplay files into formatted plain text from a Unix terminal for printing and further processing.

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Pago – terminal-based screenwriting plugin for Vim

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Pago adds screenplay formatting to Vim with automatic indentation, element navigation, capitalisation and estimated page counts.

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Trelby – feature-rich screenwriting program

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Trelby is a screenplay editor with automatic formatting, multiple writing views, character reports, script comparison and PDF output.

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KIT Scenarist – screenplay editor and story planning environment

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

KIT Scenarist is a discontinued screenwriting environment with a corkboard, research tools, script formatting and production reports.

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Screenwriting

obsidian-fountain – Fountain screenplay editing for Obsidian

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

obsidian-fountain adds screenplay formatting to Obsidian with Fountain syntax highlighting, Markdown notes and adjustable CSS styles.

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Linux at Home - Creative Writing with Linux

Linux at Home: Creative Writing with Linux

January 13, 2021 John O'Donnell Software

Now is a great time to take up a new hobby. How about spending your time penning a classic novel or screenplay?

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