Screenplay-standard formatting while you write, and focus when you need it. Around it, tools to plan and organize the story. The work is yours; Actus just clears the obstacles. All local and free.
Formatting stops being work. You choose the type of each block (scene, action, character, dialogue, transition) and Actus applies the screenplay standard instantly, handling margins, indents and capitalization for you.
When the scene calls for silence, Focus Mode hides the interface around you. The toolbar goes, the panels go. Only the page and your text remain.
Visual planning before (and during) writing. Build the structure in free Canvas or List, and connect the pieces of the story.
Writing becomes routine. Track what’s left to do and how far you’ve come, in the way that works for you.
A real-time portrait of the script. See the balance of the work as you write, without opening a single spreadsheet.
Who connects with whom? Actus builds the graph from what you wrote: characters, locations and clusters.
Rewrite without fear. Every change is marked for you to accept or reject one by one, and the previous version becomes a locked backup.
1. INT. DOWNTOWN CAFÉ - DAYDUSK
Marina stirs her coffee without drinking. The door creaks. She looks uprecognizes his steps.
MARINA
I didn’t think you’d come.
Notes in the right place. Comment on specific passages, resolve them once addressed, and reopen if you need to revisit.
1. INT. DOWNTOWN CAFÉ - DUSK
Marina stirs her coffee without drinking. The door creaks and she recognizes his steps.
MARINA
I didn’t think you’d come.
Show her reaction through her body, without naming "recognizes".
Changed the lead’s name in chapter 3? Replace it across the whole script at once, with the control the work demands.
INT. COFFEE SHOP
Marina orders another coffee but doesn’t drink.
The coffee here was always bad.
The coffee goes cold between them.
Optional and private. You decide what to send: only the passage you want. No key is stored in the app. Privacy first.
MARINA
I didn’t think you’d come. As always.
TÉO
I almost didn’t.
Truly local-first. Everything is saved on your machine, automatically, and with Ctrl+S whenever you want to be sure.
Comfort in long sessions. Choose between three themes, adjust the font size and work in the language you prefer.