sourceactivePreproduction and storyboards

wonderunit/storyboarder

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Source: https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder

L07 2026-10-17: merged duplicate records from lane-a:wonderunit--storyboarder (same canonical URL).

Structured fields

{
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usefulness": "Free, open-source storyboarding and animatic tool that reads Fountain screenplays, records shot type/dialogue/action/timing per board and exports to Premiere, Final Cut, Avid, PDF or GIF; a concrete previs step between the Director's shot list and the DP's frame.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "source_owner": "Wonder Unit, Inc.",
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "known_limitations": [
    "Last commit date not visible on the fetched page; activity level unverified.",
    "Last push 2024-03-17; licensing unclear; read the EULA before bundling or redistributing."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2024-03-17T12:03:55.000Z"
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] 'Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures.'; 3.9k stars, 8,056 commits. · locator: repository header and README source
[sourced_fact] README features: works with Fountain screenplays, Photoshop round-trip, guides (grid, thirds, onion skin), export to various formats; license section links to an external 'Notes on Open Source License' post rather than naming a license inline. · locator: README features and license note source
[sourced_fact] Product site: boards carry dialogue, action, timing and shot type; Shot Generator creates reference shots from typed descriptions; exports to Premiere, Final Cut, Avid, PDF, GIF; 'released it free and open source'; version 1.0.0 for Mac, Windows, Linux. · locator: product page source
[sourced_fact] README: Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast as you can draw stick figures; create and show animatics to others. · locator: README intro source
[sourced_fact] GitHub reports no license file; package.json points its license field at build/license_en.txt, an End User License Agreement for Wonder Unit Software. · locator: EULA header source
[upstream_claim] Author's page says Storyboarder 'will be' MIT licensed with exceptions (no charging; attribution; educational-institution carve-out) and that it 'was never licensed under any agreement'. · locator: page text as read via fetch summary source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
code	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder Described as open source but the license file and the linked license post were not read; confirm the SPDX id before import.

Linked records

What are the rights consequences of using open storyboard tools and datasets with unclear licenses in generated pre-production assets? discusses → this

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