Characters, places, lore, and events
Create editable reference entries for the people, settings, factions, world rules, events, and notes that shape your novel.
Story bible for novelists
A story memory that grows with your novel.
HexaQuill brings your chapters, summaries, and worldbuilding into one local-first Windows writing app. Its living Codex helps you keep characters, locations, lore, factions, events, and notes close to the manuscript they belong to.
Available now in HexaQuill Free: the chapter editor, living Codex, chapter summaries, Word and PDF exports, an optional OpenRouter connection, and up to five editable novels.
Why story memory matters
Long stories create more facts than memory can comfortably hold.
A novel can quickly accumulate character histories, locations, promises, injuries, relationships, rules, and timeline details. When those facts live across chat histories, loose notes, and separate files, checking continuity becomes slower than writing.
A story bible gives those details a permanent home. HexaQuill calls this the Codex. You decide what belongs in it, update entries as the story changes, and keep the reference material beside your chapters.
Story memory is not a claim that an AI remembers every sentence forever. It is a structured record you control, supported by chapter summaries and the context you choose to provide when using AI.
What HexaQuill organizes
Your manuscript and its working memory in one place.
The current free release helps you build reliable context before you ask an AI for help.
A compact record of what changed
Keep a short summary for each chapter so major actions, discoveries, and turning points are easier to review later.
Draft in a clear story structure
Write chapter by chapter with goals, word counts, rich formatting, and navigation that keeps a long manuscript manageable.
Bring the right context to the request
Connect OpenRouter when you want AI assistance. Your selected provider and model still have their own context limits and privacy terms.
A practical workflow
Build continuity as you write.
Draft the chapter
Keep the scene and chapter work inside the same novel project.
Summarize the change
Record the key outcome, reveal, decision, or timeline movement.
Update the Codex
Add new facts and revise entries when characters or world rules evolve.
Use focused context
When you use AI, ask a focused question with the relevant story material.
Local-first by design
Your story bible belongs beside your manuscript.
HexaQuill stores your novel in a local folder you choose. You can place that folder inside your own backup or sync service, but HexaQuill does not require you to move the manuscript into its cloud.
AI is optional. Text is sent to your selected provider only when you deliberately use an AI feature. Read the Privacy Policy before connecting a provider.
- Up to five editable novels in the free release.
- Local manuscript files that remain under your control.
- Word and PDF exports for sharing outside HexaQuill.
- Codex entries you can edit as the story develops.
- No credit card required to start writing.
Honest limits
What story memory does not mean.
It is not automatic infinite memory
The current app does not promise that an AI continuously reads and remembers every word in every novel. Useful results still depend on relevant, well-maintained context.
The writer still curates the truth
Your Codex is most useful when you keep important entries and summaries accurate. You remain the authority on what is canon.
AI providers have context limits
Each model can process only a limited amount of text at once. Focused chapters, summaries, and Codex entries help you use that space more deliberately.
Local AI and MCP are coming later
Direct local AI connections and the MCP Companion are planned Premium features. They remain locked in the current free public release.
Story memory questions
Before you start.
Is the Codex available in the free version?
Yes. The free release includes the editor, Codex, exports, optional OpenRouter connection, and up to five editable novels.
Can HexaQuill remember a novel as deeply as a human reader?
No software should promise perfect memory. HexaQuill helps you create structured story context through your Codex and chapter summaries, while AI results still depend on the model and the material supplied.
Does my manuscript stay on my computer?
Yes. Your novel files are stored locally. If you use an AI feature, the text needed for that request is sent to the provider you selected under that provider's terms.
Will local AI work without sending text to a cloud provider?
That is the plan for a later Premium release. Local AI support is visible as a preview but remains locked today.
Start with the free release
Give your story a memory you control.
Download HexaQuill for Windows and start organizing your first five novels free.
