Built for the modern web — create and distribute visual novels that anyone can play pretty much anywhere. Free, open source, and designed so you can write your story as easily as if you were just writing it.
Features
Simple Syntax
You don’t need to be a developer. Monogatari’s friendly language lets you write your story naturally — yet it’s powerful enough for anything you imagine.
Multimedia Support
Images, video, music, sound effects — bring your scenes to life with any kind of media.
Multi-language
Built-in translation support so players can enjoy your story in their own language.
Feature Full
Save and load, animations, rewind, auto-play, text skipping, and more — out of the box.
Customizable
Think of your game as a website: anything you’ve seen on the web is within your reach.
Responsive
Plays beautifully on any screen, on any device, right out of the box.
Progressive Web App
Installable and playable offline, just like a native app.
Open Source
Released under the MIT License — use it for anything, commercial or not, completely free.
Multi-platform
Ship to the web, or build for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.
Get Involved
Monogatari is 100% open source and built collaboratively by people all over the world. Even if you’re not a programmer, you can help.
Built on Open Source
Monogatari would not be possible without these awesome open source projects.
Sponsor
Monogatari is developed and distributed as a completely free product. Every little bit of support helps us keep building new features and maintaining the project.
Not what you’re looking for?
Monogatari’s goal isn’t competition — here are some other awesome open source engines worth checking out.
Ren’Py
The most widely used visual novel engine — Python-powered, battle-tested, and behind thousands of released games.
TyranoScript
A free HTML5 engine with a friendly, tag-based script and excellent mobile support.
RenJS
A browser-based engine built on Phaser, with your whole story configured in simple YAML files.
Every story should be told before they are lost forever.