Release v0.17.0 · cschweda/drafter

Getting a script out the door.

Guided first screenplay and stage play. File → New guided screenplay and New guided stage play each open a short script that teaches itself. A note after each line says what the element is, its Fountain mark, and which element-bar button writes it. Each one ends with a "Your turn" scene to write in.
Export options, kept for each script. Export options…, at the end of the Export menu, sets:
- Scene numbers: none (the default, for a spec script), as written in the script, or every scene numbered.
- Title page: full, title and author only (for contests that read blind), or none.
They change only the exported PDF or plain text, never your script. A Final Draft file always keeps the scene numbers written in the script.
Running time, your way.
- Stats shows the running time at a minutes-per-page rate you set for each script, for example 1.2 for a play.
- It adds a second estimate from the dialogue: spoken words at your speaking pace, plus time for action.
- The Outline and the Structure strip show the time of each scene and act.
Technical details. A new help page explains in plain words how Drafter is built, with diagrams, and lists every package it uses. The same diagrams are in the repository as Mermaid charts.

Download

Windows

Linux (x64)

Drafter-0.17.0-linux-amd64.deb for Ubuntu 24.04 and later: sudo apt install ./Drafter-0.17.0-linux-amd64.deb.
Drafter-x86_64.AppImage for other distributions.

An installed Drafter offers this update itself, or use Help → Check for updates…. See the Windows guide, the Linux guide, and the changelog.