klembot/twinejs
Twine, a tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 54
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 153
- age_days: 3145
- days_rel: 145
- days_push: 11
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
2869 stars · 414 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Twine is an open-source tool for writing and publishing interactive, nonlinear stories without needing to code, available as a desktop app (Electron) or in the browser. It publishes stories directly to HTML and supports extensible story formats like Harlowe, SugarCube, Snowman, and Chapbook.
Use cases
- write interactive fiction without coding
- create branching narrative games
- build choose-your-own-adventure stories
- publish nonlinear stories as HTML
- add variables and conditional logic to stories
- teach game design and narrative writing
- prototype text-based games
When to choose
- you want a free, open-source visual editor for hypertext fiction
- you need stories that publish to standalone HTML playable anywhere
- you want to start without code but extend with JavaScript and CSS later
- you need cross-platform desktop or browser-based authoring
When to avoid
- you need a full 2D/3D game engine with graphics and physics
- you require multiplayer or real-time game features
- you want a text adventure parser engine like Inform instead of link-based fiction
Facets
application · maturity active
gui editor templating static-site-generator gaming-tools web-development cross-platform browser windows interactive-fiction twine story-editor visual-editor hypertext game-authoring electron-app nonlinear-narrative game-development creative-writing desktop electron macos linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/klembot/twinejs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0a60ba191e62
- homepage: https://twinery.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 12406fcdb5f2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| klembot/twinejs | main | 83 |
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