SCRIPT
FORGE
Write your screenplay. Format-perfect from the first word.
ScriptForge is a professional screenwriting application built on the Fountain open format. Industry-standard formatting, smart keyboard behaviour, and a live formatted preview — offline, one-time purchase.
Fully offline · One-time purchase · No subscription
Format-perfect screenwriting. Open format. Offline.
ScriptForge uses Fountain — the open standard that works with every screenwriting tool. Your script is always a plain text file. No proprietary lock-in.
Fountain-native editor
CodeMirror 6 with a custom Fountain language mode. Live syntax highlighting for scene headings, action, character cues, dialogue, parentheticals, transitions, and notes.
Industry-standard formatting
Courier Prime 12pt. Correct margins, character cue position, dialogue column width, and transition alignment — automatically applied as you write.
Smart keyboard behaviour
Tab cycles through element types (Action → Character → Parenthetical → Transition). Enter after a character cue creates dialogue. Auto-capitalises scene headings and character names.
Scene navigator
All scene headings listed in order with page number estimates. Click any scene to jump to it. Drag to reorder a scene and all its content within the script.
Character index & autocomplete
All character names extracted automatically. Scene count and first appearance per character. Character name autocomplete at cue positions — fast and accurate.
PDF export — Courier Prime embedded
Industry-standard screenplay PDF. Correct page layout. Scene numbers optional. Watermarked draft export. Title page generated from your title page block.
Live formatted preview
Toggle a side-by-side preview pane showing the fountain-js formatted output. Updates 300ms after you stop typing. Scroll-synced to the editor.
Stage play mode
Alternative formatting mode for stage plays — different margin conventions, stage direction styling, and cast list support. Toggled per document in the title page settings.
One-time purchase. Offline. Open format.
Most professional screenwriting software costs hundreds of dollars, requires an annual subscription, locks you into a proprietary format, or is only available on one platform. ScriptForge is $49 one-time, works on Windows 11 only at this stage, and uses the open Fountain format — a plain text file you can open in any application.
Fountain is open — your script is always a .fountain plain text file, readable in any text editor or compatible screenwriting tool without conversion.
Offline, always — no cloud sync, no account required, no features that stop working when the server is down.
One-time purchase — $49, yours forever. No annual fee, no renewal, no account required to keep using it.
Windows 11 only at this stage — most offline screenwriting tools are single-platform. ScriptForge runs natively on all three major operating systems.
Professional-grade screenplay formatting, the open Fountain format, and full offline capability — at a fraction of what subscription-based screenwriting software costs annually.
Your .fountain file can be imported directly into ManuscriptForge as a starting point for prose adaptation. No conversion step needed.
Truly offline.
Fully yours.
No subscription
$49 once, forever. No annual fee.
Open format
Your script is a .fountain plain text file. Works in any Fountain-compatible tool.
No internet required
All features work offline. The formatted preview uses local rendering.
Windows 11 only at this stage
The only affordable cross-platform offline screenwriting app.
The Forge Suite
Eight apps. One complete book creation and publishing ecosystem. All offline, all one-time purchase.
Format-perfect from the first scene heading
Fully offline · One-time purchase · No subscription · Windows 11 only at this stage
Windows 11 only at this stage · One-time purchase · No subscription
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