🔃 Related Projects
Obsidian Plugins
Section titled “Obsidian Plugins”- Obsidian Fountain plugin
- newer plugin, different philosophy
- turns Obsidian into a pure Fountain writing app, instead of hybrid with markdown
- has index cards, readonly view, export to PDF
External Tools
Section titled “External Tools”Apps for writing/exporting Fountain
Section titled “Apps for writing/exporting Fountain”-
- Made by the creator of Fountain.
- Features its own text editor app, WYSIWYG, “Revision Mode” and analysis tools.
- Since everything is wrapped in a nice bow, it’s probably the best Fountain-writing app if you’re not technical.
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Final Draft
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betterfountain
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afterwriter
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beat
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lichendust/meander: 📝 A powerful, portable utility for production screenplays and manuscripts
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mjrusso/mountain: A tool for working with files in the Fountain screenplay format.
Apps for compiling notes
Section titled “Apps for compiling notes”- chuangcaleb/ffluent: CLI to bundle atomic Fountain screenplay files
- My attempt to replicate
longformbut for Fountain files, as a CLI. - Uses a json/yaml file at each folder directory to configure a custom sequence! So you can have complex folder organization structures
- Marked as abandoned since this project, but it may be of interest to you!
- My attempt to replicate
If you’re here, you’ve probably disregarded the industry-standard giants that cost upwards of a
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Final Draft (industry standard, paid)
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Fade In (professional, affordable)
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WriterDuet (collaborative, online)
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Arc Studio (modern, cloud-based)
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Trelby (free, open-source)
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Slugline
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Beat
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Highland
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Celtx
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afterwriting
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Better Fountain