Scriptum

What Scriptum is

Scriptum is a free, open-source screenwriting application with industry-standard formatting for Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web. Writing tools include screenplay elements, keyboard formatting, autocomplete, dual dialogue, notes, find and replace, scene navigation, and word, runtime, and page counts. Writers can plan with an Index Card board and Story Timeline, arranging acts, sequences, colour-coded lanes, and beats linked to scenes. Revision Room creates named snapshots, compares drafts, and restores earlier states after first saving a safety snapshot of the current version. Production features let users tag text for breakdowns, export CSV reports, generate scene and revision reports, and lock scene and page numbering. Scriptum imports and exports its own format, Final Draft FDX, Fountain, and plain text, and exports PDF; some project data is not carried into FDX or Fountain exports. The project says the app has no accounts, analytics, advertising, telemetry, cloud sync, or crash-reporting service, and that its code does not transmit screenplay text. It does not offer real-time collaboration or dictation.