# wonderunit/storyboarder

- id: src_01M569CA5YZSRKS46SWAA38709
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T03 · tags: level:established, storyboarding, animatic, fountain, open-source, storyboard, electron, code:javascript
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:24:45.981Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569CA5YZSRKS46SWAA38709

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

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

```json
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  "archived": null,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "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",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Wonder Unit, Inc.",
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "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: https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder
- [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: https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder
- [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: https://wonderunit.com/storyboarder/
- [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: https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder
- [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: https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder/blob/master/build/license_en.txt
- [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: https://wonderunit.com/thoughts-on-free-and-open-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:
- code: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Described as open source but the license file and the linked license post were not read; confirm the SPDX id before import. · evidence: https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder

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