InkOS

Overview

InkOS is an open-source AI agent system for story creation and multilingual translation, covering long-form serials, standalone short stories, scripts, fan fiction and side stories, imitation and continuation writing, interactive games, open worlds, and long-form translation. It offers Studio, TUI, and CLI interfaces, with agents managing ideas, settings, characters, memory, review, revision, covers, interactive state, and cross-language delivery in one workspace.

Key Features

• Studio Chat, TUI, CLI, and an external agent entry point share one execution core for book creation, short stories, covers, interactive worlds, and persistent text editing. For long-form writing, a chapter pipeline runs planning, context composition, writing, review

Use Cases

• Use InkOS for serialized long-form novel writing, starting from a creative brief and generating worldbuilding, characters, volume outlines, and chapter intent before continuing to write, review, and revise. It can produce standalone short-story packages through Studio Chat or

Getting Started

• Install Node.js 22.16 or later, then run npm i -g @actalk/inkos to install InkOS globally. Initialize a project and start Studio by running inkos init my-novel, entering the my-novel directory, and running inkos; open Studio at the local address shown in the startup log. In

Deployment & Requirements

• InkOS requires Node.js 22.16 or later. A working LLM service and API key are needed; Studio uses visual service configuration, while CLI, daemon, and deployment environments support environment-variable overrides. Studio's local service accepts only same-origin browser requests

Before You Adopt

• License: AGPL-3.0. Review its terms before using, modifying, or distributing the project.