heider-x/vela

vela

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AI-powered IDE for novel writing — local LLM + RAG, privacy-first, BYOK. For web fiction authors and creative writers.

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TypeScript · GPL-3.0 · Last push 2026-10-19

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Get the project

git clone https://github.com/heider-x/vela.git

Cloning downloads the source. For dependencies and installation, follow the project README.

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