Scriptorium AlternativesNovel Authoring Tools & Text Editors like Scriptorium

Scriptorium is described as 'All-in-one book editing tool for GNOME' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Scriptorium for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Scriptorium alternative is Zettlr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Scriptorium are Manuskript, Scrivener, Dendron and Rentry.co.

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  1. Zettlr icon
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    Unified writing platform offering note-taking, easy citations with Zotero integration, LaTeX/Word templates, snippets, themes, dark modes, code highlighting, multi-language support, and knowledge management with Zettelkasten for seamless writing from notes to books.

    187 Zettlr alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. Manuskript icon
     170 likes

    Open-source software offering a hierarchical outliner, distraction-free editor, character management, plot tools, Snowflake method support, section multi-organization, customizable writing workflows, cross-platform availability, and export to standard formats.

    124 Manuskript alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. Scrivener icon
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    Tailored for extensive writing, this tool offers flexible structure and organization, integrates project outlines, supports various formats, and allows reorganization through drag and drop, ensuring research materials are within reach for efficient work.

    128 Scrivener alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
    • Wine
     
  4. Dendron icon
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    Dendron is an open-source, local-first, markdown-based, note-taking tool built on top of VSCode. It supports all the usual features you would expect like tagging, backlinks, a graph view, split panes, and so forth.

    209 Dendron alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  5. Quoll Writer icon
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    Focus on your words not the interface. Quoll Writer is a writing application that helps you focus on your words. Clean and uncluttered. Feature rich. Features are where you would expect them to be.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. novelWriter icon
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    novelWriter is a Markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents. It uses its own flavor of Markdown that supports a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis and cross-referencing between files.

    69 novelWriter alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Python
     
  7. Roam Research icon
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    As easy to use as a word document or bulleted list, and as powerful for finding, collecting, and connecting related ideas as a graph database. Collaborate with others in real time, or store all your data locally.

    167 Roam Research alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  8. bibisco icon
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    Desktop application for novel structuring, offering chapter and scene management, distraction-free text editing, detailed timeline, character interviews, multilingual support, export to publishing formats, revision history, relationship diagrams, and writing goal tracking.

    57 bibisco alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Electron
    • Node.JS
     
  9. A smooth yet powerful writing experience for devoted authors. With only wanted features and native workflow it runs faster than all your previous apps combined.

    48 Story Architect (STARC) alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • Android
     
  10. Ulysses icon
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    Ulysses is a text editor for creative writers. Used by bloggers, poets, students and published novelists all over the world, it offers an integrated environment to brainstorm, draft, revise and even submit text on a professional level.

    133 Ulysses alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Free offline worldbuilding and story creation tool with dozens of templates, complex tagging options, document linking, and project-wide search. Template examples: characters, places, events, religions, currencies, magic, species, languages.

    34 Fantasia Archive alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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