Lectrote Alternatives

Lectrote is described as 'A portable Interactive Fiction games interpreter application' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Lectrote for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Android apps. The best Lectrote alternative is Twine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lectrote are Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle, QuestJS and Yarn Spinner.

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A portable Interactive Fiction games interpreter application.

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Lectrote alternatives page was last updated Jul 26, 2023
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  1. Twine icon
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    Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.

    45 Twine alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Portable
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Non linear editor
    9.  Browser-based

    Twine VS Lectrote

     
    • Twine is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Lectrote.

    • Twine is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Lectrote.

    • Twine is Free and Open SourceLectrote is also Free and Open Source
    • Twine is LightweightLectrote is not according to our users
  2. Inky by Inkle icon
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    editor that uses the Ink narrative scripting language and allows you to play and test your interactive (game) narrative stories on the fly.

    47 Inky by Inkle alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Inky by Inkle Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  Interactive storytelling
    6.  Visual Novel
    7. Unity icon  Unity Integration

    Inky by Inkle VS Lectrote

     
  3. Ink by Inkle icon
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    ink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.

    48 Ink by Inkle alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ink by Inkle Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Support for scripting
    4.  Works Offline
    5. Unity icon  Unity Integration
    6.  Visual Novel

    Ink by Inkle VS Lectrote

     
  4. QuestJS icon
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    Quest 6 is a full re-write of Quest, an interactive fiction app, to pure JavaScript. It's a framework for creating parser-based text adventures.

    46 QuestJS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    QuestJS Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  No registration required

    QuestJS VS Lectrote

     
  5. Yarn Spinner icon
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    Yarn Spinner is a tool for creating interactive dialogue for games. Write your conversations in Yarn, a simple programming language that's designed to be easy for writers to learn, while also powerful enough to handle whatever you need.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Yarn Spinner VS Lectrote

     
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    Windows Frotz is an interpreter that can play all the old Infocom text adventures. Infocom used a novel approach to write their games: they had a system that produced a data file for the adventure that was the same on every computer, and an interpreter for every computer that...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Windows Frotz VS Lectrote

     
  7. StoryNexus icon
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    StoryNexus: The choice is yours. StoryNexus gives you free access to hundreds of interactive worlds, from science fiction to romance, from gothic fantasy to historical adventure.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online

    StoryNexus Features

    1.  Browser-based

    StoryNexus VS Lectrote

     
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    Gargoyle is an IF player that supports all the major interactive fiction formats.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Gargoyle IF Player VS Lectrote

     
  9. Text Fiction icon
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    With interactive fiction novels you're more than just a passive book reader, following the adventures of the hero. Instead, you become the hero! Explore the world, make decissions and ultimately decide on the outcome.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    Text Fiction VS Lectrote

     
    • Text Fiction is the most popular Android alternative to Lectrote.

    • Text Fiction is Free and Open SourceLectrote is also Free and Open Source
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    textadventures.co.uk is a community of interactive fiction game makers and players.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online

    textadventures.co.uk VS Lectrote

     
  11. Playfic icon
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    Playfic is a platform for writing and playing interactive fiction. Interactive fiction (aka "text adventures") is a genre of game that uses no graphics or sound, but instead, uses text to tell a story in an interactive world.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Playfic VS Lectrote

     
  12. dMagnetic icon
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    "You wake up on a sunny August morning with birds singing, and the air fresh and clear. However, your joints are stiff and you have not woken up in your bedroom as you would have expected. Trying to recall what happened the night before, you manage to piece together a few...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • FreeBSD
    • AmigaOS
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD

    dMagnetic Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Portable
    3.  ASCII Art
    4.  Interpreter

    dMagnetic VS Lectrote

     
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