mldenis/starc

Reinventing the screenwriting software.

Story Architect is writer's best friend

Welcome to Story Architect

Hello and welcome to Starc's GitHub page. Story Architect is a project created by the authors of an open source screenwriting tool Kit Scenarist and is currently under development with its current release being beta. It's an advanced text editor for script writers working professionally in film, novel, theatre, radio or writing for comic books.

Story Architect is still a work in progress. Keep in mind that some features are not yet implemented and the UI, translations and current functionalities are being polished. Stay tuned for future releases, and follow our website for additional infromation.

Installation

Starc is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can download it from starc.app website.

Supported formats

Starc has its own .starc file format, but also allows you to import files using Final Draft's .fdx format as well as .docx, .odt, .trelby, .celtx & Fountain, as well as the ability to import projects from Kit Scenarist.

Note: Currently, importing projects from KIT Scenarist only allows importing the script. Importing other data, such as text documents and images will be supported in future releases.

Language support

Starc supports writing in any language.

The user interface has been translated into bunch of languages. You can find complete list of translations here. If you wish to improve existing one or add another translation for the application interface, please consult our Wiki page on how to do it yourself.

Features

NOTE: Some features like playwriting module, mind maps and inserting custom images are not yet implemented.

Starc supports writing for film, television, comic books, stage and radio. With the addition of supporting multiple formats, there are also templates for you to use, such as Final Draft Screenplay Template.

Modules

Alongside these, Starc uses modules for research and for writing. You can add text documents, mind maps and images in addition to your script. If you're writing in episodic format, you can add multiple scripts to one project and use existing assets.

Starc can also help you track your characters, locations, etc. with its statistics module, as well as edit them and add additional information about them (for example, cthe real name of the character) which can be useful in pre-production.

You can also add things like title page for your script, movie poster and other information that might be useful to other crew members.

Cloud sync

NOTE: This feature is in development and will be added soon.

Build instructions

git clone [email protected]:story-apps/starc.git
cd starc
git submodule update --init --recursive src/3rd_party/qbreakpad/
cd src
qmake && make

Support the project

If you wish to support this project, you can do that by visiting our website and checking out our premium offer. Make sure to follow our blog for important news and updates.

Thank you for using Story Architect

Have fun being creative!