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Skribisto

Plan, write, manage your novels.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: split view, Markdown support and version history.

File formats mentioned: PDF, EPUB, DOCX and ODT.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Split panes and tabs, and a whole chapter, part or book readable as one text” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Import from Scrivener, Manuskript, Plume Creator, Word, OpenDocument or Markdown, comments included, with a report of anything left behind” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Search and replace, autosave, backups and version history” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Built for accessibility: screen readers, braille displays and keyboard shortcuts” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Skribisto is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Skribisto is a writing app for novels, from the first idea to the finished manuscript. Split panes and tabs, and a whole chapter, part or book readable as one text Corkboard, story bible, margin comments and footnotes Word goals, writing sessions, pace planning and manuscript analysis Statuses you name yourself, from first draft to final Import from Scrivener, Manuskript, Plume Creator, Word, OpenDocument or Markdown, comments included, with a report of anything left behind Export to DOCX, ODT, EPUB, PDF and more, and finish the page layout in the program you prefer Search and replace, autosave, backups and version history Spell checking, smart punctuation and 24 interface languages Built for accessibility: screen readers, braille displays and keyboard shortcuts

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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