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Open SourceTooling 21 Aug 2026 GitHub

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

  1. 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.
  2. All AI suggestions go through a propose-approve workflow to prevent silent modifications.
  3. Built with Express.js, React 19, and TypeScript under AGPL-3.0, with 787 commits despite 0 public stars.
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