Authoring systems for choice-based IF

This list shows stable authoring systems that can be used to create Choice-based interactive fiction. They are listed in date order (latest release first).

Authoring system	Link	Style	System	Multimedia support	Updated
Twine	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux	same as HTML5	2026-04-10
Decker	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Other	Supports color effects, graphics, and sound effects.	2026-03-20
Myweft.com	Run online	Choice	Browser	Text only. Supports bold, italic, and underline.	2026-03-06
Ren'Py	Download	Choice	Windows, macOS, Linux	Rich multimedia	2026-01-03
Super Videotome		Choice		Color effects, images, sound	2025-05-28
Moiki	Run online	Choice	Browser	Images, sounds, colors, fonts.	2025-01-07
QSP	Download	Choice	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Other	Colour, graphics, sound, HTML5	2024-11-27
INSTEAD	Download Run online	Parser, Choice, Parser-choice hybrid	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Other	graphics, sound	2024-09-01
ChoiceScript	Download	Choice	Other	Graphics: possible. Sound: ambient.	2024-04-04
Dendry	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux		2024-03-25
PICO-8		Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Other	Supports color effects, graphics, music, and sound effects.	2024-02-28
Iffinity	Download	Choice	Windows, macOS, Linux	No multimedia per se, but supports anything a regular HTML page (with JS/CSS) would support.	2023-11-19
Folia	Download	Choice	Windows, Linux	Displays images in a dedicated pane, as well as background images, and supports image effects such as alpha blending. Sound is supported.	2023-08-31
Evergreen.ink		Choice	Browser, iOS, Android	graphics, sound	2023-08-14
Inklewriter	Download Run online	Choice	Browser		2021-11-06
Ramus	Download	Choice	Other	same as HTML5	2021-06-04
Ink	Download Run online	Choice	Browser		2021-02-22
Textallion		Choice	macOS, Linux, Other
Strand	Download	Parser, Choice, Parser-choice hybrid	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android	graphics,sound,animation,video
Borogove	Run online	Parser, Choice	Browser
Google Forms		Choice	Browser

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