Overview

screenjson-cli is the full, production-grade ScreenJSON toolchain. One Go binary exposes nine subcommands.

Commands

Command	Purpose
`convert`	Read FDX, Fountain, FadeIn, or PDF → emit ScreenJSON (or YAML).
`export`	Read ScreenJSON → emit FDX, Fountain, FadeIn, PDF, JSON, or YAML.
`validate`	Check against the ScreenJSON JSON Schema.
`encrypt`	AES-256-CTR encrypt every text run.
`decrypt`	Decrypt an encrypted ScreenJSON document.
`serve`	Start the REST API server.
`formats`	List supported formats and their capabilities.
`version`	Print version.
`help`	Print top-level help.

Format	Extensions	Import	Export
Final Draft	`.fdx`	✅	✅
FadeIn	`.fadein`	✅	✅
Fountain	`.fountain`, `.spmd`	✅	✅
PDF	`.pdf`	✅ (via Poppler)	✅
ScreenJSON	`.json`	✅	✅
YAML	`.yaml`, `.yml`	✅	✅
Celtx	`.celtx`	—	— (placeholder)

Every command accepts long and short forms for input and output paths:

screenjson serve exposes the same engine over HTTP. See API Reference → screenjson-cli server.

Commercial — contact [email protected]. For the free OSS subset (writer-format import only), use screenjson-export.