Fountain tools

Plain-text screenplay format with many free editors

Source codeNo public repositoryThe source is not in a public repository we can read stars or commits from.

LicenceMIT (format spec)Per the project

Fountain is an open plain-text screenplay format. Free editors and converters (including Highland's free companions, Afterwriting, and editor plugins) let you write screenplays as text and print to PDF.

Fountain is an open plain-text screenplay format with many free editors and converters; there is no single canonical application repository.

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Status	Open source
Licence	MIT (format spec)
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
Category	Screenwriting
Website	fountain.io
Source	No public repository

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