Open Draft Screenwriting

Screenwriting Software

Free

OpenDraft is a free, open-source screenwriting application — a modern alternative to Final Draft. PROFESSIONAL SCREENPLAY FORMATTING Write in industry-standard format with automatic element formatting for scene headings, action, character names, dialogue, and parentheticals. What you see is what you export. REAL-TIME COLLABORATION Co-write with your writing partner in real time with live cursors, just like Google Docs. No account required — just share a link and start writing together. BEAT BOARDS & INDEX CARDS Plan your story visually. Drag and drop scene cards, color-code acts, and restructure your screenplay without losing a single word. VERSION HISTORY Every save is tracked with Git-based version control. Compare drafts side by side, see exactly what changed, and restore any previous version instantly. CHARACTER PROFILES & PRODUCTION TOOLS Build character bibles, track dialogue stats, tag scenes for production, and manage your entire project from one place. EXPORT ANYWHERE Export to PDF, Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain, and plain text. Your work is never locked into a proprietary format. WORKS EVERYWHERE Available on macOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, and Android. Run it as a desktop app or self-host in your browser. WHY OPENDRAFT? - 100% free and open source (MIT license) - No subscription, no cloud lock-in - Works fully offline — no internet required - Privacy-first: no tracking, no analytics - Import from Final Draft, Fountain, and PDF

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New tools for writing, rewriting and sending your script out. BRING YOUR SCRIPTS WITH YOU Import a script you only have as a PDF, or a Highland, WriterDuet or Celtx file. Before a PDF opens, you can check how each line was read and fix several at once. WATERMARKS, PASSWORDS AND SIDES Put CONFIDENTIAL, or each reader's name, on every page, and add a password. Print or export just the scenes an actor needs on their original pages, with the rest crossed out, two pages to a sheet if you like. REPORTS Scene, character, location, cast, breakdown and notes reports, as a spreadsheet or a PDF. REWRITE WITH EASE Rename a character everywhere at once. Read and polish everything one character says in the Dialogue Tuner. Keep other versions of a line or a whole scene beside it and switch between them, from Edit > Alternates. PLAN YOUR STORY Name your plotlines, put scenes in them, and see them all across the script on the Story Timeline. Link Beat Board beats to the scenes that carry them. COMIC BOOK SCRIPTS A new format for comics and graphic novels, with pages and panels numbered for you. NOTES YOU CAN DISCUSS Reply to notes, resolve them, assign them to a collaborator and @mention people. KEEP WRITING Daily goals, timed sprints and a calendar of what you wrote. Focus Mode with typewriter scrolling. Bookmarks, and macros for text you type often.

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    Seller
    Base Information Management Pvt. Ltd.
    Size
    24.9 MB
    Category
    Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPod touch
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Proteus Technologies Pvt. Ltd.