Stay with the manuscript.
Work in a continuous editor with autosave, author notes and a reading palette you can adjust. Import DOCX and export your document to DOCX or PDF.
Text, context and timeline in one app
Write your text.
Let Fennec handle analysis, connections and the timeline.
Create, structure and analyse text projects, from articles and notes to full-length manuscripts. Work with drafts, characters and a visual timeline that connects events across parallel threads. All in one offline desktop app.
Closed testing · By personal invitation
Fennec / Timeline
An interactive map of events and plot connections.
FROM THE FIRST LINE TO THE BIG PICTURE
More than a place to type.
Give your world a memory.
Keep characters, locations, objects and concepts connected to your project. Review extracted suggestions before accepting them into your story knowledge.
See the threads together.
Build a Timeline for each document. Place events in parallel branches, connect cards, expand their details and return to the linked text. Export the board or a readable text version.
A nudge when you need one.
With a compatible local model, ask for a continuation, synonyms, a rephrasing, a shorter passage or more dynamic wording. Suggestions are yours to review — nothing is applied automatically.
Local-first
Keep manuscripts and project data on your computer.
Author-led
You choose the events and the connections that matter.
Optional local AI
Ask for an idea. Keep, change or discard the suggestion.
THE PROJECT AT A GLANCE
An interactive map of events and plot connections.
Use the timeline to structure complex plots: arrange events in parallel branches, connect storylines and return to the linked passages. See how individual events fit into the whole story.
The timeline in Fennec · application screenshot
INSIDE FENNEC
One project. A connected workspace.
Explore the editor, project materials and analysis tools in real application screenshots.
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YOUR WORKSPACE
Make Fennec feel like yours.
Choose a light or dark theme and adjust editor colours for comfortable reading and writing.
Built for writing. Kept under your control.
The core writing workspace works offline. Local AI requires a separately installed compatible model. Optional update and license-status checks can be disabled; downloads and support links need a connection.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Writing and local AI have different needs.
The editor, Timeline, cards and notes work without an AI model. Local AI is optional and needs additional memory, disk space and computing power.
- Available builds
- Windows x64 and macOS 13 or later, with separate downloads for Apple Silicon and Intel.
- Memory for local AI
- For the current recommended 9B model, use 16 GB RAM or more as a starting point for Beta testing. 32 GB provides more headroom for projects and other applications. Available memory matters, not just installed memory.
- Graphics and response time
- A discrete graphics card is not required to write in Fennec. For AI, a compatible GPU can help. Integrated Intel graphics share system RAM. On a CPU or integrated Intel graphics, even a short request may take tens of seconds. Enough RAM alone does not guarantee a quick response.
- Model storage
- An SSD is recommended. The current recommended text and context-search models are about 5.7 GB in total, downloaded separately. Allow additional space for Fennec, projects and backups. Other models have different requirements.
These are preliminary Beta recommendations, not validated minimum requirements or a speed guarantee. Hardware testing is ongoing; faster AI on entry-level laptops is still being evaluated.
Not sure about your computer? Ask the developer. ↗Closed Beta
Preparing Fennec for release.
Fennec is in closed Beta. Testers are invited individually so feedback can shape the next release. There is no public installer or automatic registration.
Let me know about the release Send a release-notification request through the contact form. This does not grant Beta access and is not a paid preorder.