WaveMaker
Novel & long-form writingBrowser-based novel planner and writer with cards and manuscript view
- Stars
- ★ 19
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Updated
Manuskript
Open-source novel organiser with outliner, index cards and story line
★ Stars2.5k2,455 on GitHub
Last commit1 Sept 2026
LicenceGPL-3.0SPDX, from the repository
View on GitHub ↗
From GitHub, fetched 19 Oct 2026.
Manuskript is a free novel-writing studio for Windows, macOS and Linux. It gives you an outliner, index-card corkboard, character and plot sheets, and a distraction-free editor. Projects save as plain files you control.
Free alternative to
In collections
Related tools
LivingWriter
Novel & long-form writingCloud manuscript app with outlining, boards and collaboration
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Status
- Freemium
novelWriter
Novel & long-form writingMarkdown novel editor with a project tree and plain-text storage
- Stars
- ★ 3.2k
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Updated
bibisco
Novel & long-form writingNovel-writing app focused on characters and architecture of the story
- Stars
- ★ 770
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Updated
Aeon Timeline
Worldbuilding & plottingTimeline app for stories, series and research chronology
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Status
- Proprietary
Campfire Writing
Worldbuilding & plottingModular worldbuilding and writing suite for fiction authors
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Status
- Freemium
Alternative to World Anvil, Plottr