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john-paul-ruf/novel-engine

Novel Engine is a desktop app that lets you construct novels. Seven AI agents handle the editorial pipeline — from pitch to published manuscript — while you focus on the story. Powered by Claude, Codex, and Ollama. Open source. Free. No gatekeeping.

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How fast john-paul-ruf/novel-engine is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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