Vela

AI-powered IDE for novel writing with local LLM and RAG, privacy-first and BYOK, for web fiction authors.

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An open-source, privacy-first desktop IDE that combines local LLM-powered workflows with a local RAG knowledge base for long-form novel and web fiction writing. It targets novelists and web fiction authors who need an integrated, self-hosted environment for outlining, chapter drafting, rewriting and review while allowing use of a personal API key; distributed under GPL-3.0.

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