Open Source Final Draft Alternatives Filtered by 'Support for MarkDown'
The best open source alternative to Final Draft is Manuskript. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Final Draft, but unfortunately only one of them is open source. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.
Final Draft alternatives are mainly Novel Authoring Tools but may also be Note-taking Tools or Text Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Final Draft.- 103 Manuskript alternatives
- Note-taking Tool
- Novel Authoring Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Manuskript is an open-source tool for writers, with outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc.
- - Manuskript is the most popular Linux alternative to Final Draft.
- - Manuskript is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Final Draft.
Manuskript Features
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- Dark Mode
- Support for MarkDown
- File Versioning
Comments about Manuskript as a Alternative to Final Draft
Manuskript is for novels. Final Draft is for screenplays.
12Manuskript is not a scriptwriting program.
8José RellandManuskript is more for "quite complex" novels. Not really for screenplays.
1Manuskript is for writing novels.
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