What's new in Beat.

Every release, and what changed. Beat is free, built in the open, and shaped by the people who use it.

Beat 1.5 currentJune 2026

Location scouting: drop a real place on a map next to your story, pull up street view, and keep your locations living on the board with your beats, references and Set Plan. — Vivien Hackenhaar
A big speed pass across the whole app, so it feels noticeably lighter.
The Set Plan gets a proper image editor.
Production breakdown sheets and a Fountain screenplay export.
A clearer first launch walkthrough, including a zoom tip that now names the mouse gesture, hold Control and scroll. — Dale Dunbar

Redesigned node connectors: cursor accurate dragging, correct ports, reliable snap, one to many links, and Resolve style rewire handles, each coloured to its own line.
Customizable beat nodes: choose which fields show, per project.
A new dark theme, cool slate with a warm amber accent.
Smarter Link to Claude: Claude lays out your canvas and it updates live as it edits. Native File and Edit menus restored.
Authorship: put your name and a credit line on every export cover.
Editable outline: drag to reorder groups and beats, with Auto or Custom ordering.
Fuller Word exports: every card type exports now, cleaner professional pages.
10 new director prompts for AI development, from shot lists to a full screenplay pass.
Import spreadsheets: drop an .xlsx or .csv onto the canvas.
Faster, more reliable Set Plan with native offline rendering.

First public release of Beat.
Universal build: runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, signed and packaged as a clean .dmg.
The full canvas: story beats that branch, references from almost any link, characters and locations.
The Set Plan: an overhead lighting and blocking planner with real cameras and fixtures.
Works with Claude through MCP. Local first and free. Exports to Markdown, Word and PDF.