Vellium
Local-first AI workspace for stories, roleplay and tools
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Local-first AI workspace for stories, roleplay and tools
5 followers
Vellium is a free, open-source desktop AI workspace for character chat, multi-character roleplay, long-form writing, RAG, LoreBooks, MCP tools and plugins. Bring your own backend—OpenAI-compatible APIs, OpenRouter, LM Studio, Ollama or KoboldCpp—while chats, characters, projects and knowledge stay in a local SQLite database. Native builds are available for macOS, Windows and Linux.
bring your own backend is huge, love that you support ollama and lm studio natively. one thing that would actually seal the deal for me is a proper mobile companion app or at least a solid web view that syncs with the local sqlite db, sometimes i want to keep writing on my phone or ipad without firing up the whole desktop client.
@abdurrahmakeml that’s actually pretty close to what i have already. the desktop binary supports a --headless mode, so it can run without opening the electron window while still exposing the local server.
the main thing left is making the ui properly responsive. i’d need to go through the interface and fix everything that doesn’t work well on smaller screens. in theory, i think it would already be pretty usable on an ipad.
security is also something i’d want to get right before recommending it. if you’re exposing access to your local instance, especially with MCP enabled, authentication, passwords and proper access controls become pretty important. i don’t want to ship something that accidentally gives broad access to local tools.