Chronicle Studio
Plan and write long-form stories in one workspace.
A free, open-source novel studio that combines a rich-text manuscript editor with timelines, character and location records, comments, offline text-to-speech, and PDF or EPUB export. Use it in the browser or install the desktop app.
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What is Chronicle Studio best for?
Chronicle Studio is a free Markdown tool best suited to novelists who want drafting and story planning in the same app. It is available as Web app, Desktop app on Web, macOS, Windows, and it is open source.
At a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- Source
- Open source
- Best for
- Novelists who want drafting and story planning in the same app
Capabilities
- open source
- novel writing
- timelines
- story bible
- epub export
Platforms
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