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Trelby

Libre wxpython screenwriting application.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-2.0) 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
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

A free, multiplatform, feature-rich screenwriting program! Trelby is simple, fast, elegant, and infinitely configurable. Trelby is free software licensed under the GPL Version 2.0. It can, but not limited to: import multiple formats such as plain text, trelby, fountain, or final draft files, proper formatting PDF export along with listed imports as export, very precise reporting and name database, as well as multiple viewing modes such as draft or WYSIWYG.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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