Local-first projects
Cards, boards, mind maps, snippets, and workflows live as project files on disk. Your writing stays portable and visible, not trapped behind a SaaS boundary.
Local-first writing studio
Write with the calm of a notebook and the power of an IDE.
Novelode is a local-first desktop studio for writers who want cards, planning boards, linked mind maps, hybrid search, dynamic references, built-in version history, and optional AI support in one intentional workspace.
This public website is still under construction, but the product direction is already clear: help writers think, connect, revise, and ship without scattering their work across five different tools.
Real application view
Actual workspace
Cards, rich writing, and structured properties living
together in one calm desktop interface.
What makes it different
Novelode is built for writers who think across notes, structure, and revision.
The app is being shaped as a writing environment where notes, scenes, references, plans, linked maps, and revisions all live in one coherent project model.
Hybrid search
Semantic and lexical search work together, so you can find a note by exact wording, rough phrasing, concept, type, or planning state.
Mind maps tied to real work
Mind maps are not decorative side documents. They can refer to actual cards, URLs, and project thinking that stays connected to the rest of the workspace.
Boards for writing flow
Move cards through workflow states like draft, next, and done, reorder them, and shape momentum without splitting planning from writing.
Dynamic references
Reuse cards, queries, snippets, traits, and assets as live building blocks inside documents so context can stay fresh while your draft evolves.
Built-in version history
Project history is part of the writing tool itself, which makes experimentation, review, comparison, and recovery feel natural instead of bolted on.
Rich project and app configuration
Types, workflows, snippets, plugins, keyboard shortcuts,
editor preferences, and provider settings are all first-class
parts of the workspace.
Real settings view
How it helps
A single studio for the full writing loop.
Capture fragments. Connect ideas. Plan what comes next. Search across everything. Revise with context. Keep the history.
Capture
Build a project out of cards, snippets, notes, research fragments, and character or scene material.
Connect
Explore relationships in mind maps and dynamic references so discovery happens inside the same creative space.
Shape
Use planning boards, next-state queues, and rich editor tools to turn fragments into intentional forward movement.
Refine
Search, compare, review, and revise with version history and assistance that can work with your actual project context when you want it.
Planning boards that stay close to the writing
Move cards through workflow states, review progress at a
glance, and keep story structure visible without leaving the
project workspace.
Real board view
Coming soon / under construction
Novelode is on the way.
This first public page is here as a marker: the product is actively being built, refined, and tested. A fuller public website, launch details, and release information will follow.
“A writing studio for people who think in notes, maps, boards,
and revisions.”