Scriptum

Spec sheet

Purpose

Scriptum is a free, open-source screenwriting application with industry-standard formatting.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Intended users

Scriptum describes itself as a professional screenwriting application for writers and provides production breakdown and revision tools for production workflows.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Privacy

The project states that Scriptum has no accounts, analytics, advertising, telemetry, cloud sync, or crash-reporting service, and that its application code does not receive or transmit screenplay text.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The project welcomes suggestions, bug reports, accessibility feedback, translations, and pull requests through GitHub issues.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Desktop security

The desktop renderer is sandboxed, lacks Node.js access, denies system permissions, blocks HTTP and HTTPS traffic, and only accesses files selected through a system dialog.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Download verification

Releases include SHA-256 checksums and signed GitHub build-provenance attestations; the current macOS builds are not Apple-notarized and Windows builds lack a publicly trusted publisher certificate.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Draft management

Revision Room creates named snapshots, compares drafts, and restores earlier states after making a safety snapshot of the current state.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

File formats

Scriptum imports and exports .scriptum, Final Draft FDX, Fountain, and plain text, and exports PDF; some Scriptum-only project data is not carried into FDX or Fountain exports.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations and collaboration

Scriptum does not provide real-time collaboration, cloud sync, online screenplay accounts, speech-to-script dictation, or scheduling and budgeting system integration.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Production tools

Users can tag text for production breakdowns, export CSV reports, generate scene and revision reports, and lock scene and page numbering.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Story planning

Its Index Card board and Story Timeline support acts, sequences, colour-coded lanes, and beats linked to scenes.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Writing features

It includes screenplay elements, keyboard formatting, autocomplete, dual dialogue, notes, find and replace, scene navigation, and word, runtime, and page counts.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Every Scriptum plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Script Writing Software#18 of 257.5
• Screenwriting Software#21 of 277.5