Twine
Worldbuilding & plottingOpen-source tool for nonlinear interactive stories
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Free alternatives to Campfire
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Quick answer: There are 3 free options here. Twine and Obsidian are listed first; check formats, platforms and licence for your own work.
Campfire Writing / Campfire Blaze — worldbuilding and manuscript tools for fiction. Here are 3 free options, most-starred first.
Obsidian
Notes & research for writersLocal markdown vaults with links, useful as a writer's bible
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Status
- Freemium
World Anvil
Worldbuilding & plottingWorldbuilding wiki and setting bible for fiction and RPGs
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Status
- Freemium
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FAQ
Is there a free alternative to Campfire?
Yes. WriterAlts lists 3 options: Twine, Obsidian and World Anvil.
Which Campfire alternatives are open source?
Twine (GPL-3.0). The others are free or freemium but not open source.
Which Campfire alternatives run on a Mac?
Twine and Obsidian. The other listed here isn't listed for macOS.
Related categories: Worldbuilding & plotting · Notes & research for writers
Free tools are not always drop-in replacements. Check that a tool exports a format your editor, agent or printer accepts, and back up your manuscript before you switch mid-draft.