Install

screenjson-cli is commercial. The source repository is private. Contact [email protected] to request access. For the free OSS subset (FDX / Fountain / FadeIn → ScreenJSON), use screenjson-export.

Docker (recommended)

docker pull screenjson/cli:latest
docker run --rm screenjson/cli help

The image includes Poppler’s pdftohtml binary for PDF import.

From source (requires repo access)

git clone https://github.com/screenjson/screenjson-cli.git
cd screenjson-cli
go build -trimpath -o screenjson ./cmd/screenjson
sudo mv screenjson /usr/local/bin/

Requires Go 1.22+.

PDF import prerequisites

PDF import additionally requires Poppler’s pdftohtml:

# macOS
brew install poppler

# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install poppler-utils

Typical binary paths:

Platform	Path
macOS · Apple Silicon	`/opt/homebrew/bin/pdftohtml`
macOS · Intel	`/usr/local/bin/pdftohtml`
Linux	`/usr/bin/pdftohtml`

Override with --pdftohtml <path> or SCREENJSON_PDFTOHTML.

Verify

screenjson version
# → screenjson version 1.0.0

Overview convert

screenjson-export

screenjson-cli

screenjson-ui

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Docker (recommended)

From source (requires repo access)

PDF import prerequisites

Verify

​Docker (recommended)

​From source (requires repo access)

​PDF import prerequisites

​Verify

Docker (recommended)

From source (requires repo access)

PDF import prerequisites

Verify