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Roadmap
Keely is being built in three phases, each one solid before the next begins. Here's where things stand.

Timeline
March-June 2026
Phase 1 — The Generator ✅ Nearly Complete
Turn plain text files into a living, dual-pane reader site.
- ✔︎ Core file format designed (characters, places, groups, scenes)
- ✔︎ Static site generator built and working Dual-pane reading experience (prose + clickable wiki, side by side)
- ✔︎ Wiki entry pages for characters, places, and groups
- ✔︎ Through-line navigation (follow a single POV or story thread)
- ✔︎ Content warnings and reader preference controls
- ✔︎ Image and portrait support
- ✔︎ Full documentation and open-source release on GitHub
- ○ keely-app.com website — Ongoing; docs, changelog, and blog sections still to come
July-present 2026
Phase 2 — The Editor App 🚧 In Progress
A friendly desktop app so authors never have to touch a file or a terminal.
- ○ keely-app.com website — Ongoing; docs, changelog, and blog sections still to come
- ✔︎ App foundation (Tauri + React) built and running
- ✔︎ Create and manage projects and stories from the app
- ✔︎ Full character, place, and group editors
- ✔︎ Custom entity types (define your own kinds of wiki pages)
- ✔︎ Browse and organize a story's scene structure
- â—‹ Scene prose editor (currently basic; rich Markdown coming)
- â—‹ Wiki-link autocomplete while writing
- â—‹ Image upload and management
- â—‹ One-click publish and preview
- â—‹ Auto-save version history
- â—‹ Packaged installers for Mac, Windows, and Linux
late 2026
Phase 3 — Reader Features 📋 Planned
Give published stories the tools to build and support an audience.
- â—‹ Comments and reader annotations
- â—‹ Email subscriptions and new-chapter notifications
- â—‹ Paywalled/tiered chapter access
- â—‹ Privacy-respecting reading analytics
- â—‹ Hosted version (no self-hosting required)

Take Keely for a Walk!
See what serialized fiction can feel like
Open the live demo, or grab the template and make it yours!
