Squiffy

Squiffy
Authoring system
Links	Home page Download Run online
Developer	Alex Warren
Format	HTML
Interaction style	Choice
Systems	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux
System details	As of version 6: editor/IDE is browser-based. Standalone compiler runs on any platform Node.js/npm runs on (including Windows, Mac, and Linux).
Latest version	6.0.0-beta.2 / 22 February 2026
Status	Beta
Implements
Uses
Multimedia support	Colour, graphics, sound: possible.
License	MIT
Notes	Released: 2014.
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Squiffy, created by Alex Warren, is an open-source tool for authoring hyperlink interactive fiction. Works may be created in a dedicated Squiffy editor (online or downloaded) or in a text file. Authors write stories using Markdown, and Squiffy compiles the source to generate HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. A work in Squiffy may have two types of pages: "passages", which let players interact with the current scene, and "sections," which move to the next scene in the story.

Squiffy was first released on July 26, 2014. After a development hiatus from 2017 onwards, it was substantially rewritten for version 6, first released in 2026.

Links

Author Resources

• GitHub discussion page (replacing the former forum).
• Squiffy source code at Github (formerly just the compiler).
• Pre-version-6 resources:
  • Former home page.
  • Squiffy documentation and download links at textadventures.co.uk.
  • Squiffy online editor at textadventures.co.uk.
  • Squiffy forum (archived) at textadventures.co.uk.
  • Squiffy editor source code (archived) at Github.

Reviews

• Markers and highlighters: a gamedev metaphor (or elsewhere) - article comparing Undum, Ramus, and Squiffy by Felix Pleşoianu (April 10, 2016).

Development History

• Squiffy development roadmap at textadventures.co.uk (up to version 5).
• Squiffy 1.0 at the author's blog - July 27, 2014.
• Squiffy 2.0 at the author's blog - October 11, 2014.
• Squiffy 3 - a new web-based editor for interactive fiction at the author's blog - April 25, 2015.
• Squiffy 4 - interactive fiction editor for Windows, OS X and Linux at the author's blog - July 11, 2015.
• Squiffy 5 - an improved editing experience at the author's blog - November 14, 2015.
• Squiffy 6.0 Beta at the IntFiction forum - January 27, 2026. (Also at GitHub.)