Write your novel without losing track of your world.
Keep characters, relationships, locations, and events connected to the manuscript you write. Import an existing draft or start in Lokee, then consult and update your story bible without leaving the chapter.
No account required for the demo. Local-first desktop app. AI suggestions are never applied without your approval.
Your manuscript knows the story. Your notes rarely keep up.
Characters change, relationships evolve, events move, and small details disappear across chapters and files. A separate wiki or spreadsheet only works when you have enough time to maintain it manually. Lokee keeps the story bible connected to the work itself.
Scattered context
Character details and lore are spread across documents, notebooks, and memory.
Manual maintenance
Every change in the manuscript creates another update somewhere else.
Broken writing flow
Looking up one detail means leaving the chapter and searching through several tools.
One workflow from manuscript to world model.
Write or import
Start a manuscript in Lokee or bring in an existing Word document. Keep the work you already created.
Connect
Mention characters and other entities directly in the text. Open their context without leaving the chapter.
Review
Extract characters, relationships, attributes, and events from a chapter or selection. Accept, reject, or edit every suggestion.
Explore
See the same world through entity cards, relationship maps, timelines, and boards.
Your writing tool and story bible should not drift apart.
Lokee Writer is built on the same entities, relationships, and timelines as the rest of the vault. Rename a character without losing the reference. Check a relationship without opening another application. Extract new facts from the chapter you just wrote and decide what becomes canon.
- Markdown-based manuscript storage
- Chapter and scene organization
- Entity mentions with stable links
- Entity context sidebar
- Extraction from selected text or chapters
- Word, PDF, and Markdown export
Public demo
Explore a complete story vault before creating an account.
Open a sample novel project containing a manuscript, characters, relationships, locations, and a relationship graph. Edit the demo freely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded and you can reset it at any time.
Open the public demo →Stored only in this browser. No signup. No installer.
What Lokee shows you
Character context while writing
Open a character’s attributes, aliases, relationships, and timeline facts beside the chapter.
Relationship map & family tree
See alliances, rivalries, organizations, and dependencies as an interactive graph, plus a dedicated generational family tree with species/ancestry percentage markers for fantasy lineages.
Story timeline
Connect events to the people and places involved, and branch parallel timelines to track possibilities and drafts with automatic conflict detection.
Manuscript extraction
Turn existing prose into reviewable entity, relationship, attribute, and event suggestions instead of rebuilding the story bible manually.
The Sticky Mindmap canvas is also available for free-form brainstorming, linked straight to your vault entities.
Your unpublished work should remain under your control.
Lokee's local desktop vault works without a cloud account. Your project files remain readable and portable. Cloud sync and managed AI are optional. When AI is used, Lokee shows what will be processed and places results in a review step before anything becomes part of the vault.
- Local vault available without subscription
- Readable project files
- Cloud use is optional
- AI actions are explicit
- AI results require review
- Standard export paths
Less switching between a word processor and a separate world wiki.
| Workflow | Separate writing app + notes/wiki | Lokee |
|---|---|---|
| Write the manuscript | In one tool | In Writer |
| Check a character | Search another document or app | Open beside the chapter |
| Update the story bible | Manual duplicate work | Connected entity workflow |
| Build from existing prose | Manual entry | Review-assisted extraction |
| View relationships | Manual chart or plugin | Relationship graph |
| Check chronology | Separate spreadsheet or timeline | Connected story timeline |
| Keep local ownership | Varies by tool | Local-first vault and exports |
Pricing
Local is free forever. Sync is for writing across devices.
Use Lokee locally at no cost, or add Sync when you want the same story workspace in the browser and on another device.
Local
For writers who want a private story workspace on one computer.
Write, organize, and explore your story locally without an account or subscription.
- Entity cards, 3D graph, narrative timeline
- Sticky Mindmap canvas
- AI extraction (bring your own API key)
- Vault stored as open JSON on your device
- Works fully offline
- 1 free cloud vault — browser access, up to 100 entities
- No subscription, no lock-in
Sync
Your story, available wherever you write.
Continue in the browser, keep desktop and cloud work connected, and use Lokee across devices without transferring the project manually.
- Continue on another device — open the same cloud vault in the browser or supported desktop app
- Stop transferring files manually — supported changes stay connected through Sync
- AI voice capture (Whisper transcription + entity extraction)
- Up to 5 cloud vaults, unlimited entities
- Use managed AI without provider setup — 50 credits included every month
- Invite collaborators to your workspaces
- 7-day free trial — cancel any time
Cancel any time. Your local files remain yours.
Team
For co-authors, editors, and small narrative teams.
Work from shared vaults with workspace access and team billing.
- Everything in Sync
- Shared team vault with workspace access and team billing
- Seat add-ons at $3 / seat / month
- Priority support
Lokee is independently built. Every paid subscription funds continued development, but Sync is priced around the practical value of cross-device access and managed services.
Why Lokee exists
Built for a novel that became too large to hold in one person's head.
Lokee began while Paweł Arent was developing the world behind the sequels to his debut novel, Medalion. Characters, facts, drawings, and ideas were spread across files, notebooks, the manuscript, and memory. Existing systems required too much manual setup and maintenance. Lokee was built to organize work that already existed, connect it to the writing process, and make a complex fictional world easier to continue after any break.
Also great for
Beyond fiction writers
Fiction Writers
Keep a living story bible: track characters, plot threads, and lore across a novel series without losing the thread. Build an interconnected world your reader feels — and you never forget.
Worldbuilders
Design continents, cultures, magic systems, and millennia of history. See how every decision cascades through your world in real time.
Game Masters
A campaign tracker for NPCs, factions, locations, and events that stays consistent session to session.
Researchers & Analysts
Link sources, people, and concepts in a structured knowledge graph. Discover connections you would miss in a flat document.
FAQ
Questions writers ask before trying Lokee
Is Lokee a writing app or a worldbuilding app?
Both — Lokee is a connected writing workspace and story bible. Write your manuscript in Lokee Writer while characters, relationships, locations, and events stay linked to the same vault.
Can I import a manuscript I already wrote?
Yes. Import an existing .docx file and Lokee proposes a chapter structure you can review, merge, or split before committing it as Markdown chapters.
Does Lokee write my novel with AI?
No. AI extraction proposes characters, relationships, attributes, and events from your writing — you review and accept or reject every suggestion. Lokee never rewrites your manuscript automatically.
Is my manuscript uploaded to the cloud?
Only if you enable Sync. The desktop app’s local vault stays on your machine; cloud sync is optional, and only vaults you choose to sync are stored on our servers.
What happens if I stop paying for Sync?
Your local vault and files remain fully accessible. Sync only adds browser access, cross-device sync, and managed AI — cancelling removes those, not your local data.
Can I use Lokee without an account?
The desktop app’s local vault requires no account. Browser access and cloud sync require a free account.
What formats can I export?
Word, PDF, and Markdown, including manuscripts and boards.
Does Lokee work on Windows and macOS?
Yes, both. Windows builds are code-signed; macOS builds are not yet signed and notarized — see the download page for current status.
Why might my operating system show an installer warning?
Until macOS notarization is complete and Windows reputation is fully established, your OS may show a security warning on first install. This isn’t a sign the app is unsafe — see the trust page for details.
Can I try Lokee before creating an account?
The desktop app is free to download and use without an account. Browser access requires a free account.
Keep writing. Keep the world connected.
Download the desktop app for free, or create an account for browser access and cloud sync.