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World Anvil

Web-based worldbuilding platform for writers and game masters

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What is World Anvil?

World Anvil is a web-based worldbuilding platform for fiction writers and tabletop game masters. A setting is built from template-based articles that link to one another, with interactive maps, timelines, family trees and diplomacy webs alongside. A free Freeman account has content limits, and paid guild memberships add features such as Manuscripts for drafting a novel and Notebooks for loose notes.

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Good for

  • Fantasy and science-fiction writers documenting a setting as linked articles
  • Game masters who keep campaign notes, maps and statblocks with their lore
  • Worldbuilders who want to present a setting to readers as a themed site

Worth knowing

  • Free accounts are capped: the April 2024 announcement listed 2 worlds, 42 articles, 5 drafts, 2 maps with 10 markers and 100 MB of images.
  • A free account over its limits can view, export and delete content but cannot edit until it is back under them.
  • World Anvil describes Manuscripts and Notebooks as features for paying guild members.
  • URL embeds were removed from free accounts in April 2024 and need a paid guild account.

Key features

Articles and templates
A world is written as articles built on templates with prompts, such as characters, organizations, languages, plots and prose, then sorted into categories and folders. The Autolinker links articles to each other.
Interactive maps
Maps take markers and layers, and the world search covers map markers along with articles, images, timelines and events.
Timelines and historical events
Timelines collect dated events from a world's history, and events can be filed in folders with the rest of a world's content.
Family trees and diplomacy webs
Family trees are generated from the parents set on character articles. Diplomacy webs chart relations between factions, countries and other organizations.
Manuscripts
A paid feature for writing fiction such as a novel. The Plot and Prose article templates, used for outlining and for short stories and scenes, are free.
Tabletop campaign tools
RPG campaigns and statblocks are kept in the same account as the worldbuilding. The 2024 free-account limits allow one campaign and 20 statblocks.

World Anvil pricing

We could not confirm World Anvil’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See worldanvil.com for current prices.

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Common questions

Is World Anvil free?

World Anvil has a free plan. Free Freeman account with content caps. World Anvil's April 2024 announcement set them at 2 worlds, 42 articles, 2 maps, 2 timelines and 100 MB of images; current limits could not be confirmed.

What platforms does World Anvil work on?

World Anvil is available on Web.

Does World Anvil have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. World Anvil is listed for Web.

Does World Anvil have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. World Anvil is listed for Web.

Is World Anvil open source?

World Anvil is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.

Who makes World Anvil?

World Anvil is made by World Anvil. It dates from 2017.

What are the alternatives to World Anvil?

The closest alternatives to World Anvil in our directory are Campfire, Plottr, Novelcrafter, Scrivener and LivingWriter. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with World Anvil.

Sources for this page

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026.