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v0.4.0 — Drafter for Linux

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Drafter for Linux. The same editor as drafter.dev, as an app you install, built with Electron (x64).

Download

  • Drafter-0.4.0-linux-amd64.deb for Ubuntu 24.04 and later, and other Debian-based systems: sudo apt install ./Drafter-0.4.0-linux-amd64.deb, then start Drafter from your app menu or run drafterdev.
  • Drafter-x86_64.AppImage for other distributions (needs libfuse2, on Ubuntu 24.04 libfuse2t64): chmod +x Drafter-x86_64.AppImage && ./Drafter-x86_64.AppImage. It keeps this name in every release, so an update replaces the file in place.

The install guide covers removing it, the Ubuntu sandbox question, and more.

What the desktop app adds

  • Real files. Open and Save use the system's dialogs, and a save always goes back to the file, atomically. Drafter reads and writes only files you chose.
  • Open a script from your file manager or the command line (drafterdev Script.fountain), or by dropping it on the window.
  • A menu bar built from the same commands as the palette, and a right-click menu with spelling suggestions, offline, from its own US English dictionary.
  • Closing never loses your text. Changes that aren't in a file are asked about first.
  • Updates that always ask first. The AppImage downloads a new version and offers Restart; the .deb links here. The check is the app's only network request, and Settings can turn it off.
  • Scripts move freely between the desktop app and drafter.dev: they are the same plain-text files.

Windows and macOS come next. The full list of changes is in the changelog.

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