Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Twine

Generate interactive stories

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Twine launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Twine▲71

   Make your own narrative-based games

   2014 · twinery.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Once▲595

   Create interactive stories on the web

   2020 · once.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Oddysey▲81

   A simple way to weave interactive stories

   2014 · cartodb.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4UT
   Using Twine and Twitter For Ambient Social Invitations▲17

   2013 · lcusack.tumblr.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   WeVue▲78

   Digital storytelling for organizations

   2016 · blog.wevue.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Twine▲83

   Quality creative freelancers to help you grow

   2017 · twine.net · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Immersive▲60

   Create and publish beautiful Medium-like stories

   2014 · immersive.sh · its alternatives →

8. 8
   WeWrite▲90

   Crowdsourced Storytelling

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' written in Emacs Org Mode▲155

   I authored and developed an interactive children's book about entrepreneurship and money management. The journey started with Twinery, the open-source tool for making interactive fiction, discovered right here on HN. The tool kindled memories of reading CYOA style books when I was a kid, and I thought the format would be awesome for writing a story my kids could follow along, incorporating play money to learn about transactions as they occurred in the story. Twinery is a fantastic tool, and I used it to layout the story map. I really wanted to write the content of the story in Emacs and Org…

   2025 · tendollaradventure.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Story Wars▲83

    Writing stories together

    2014 · storywars.net · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Complete 2.0▲140

    Tell fun, rich stories & report task progress with updates

    2015 · completeapp.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Character Generator▲145

    Create your unique character

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Stack Overflow Developer Story▲210

    Show off what you've built

    2016 · stackoverflow.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    twine▲96

    Roll your own roulette-style, face-to-face networking.

    2020 · twine.us · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Storybird▲77

    Visual storytelling and poetry writing

    2014 · storybird.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Edgee▲119

    A new medium to transcend tweeting, blogging and pinning

    2015 · edgee.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hawkee▲73

    A writing platform for web developers

    2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ContentTools▲86

    Create Interactive Content.

    2015 · contenttools.co · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Twinword▲8

    Build apps that understand text

    2016 · twinword.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    WriteTheScene▲67

    Realtime storytelling with strangers

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Random Tiny Stories▲81

    Collaborative story telling on twitter

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Story!▲64

    Community Driven Story Writing

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    StoryTime.us▲87

    Create stories told one line at a time

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Explee▲163

    Create Animated Videos

    2014 · explee.com · its alternatives →

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