Reelwright Studio for Linux
x86_64 · glibc 2.35 or later: Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Fedora 36 and newer
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x86_64 · glibc 2.35 or later: Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Fedora 36 and newer
Reelwright-0.13.0-x86_64.AppImage
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Reelwright-0.13.0-windows-x86_64-setup.exe
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Reelwright-0.13.0-macos-universal.dmg
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sha256sum Reelwright-0.13.0-x86_64.AppImageshasum -a 256 Reelwright-0.13.0-macos-universal.dmgGet-FileHash .\Reelwright-0.13.0-windows-x86_64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256Install
Reelwright Studio brings everything it needs: no Node, Godot or Python to install. Builds are not signed by Microsoft or notarized by Apple yet, so your system asks you to confirm the first time: the steps say what to choose.
In a terminal, in the folder you downloaded it to, or with “Allow executing file as program” in its properties.
chmod +x Reelwright-0.13.0-x86_64.AppImageDouble-click it, or run it.
./Reelwright-0.13.0-x86_64.AppImagePut cli first to run reelwright: doctor checks that everything works here.
./Reelwright-0.13.0-x86_64.AppImage cli doctorWon't start? AppImages mount themselves with FUSE. Without it, add --appimage-extract-and-run, or use the .tar.xz.
Anywhere you like: your home folder, /opt, a USB drive.
tar -xJf Reelwright-0.13.0-linux-x86_64.tar.xz./Reelwright-0.13.0-linux-x86_64/reelwright-studioreelwright sits beside Studio.
./Reelwright-0.13.0-linux-x86_64/reelwright doctorOpen Reelwright-0.13.0-windows-x86_64-setup.exe from your Downloads folder. It installs for you alone, with no administrator, in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Reelwright.
Until releases are signed, your browser may first say the file is not commonly downloaded: choose Keep. Then Windows says “Windows protected your PC”, with the publisher unknown. Check the file's SHA-256 first, then choose More info and Run anyway. From the .zip, Studio and reelwright.exe ask the same the first time each runs.
Start Reelwright Studio from the Start menu.
Unless you untick it, the installer puts reelwright on your PATH: in a new terminal, reelwright doctor checks that everything works. Settings › Apps uninstalls it. Or unpack the .zip anywhere and run reelwright-studio.exe.
Open Reelwright-0.13.0-macos-universal.dmg and drag Reelwright Studio to Applications.
The app is signed, but not yet notarized by Apple, so the first time macOS stops it and says it could not check it for malicious software. Choose Done, not Move to Trash.
Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and scroll down to Security, where it says Reelwright Studio was blocked. Choose Open Anyway (it is there for about an hour after you tried), enter your password, then choose Open Anyway once more. From then on it opens like any other app.
That is the download's quarantine flag on an app not yet notarized. Remove it, then open the app again.
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Reelwright Studio.app"reelwright is inside the app, beside Studio: doctor checks that everything works.
"/Applications/Reelwright Studio.app/Contents/MacOS/reelwright" doctorTry the demo show opens a copy of Marigold Salvage Co. in a Reelwright folder in your Documents (in your home folder if you have no Documents folder), and Studio says where; New show… starts one of your own: its name, a logline and a look, blank and yours from the first file, or from the demo's sci-fi kit if you ask for it.
Open it on the Timeline and press Space. Change a line in its script and press Direct to see it re-staged.
The first time lines are voiced, Reelwright downloads its voice model, about 330 MB, and says so. After that it works offline.
Settings › Claude (Ctrl+,) connects the Claude you already have, with no API key: claude.ai or the Claude app as a connector, or Claude Code on your Claude plan. A key is an option too. Everything else works without Claude.
Requirements
Reelwright renders on your graphics card, so a working Vulkan or Metal driver matters most.
| Requirement | Linux | Windows | macOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| System | 64-bit Linux with glibc 2.35 or later (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Fedora 36 or newer) | Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit | macOS 13.5 Ventura or later |
| Processor | x86_64 | x64 | Apple silicon or Intel |
| Graphics | A GPU with a Vulkan driver (Mesa, NVIDIA or AMD). Without one, Mesa's software Vulkan renders the same frames, slowly | A GPU with a Vulkan driver from its maker | Metal, which every Mac on macOS 13 has |
| Memory | 8 GB or more | 8 GB or more | 8 GB or more |
| Disk space | About 0.5 GB for Reelwright, about 0.75 GB more for the voices it downloads the first time, and room for your shows and renders: plan on 2 GB free. | ||
| Network | Not needed to write, direct, play or render. Used once to download the voices, for Claude if you connect it, and for the daily update check, which you can switch off. | ||
Release notes
Approve Claude's work where you asked for it. In claude.ai and Claude Desktop, a change Claude proposes shows as Reelwright's card: what it changes and why, the changed shots before and after, and Approve, Reject or Open in Studio right there. On the desktop, an ask from Studio's chat opens Claude Code with it typed in. Studio on Linux now updates itself from a signed feed, and puts the old version back if the new one does not start. People hug, children and grandmothers sound their age, the review opens on a picture, and Hat Day's vent no longer seems to hold up the Captain's hat.
And 2 more.
INSERT - MEI'S PHONE: "Come home."). It
showed the first and left the rest as action, or showed none. A cue marked (TEXT) is a
message, never a line said aloud, and someone who only texts needs no one in the cast: such
a texter used to stop the scene. With no insert written over them, texts are a phone's insert
of their own.And 5 more.
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