Twine

Open-source tool for nonlinear interactive stories

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Last commit12 days ago7 Oct 2026

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Twine is a free tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. It publishes to HTML and is widely used for interactive fiction, teaching and prototyping branching plots.

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Status	Open source
Licence	GPL-3.0
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
Category	Worldbuilding & plotting
Website	twinery.org
Source	GitHub

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