Authoring systems for macOS

This list shows stable interactive fiction authoring systems that are downloadable on macOS. They are listed in date order (latest release first).

Authoring system	Link	Style	System	Multimedia support	Updated
Decker	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Other	Supports color effects, graphics, and sound effects.	2025-03-21
Ren'Py	Download	Choice	Windows, macOS, Linux	Rich multimedia	2025-03-17
Balladeer	Download	Parser-choice hybrid	Windows, macOS, Linux	Runs as a server; all web media supported.	2025-02-08
QSP	Download	Choice	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Other	Colour, graphics, sound, HTML5	2024-11-27
Twine	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux	same as HTML5	2024-11-24
INSTEAD	Download Run online	Parser, Choice, Parser-choice hybrid	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Other	graphics, sound	2024-09-01
IfSpace.net	Download	Parser-choice hybrid	Windows, MacOS, Linux	No multimedia	2024-05-18
Dendry	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux		2024-03-25
PICO-8		Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Other	Supports color effects, graphics, music, and sound effects.	2024-02-28
Inform 6	Download Run online	Parser	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux		2024-02-10
Iffinity	Download	Choice	Windows, macOS, Linux	No multimedia per se, but supports anything a regular HTML page (with JS/CSS) would support.	2023-11-19
Inform 7	Download Run online	Parser	Windows, macOS, Linux, browser		2022-08-31
A-code (Dave Platt)	Download	Parser	Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Other	No multimedia as such, but browser builds can support games making use of all HTML capabilities, giving latent multimedia support.	2022-01-04
Hugo		Parser	Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android	Multimedia depends on the interpreter	2021-09-25
FrobTADS	Download	Parser	macOS, Linux, Other	color effects	2021-05-09
ZILF		Parser	Windows, macOS, Linux		2019-08-11
Squiffy	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux	Colour, graphics, sound: possible.	2019-03-25
TADS 3	Download	Parser	Windows, macOS, Linux	Color, Graphics, Sound	2016-03-07
TADS 2	Download	Parser	Windows, macOS, Linux	Color, Graphics, Sound	2016-03-07
Archetype	Download	Parser	Linux, macOS, Windows		2014-01-01
Strand	Download	Parser, Choice, Parser-choice hybrid	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android	graphics,sound,animation,video

You may also be interested in the following authoring systems, which will run within a browser window:

Authoring system	Link	Style	System	Multimedia support	Updated
Decker	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Other	Supports color effects, graphics, and sound effects.	2025-03-21
Quest (Language)	Download Run online	Parser-choice hybrid	Browser, Windows		2025-02-04
Moiki	Run online	Choice	Browser	Images, sounds, colors, fonts.	2025-01-07
Twine	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux	same as HTML5	2024-11-24
Donjon FI	Run online	Parser	Browser	It support different colors schemes and styles that can be changed during the game. You can add images, sounds and musics.	2024-11-17
INSTEAD	Download Run online	Parser, Choice, Parser-choice hybrid	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Other	graphics, sound	2024-09-01
Dendry	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux		2024-03-25
PICO-8		Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Other	Supports color effects, graphics, music, and sound effects.	2024-02-28
Inform 6	Download Run online	Parser	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux		2024-02-10
Evergreen.ink		Choice	Browser, iOS, Android	graphics, sound	2023-08-14
Binksi	Download	Other	Browser		2023-06-16
Inform 7	Download Run online	Parser	Windows, macOS, Linux, browser		2022-08-31
Inklewriter	Download Run online	Choice	Browser		2021-11-06
Ink	Download Run online	Choice	Browser		2021-02-22
Dialog	Download Run online	Parser, Choice	Browser, Windows, Linux	graphics	2021-01-02
Squiffy	Download Run online	Choice	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux	Colour, graphics, sound: possible.	2019-03-25
Strand	Download	Parser, Choice, Parser-choice hybrid	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android	graphics,sound,animation,video

To see all macOS authoring systems, including ones that may not be stable, you can use the search form or drilldown page.

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