TextBundle (.textbundle)

The open package format for text apps — Highland and Fountain editors use it to carry the script and its assets together.

Format facts

Created
2014
Created by
Ulysses GmbH & Co. KG / Shiny Frog
Status
Current — in active use
Reference
TextBundle spec ↗

What it carries

  • the screenplay (Fountain) inside the open TextBundle package with its assets manifest

What it can't represent

  • images/assets are inventoried, not converted

Where it came from

TextBundle (2014, introduced by the makers of Ulysses with Bear’s Shiny Frog) standardized how text apps exchange documents with assets; screenwriting apps adopted it for Fountain files.

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