# Twine (twinejs)

- id: src_01M569GBSEKZCDF5QXY4PSHCMM
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T18, T01 · tags: level:beginner, hypertext, prototyping, html
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:04.387Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569GBSEKZCDF5QXY4PSHCMM

Source: https://github.com/klembot/twinejs

```json
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  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Open-source visual tool for nonlinear hypertext stories that publishes to HTML; the lowest-barrier way to prototype branching structure, with Harlowe, SugarCube, Chapbook and Snowman story formats.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Chris Klimas and contributors",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-07T02:00:51.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Twine site: open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories; no code needed for a simple story; extend with variables, logic, CSS and JavaScript; publishes to HTML. · locator: homepage intro · source: https://twinery.org
- [upstream_claim] Twine site: anything created with Twine is free to use any way you like, including commercial purposes; latest version 2.12.1 (6 October 2026). · locator: homepage intro · source: https://twinery.org
- [sourced_fact] Repository README: browser and Electron port; story formats Harlowe, Paperthin, Snowman and SugarCube live in separate repositories. · locator: README SYNOPSIS · source: https://github.com/klembot/twinejs
- [sourced_fact] GPL-3.0 license; last push 2026-10-07. · locator: LICENSE file · source: https://github.com/klembot/twinejs/blob/develop/LICENSE
- [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=GPL-3.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=restricted modification=permitted training=unknown · GPL-3.0 for the tool. Site says works created with Twine are free for any use; story-format licenses differ and were not checked. · evidence: https://github.com/klembot/twinejs/blob/develop/LICENSE

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