One Production. One Graph. One Source of Truth.
Film productions burn 15–20% of their budgets across disconnected 1990s desktop tools and manual PDFs.
SetSync connects screenwriting, breakdown, scheduling, call sheets, dailies, and budgets into a single reactive relational graph.
SCENE 1: INT. EDITING SUITE - NIGHT The glow of OLED monitors bathes ARJUN (30s) in blue. VIHAAN Tell me you found Take 5. ARJUN Take 5 is gold, Vihaan. But Scene 41 doesn't work if we cut her dialogue here.
Filmmakers don't suffer from a lack of creativity. They suffer from data fragmentation.
A writer updates a scene in Final Draft. The 1st AD manually re-types strips into Movie Magic. The line producer recalculates formulas in Excel. The call sheet is emailed as a static PDF. If one dialogue line or location changes at midnight, the entire production chain breaks down.
Union turnaround violation penalties ($2,000–$15,000 per violation), unrecorded location overtime, and continuity errors requiring expensive reshoots cost the film industry over $12 Billion annually in avoidable overhead.
Studios and A-list writers refuse to upload confidential, unreleased $100M screenplays to generic third-party web clouds. Legacy cloud software ignores the fundamental industry requirement: strict local-first offline sovereignty.
SetSync is not a generic project management tool wearing a film costume. It is software engineered by filmmakers for the exact realities of physical production.
| CAPABILITY / ARCHITECTURE | SETSYNC | FINAL DRAFT 13 | MOVIE MAGIC (SCHED/BUDG) | STUDIOBINDER | NOTION / AIRTABLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End-to-End Lifecycle (Idea → Archive) | ✓ Full 12 Pillars | ✕ Script Only | ✕ Sched/Budg Only | ✕ Pre-pro Only | ✕ Manual Setup |
| Unified Relational Graph Engine | ✓ One Graph | ✕ None | ✕ Siloed Desktop | ✕ Disconnected DB | ✕ Generic Rows |
| Narrative-to-Budget Ripple Detection | ✓ Real-time Cascade | ✕ None | ✕ None | ✕ None | ✕ None |
| Offline-First (Local SQLite & Zero Cloud) | ✓ 100% Offline | ✓ File-based only | ✓ Desktop only | ✕ Cloud Only (Leak Risk) | ✕ Cloud Only |
| Privacy Firewall for AI (BYOK / Local Ollama) | ✓ Zero Data Egress | ✕ None | ✕ None | ✕ None | ✕ Cloud LLM Only |
| Union 12-Hour Turnaround Rest Detector | ✓ Automated Alerts | ✕ None | ✕ Manual Inspection | ~ Basic | ✕ None |
| 1-Click WhatsApp/SMS Call Distribution | ✓ With Read Receipts | ✕ None | ✕ None | ~ Email/SMS Only | ✕ Requires Zapier |
| Scene Continuity & Damage Tracking | ✓ Native Wardrobe/State | ✕ None | ✕ None | ✕ None | ✕ None |
| Camera Dailies & Avid ALE Manifest Export | ✓ Circle Take Flags | ✕ None | ✕ None | ✕ None | ✕ None |
| Pricing Structure | Free Desktop + $49-$199/mo Cloud | $250 Upfront / User | $998+ Upfront / Seat | $29-$99 / User / Month | $10-$25 / Seat / Month |
Every department operates on the exact same underlying production graph.
Fountain 1.1 real-time screenplay editor, revision color tiers, and automatic scene/character parsing.
Narrative intelligence engine tracking character arcs, pacing diagnostics, and writer decision ledgers.
Instant element tagging: speaking cast, extras, stunts, props, vehicles, special equipment, and VFX plates.
Interactive production stripboard, automated day/night balancing, and union 12-hour turnaround rest violation checks.
Industry-standard daily call sheets, cast pickup/makeup schedules, hospital routing, and shoot day logs.
Cast and crew rosters, department leads, dietary requirements, emergency contacts, and blackout availability calendars.
Scene-to-scene wardrobe tracking, hair/makeup notes, props carried, and physical damage progression logs.
Cast deal memos, crew work-for-hire, location releases, payment milestones, and digital signature audit trails.
Dailies metadata ingest, Circle Take ("Print") selection, offline H.264 proxy links, and Avid Log Exchange (ALE) export.
Automated multi-channel dispatch via WhatsApp, SMS, and Email with real-time crew acknowledgment receipts.
Dynamic graph-linked budgeting, automated night shoot lighting surcharges, and production variance tracking.
The unified production graph connecting all scenes, characters, sets, and decisions into one source of truth.
Combining modern high-performance systems engineering with uncompromising data privacy.
Built with Rust and Tauri 2, delivering a native desktop app with an ~8MB binary footprint (vs 200MB+ for Electron). Embedded SQLite means filmmakers can work on private planes or remote jungle locations with zero latency and zero internet dependency.
Writers hold the keys. The application can run 100% offline using local open-weight models (Ollama/Llama-3), or connect to cloud providers via Bring-Your-Own-Key. No screenplay content is ever stored in telemetry or training logs.
Writers and film students adopt the 100% Free Community Desktop. Once a project enters pre-production and greenlight, the production upgrades to SetSync Cloud ($49–$199/mo) for multi-user real-time sync, onboarding 40–120 crew members into the ecosystem.
Estimate the hard monetary and labor savings on your next film or episodic project.
Designing and engineering the unified operating system for physical film production. SetSync replaces fragmented 1990s desktop software with a single reactive graph connecting storytelling, budgets, union scheduling, and on-set camera logs.
Engineered with a local-first SQLite architecture to ensure 100% intellectual property sovereignty for writers, directors, and studios.
A high-margin B2B SaaS model backed by viral bottom-up open-core adoption.
Global film, streaming episodic, and commercial production software market by 2028.
Each film production invites 40–120 freelancers who carry SetSync to their next 3 productions.
Zero vendor lock-in with local SQLite data ownership drives industry-leading developer and writer trust.
For individual screenwriters, directors, and indie filmmakers.
For active shooting crews and film production companies.
For multi-slate studios, networks, and production houses.