PLAINCHANT Open the app

Free · Private · Works offline

Your story.
Properly formatted.
Nothing in the way.

Plainchant is a screenwriting app that gets out of your way. Type simple text. Watch it become a screenplay. Keep every word yours.

Start writing See how it works

No account. No install. Your first scene is one click away.

THE VOID SAVED THE CANVAS
INT. ARCADE - NIGHT The last cabinet hums in
the dark. MARA One more life.

INT. ARCADE - NIGHT

The last cabinet hums in the dark.

MARA

One more life.

1.

THE SAME WORDS, READY FOR THE PAGE

The premise

Writing software should help you write.

Margins, indentation, page breaks, file formats—Plainchant handles the machinery while you stay with the scene.

It reads lightweight Fountain text and formats it live. There is nothing proprietary between you and your work, and nothing to configure before “FADE IN.”

Start writing

Four steps.
That’s the whole primer.

Plainchant understands the shape of a script from the shape of your text. Use Tab to cycle an element when you want a hand; smart Enter takes it from there.

  1. 01

    Set the scene

    INT. ARCADE - NIGHT

    Start with INT. or EXT. and Plainchant recognises a scene heading.

  2. 02

    Call your character

    MARA

    Put a name in capitals. Names you have used before are suggested as you type.

  3. 03

    Let them speak

    One more life.

    Press Enter after a character and dialogue begins. Parentheticals work naturally too.

  4. 04

    Take it with you

    EXPORT → .FOUNTAIN / .FDX / PDF

    Print, save a PDF, or export for Fountain and Final Draft when the story is ready.

Stuck? Tap the element bar—Scene, Action, Character, Dialogue—or press Tab. Plainchant never makes you memorise syntax.

Built for the whole draft

From blank page
to final draft.

Small enough to disappear. Capable enough to stay with a full-length script.

A

Stay in the flow

Live formatting, smart Enter, autocomplete, focus mode and quick edits keep your hands on the story—not the toolbar.

B

Never lose the thread

Autosave, a script library, named versions and scene-by-scene comparisons give every draft a safe place to land.

SAVED AS YOU TYPE

C

See the whole story

Outline, page view, scene and character stats, screen-time estimates, and video chapters reveal the shape of the work.

D

Keep your work yours

Plainchant runs in the browser, works offline, and stores scripts on your device. No account, cloud lock-in or tracking.

LOCAL FIRST
12,408 words · 3 scripts
No account · No trackers · No cloud required

More than screenplays

Made for words
that will be heard.

Plainchant also understands narrated videos and voice-over. Separate what is said from what is shown, estimate read-aloud time, and turn sections into ready-to-paste video chapters.

# THE OPENING

Slow push across an empty cinema.

NARRATOR

Every story begins before anyone knows what it is.

READ ALOUD08:42CHAPTERS04

The cursor is blinking

Ready when
you are.

Open a blank script or explore the built-in example. No sign-up, no setup, nothing to configure.

Enter the Void