MoSE

The Movie Script Editor

A distraction-free desktop screenwriting editor built around the Fountain format.

Movie Script Editor screenshot

Features

Write, Preview, or Split

Plain-text Fountain markup on one side, a properly formatted screenplay preview on the other — or just write, distraction-free.

Export to PDF

Industry-standard margins, Courier Prime, and an automatically generated title page from your script's metadata.

Live Stats

Word count, scene count, estimated pages and runtime — updated as you write.

Autosave & Recovery

Opt-in autosave, plus automatic draft recovery if you close the app before saving.

Find in Editor

Quick in-document search with next/prev navigation and live match count.

Light & Dark Themes

Adjustable font size and theme, both remembered across sessions.

A tufted titmouse perched on a branch

This project's short name, "MoSE," made me think of "titmouse" — so here's one. Photo credit: Skyler Ewing

🤖 An AI Dev Project

This application was built through an agentic, AI-assisted development workflow using Claude (Sonnet 5) by Anthropic. Read more in the project README.