Lore

Lore is an open-source, local-first AI coworker that connects to your email and meeting notes, builds a long-lived knowledge graph, and uses that context to help you get real work done — privately, on your machine.

Unlike generic AI assistants that start cold every session, Lore accumulates context over time. It knows your projects, your people, your decisions, and your commitments — and compounds that knowledge to make you genuinely more effective.

✨ Features

Persistent Memory — Lore builds and maintains a knowledge graph from your emails and meeting notes. Context accumulates over time rather than starting from scratch every session.
Meeting Prep — Get a crisp brief before any meeting, pulling past decisions, open questions, and relevant threads automatically.
Email Drafting — Draft replies grounded in your history, commitments, and relationships.
Docs & Decks — Generate PDFs, summaries, and project updates using your real ongoing context.
Background Agents — Set up recurring tasks that run automatically — morning briefings, email drafts, knowledge graph updates, and more.
Voice Memos — Record voice notes that are automatically transcribed and captured into your knowledge graph.
Bring Your Own Model — Works with local models (Ollama, LM Studio) or hosted models via your own API key.
MCP Tool Support — Extend Lore with external tools via Model Context Protocol (Slack, GitHub, Linear, Exa, ElevenLabs, and more).
Local-First — All your data lives on your machine as plain Markdown. No cloud lock-in, no hidden formats. Inspect, edit, or delete anything at any time.

Inspired by Rowboat — reimagined and rebuilt from the ground up.

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

Node.js 20+
pnpm 9+

Install & Run

pnpm install
pnpm run dev

This starts the Vite dev server and Electron app. The workspace lives at ~/.lore/ by default (override with LORE_HOME).

Scripts

Command	Description
`pnpm run dev`	Start Electron app with hot-reload (renderer + main)
`pnpm run deps`	Build shared, core, preload packages
`pnpm run api`	Run Hono API server (standalone)
`pnpm run build`	Full production build

📁 Project Structure

Lore/
├── packages/
│   ├── shared/     # Zod schemas (workspace, models, runs, IPC, agents)
│   └── core/       # Config, workspace, models provider, AI
├── apps/
│   ├── api/        # Hono API (config, workspace, models routes)
│   ├── main/       # Electron main process + IPC
│   ├── preload/    # Electron preload bridge
│   └── renderer/   # React 19 + Vite + Tailwind + Radix UI

🎨 Theme

Lore supports Light, Dark, and System themes. The theme is persisted in localStorage (lore-theme). Use the theme selector in the header to switch.

Lore — because your work deserves a memory.

preeeetham/Lore

README