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BunCho

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Free importer and converter

Convert your own exports from Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, Markdown (Obsidian), Novelcrafter, Sudowrite, NovelAI, Fountain and Final Draft into chapters, scenes, characters and world notes. Conversion runs in your browser; your manuscript is never uploaded. The Markdown + JSON backup is free for everyone. You only log in to save into BunCho.

Drop your exported files here

DOCX · TXT · Markdown · ZIP (Scrivener / Obsidian / web-novel sites / Codex) · EPUB · HTML · Fountain · FDX · CSV · JSON

How to export from your current tool

  • Scrivener: compress the .scriv folder into a ZIP. The Draft folder becomes chapters and scenes; Characters / Places folders become characters and world notes.
  • Word / Google Docs: .docx (Google Docs: File → Download → Microsoft Word, or Web page). Heading 1/2 become chapters and scenes.
  • Novelcrafter: Export → Novel (Word or Markdown), plus the Codex ZIP from the cog menu.
  • Sudowrite: .docx or the project .zip, plus the Story Bible Outline / Characters / Worldbuilding CSV files.
  • NovelAI: the story as plain text (.txt) and your Lorebook (.json / .lorebook).
  • Obsidian / Markdown: choose the vault folder, or a ZIP of it.
  • Final Draft / Fountain: .fdx or .fountain. Scenes become sections, speakers become characters.

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FAQ

Is my manuscript uploaded?

No. Conversion runs in your browser. Only when you click "Save to BunCho" is the converted result saved to your account.

Which formats are supported?

TXT (automatic chapter detection, and Japanese web-novel ZIPs), Markdown and Obsidian folders, Word (.docx), Google Docs exports (.docx, HTML), EPUB, Scrivener (.scriv folder as ZIP), Novelcrafter (Markdown, DOCX, Codex ZIP), Sudowrite (DOCX, ZIP, Story Bible CSV), NovelAI (TXT, Lorebook), Fountain and Final Draft (.fdx).

Does BunCho log in to other services?

No. It only reads files you exported yourself or text you paste.

Size limits?

Up to 30 MB of files; ZIPs up to 60 MB and 3,000 files once unpacked. Saving into BunCho takes up to 200 scenes, 2 MB of text and 60 characters at a time (conversion and download work beyond that).

What is in the backup?

The full manuscript as Markdown, one Markdown file per chapter, characters and world notes, and a JSON file (buncho-bundle.json) you can import again.

Only import your own work or work you have permission to use. BunCho never logs in to other services or fetches web pages here. Product names are trademarks of their owners; no affiliation is implied. 日本語