Trelby currently runs on both Linux and Windows. If you are so inclined, you can even modify Trelby to suit your needs as all of the code is available under the GPL free software license. Screenwriting programs like Trelby understand these formatting guidelines and apply them automatically so you can focus on writing your script, not worrying about correct formatting. Technically you could open up Notepad and write your film there, but you'd be tearing your hair apart sticking to the format.

- Free software: Licensed under the GPL, Trelby welcomes developers and screenwriters to contribute in making it more useful.Movie screenplays and TV scripts are written using a certain formatting style.

Also supports generating PDFs with custom watermarks, to help track shared files.

- PDF: Built-in, highly configurable PDF generator.

- Export: PDF, formatted text, HTML, RTF, Final Draft XML (.fdx) and Fountain (.fountain).

- Import: Screenplay formatted text, Final Draft XML (.fdx), Celtx (.celtx), Fountain (.fountain), Adobe Story (.astx) and Fade In Pro (.fadein).

- Compare: Ability to compare scripts, so you know what changed between versions.

- Reporting: Scene/location/character/dialogue reports.

- Name database: Character name database containing over 200,000 names from various countries.

- Choice of view: Multiple views, including draft view, WYSIWYG mode, and fullscreen to suit your writing style.

- Multiplatform : Behaves identically on all platforms, generating the exact same output.

- Screenplay editor: Enforces correct script format and pagination, auto-completion, and spell checking.

Trelby is free software, that you can contribute to. Trelby is simple, fast and elegantly laid out to make screenwriting simple.

A free, multiplatform, feature-rich screenwriting program!

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