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Twine
An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
As of 30 August 2026, Twine is free to use. Twine is a free, open-source tool for creating interactive fiction and branching narratives. Softwr lists it under Translation. Twine is made by Twine Community, launched in 2009, available on Web, Windows, macOS, Linux.
Overview
What Twine does
Twine is a free, open-source tool for creating interactive fiction and branching narratives. It uses a simple visual interface and supports multiple output formats.
What people use it for
- Creating interactive fiction and story games
- Educational projects using interactive narratives
- Text-based adventure game development
- Community-driven narrative experiences
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Where it falls short
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- No commercial support or services included
- Community-driven development with no dedicated vendor support team
- GPL license requires sharing any modifications as open source
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Pricing
What Twine costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Web-based editor
- Visual story mapping
- Multiple story formats
- HTML export
- Community support
- Open-source
Capabilities
Features
Visual story editor
Node-based system
Link management
Multiple story formats
HTML export
Customizable styling
Variable system
Macro support
GitHub
Integration with GitHub
Git
Integration with Git
Text editors
Integration with Text editors
Open-source
Open-source security feature
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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How much does Twine cost?
Twine is completely free and open-source software. No licensing fees, subscriptions, or commercial restrictions apply.
SourceIs Twine open source?
Yes, Twine is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) with source code freely available on GitHub for community review and modification.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Twine
- Company
- Twine Community
- Based in
- Community-driven
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Where to go from Twine
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- DeepL
- memoQ
- Lokalise
- OmegaT
- MateCat
- Pontoon
- SDL Trados Studio
- Phrase
- Google Translate
- Transifex
- Gengo
- Weglot
- XTM Cloud
- Plunet
- POEditor
- Reverso
- Sonix
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From $10/mo12 researched notes
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