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Your story.
Your words.

Ravenburst is a desktop writing studio for novelists, screenwriters, playwrights — and game masters. Plan it, write it, and export files ready to send to an agent, print, self-publish or run at the table — all from one place, with no subscription and no account.

For Windows, macOS and Linux · Download — coming soon

New · Tabletop RPGs

Write the adventure.
Run the table.

Adventures and campaigns get their own workspace: encounters with live difficulty, generated dungeon maps, character sheets for 5e or any game, and every creature, place and item linked to the story. Then print it as a two-column adventure.

See Ravenburst for game masters →
A generated dungeon map in Ravenburst with numbered rooms, doors and stairs, beside the adventure’s encounters, creatures and locations.

Why Ravenburst

Your whole book in one file

Parts, chapters and scenes alongside your characters, places, notes, research tables, front and back matter. One .ravenburst file you can copy, back up and take anywhere.

See the shape of the story

Rearrange scenes on the corkboard, scan them in outline, or write in one document while reading another in split view or a second window.

Never lose a word

Named snapshots of any document, and automatic Git backup every 30 minutes and whenever you quit. Restore an earlier version without leaving the app.

Built to stay out of your way.

No autocorrect rewriting your character names. No autocomplete guessing your next word. No feed, no account, no cloud you have to trust. Ravenburst works offline, keeps everything in a file on your own computer, and puts the writing first — with fullscreen composition mode for when you want nothing else on screen.

One project. Every format.

Compile your manuscript for an agent, a printer, a stage or an e-reader without reformatting a thing.

  • Manuscript
    Standard submission format, PDF or Word
  • Paperback
    Print-ready 5×7 and 6×9
  • Screenplay
    Film, TV and documentary
  • Stage Play
    US and UK formats
  • EPUB
    For e-readers and online stores
  • Children's Book
    Square, portrait and landscape
  • Academic
    APA, MLA and Chicago
  • Proof PDF
    With crop marks and bleed
  • Tabletop Adventure
    Two-column PDF, with or without GM notes

See everything Ravenburst does →

Buy it once. Own it.

Ravenburst will be a one-time purchase — no subscription, ever. Kickstarter backers get it first, with free upgrades through version 3.

See pricing →

Be first when it launches.

Join the list and we’ll email you the day the Kickstarter goes live. Backers get free upgrades through version 3.