story-labyrinth: Self-hosted AI writing workspace for long-form fiction
The brief
Story Labyrinth is a self-hosted web app for fiction writers that combines a rich-text editor with a codex system tracking character wardrobe, wounds, and custom fields with full history.
Key points
- It uses hybrid RAG indexing via SQLite FTS5 and optional local embeddings to scan manuscripts, and provides six specialized chat desks for world-building, outlining, research, editing, brainstorming, and notes.
- All AI suggestions go through a propose-approve workflow to prevent silent modifications.
- Built with Express.js, React 19, and TypeScript under AGPL-3.0, with 787 commits despite 0 public stars.
Sources
- GitHubgithub.com
- Source codegithub.com