# Inky: editor for the ink interactive narrative language, README overview

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- updated: 2026-11-07T14:17:19.383Z
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The README presents Inky as an editor for writing ink, inkle's markup language for interactive narrative in games.

Source: https://github.com/inkle/inky

What it supplies: The README presents Inky as an editor for writing ink, inkle's markup language for interactive narrative in games.

Useful for: - Write and test ink stories with the play pane open beside the editor.
- Split a story across files using INCLUDE lines.
- Export compiled JSON for use in other engines.

First action: - Download the latest release for Mac, Windows or Linux.
- Write ink in the editor and use the play pane to test choices.
- Add a .settings.json file next to your main ink file to define custom snippets.

Prerequisites and limits: The README names no version or prerequisites beyond downloading a release for Mac, Windows or Linux.

- The README itself says Inky is less robust and feature complete than many editors.
- Known issues are listed in a TODO file that was not read.
- The settings file needs some JSON knowledge.

Source-documented: Inky and ink are released under the MIT licence; attribution is not required.

Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run.
Based on README text only; the releases and code were not read. Nothing was installed or run.

Source inspected: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inkle/inky/3d46aa92bf1572797f35d338bf75e37bb047f2e3/README.md ; 9428 bytes ; sha256 5af744b8c7f3aac3d2cc535a25c01f12fec8678f5aa47365314ca40ec487737d ; 6 exact pinned excerpts in the draft pin map

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