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Introducing Codiko

By Codiko Team

We're excited to introduce Codiko — a desktop story engine built from the ground up for novelists working on complex stories.

If you've ever written a fantasy series, a multi-POV thriller, or any story with a world bigger than you can hold in your head, you know the problem: your writing tool doesn't understand your story. It treats your manuscript like a document. But your story isn't a document — it's a living system of characters, timelines, and interconnected events.

Codiko is built to handle that complexity.

What Makes It Different

Most writing software gives you a text editor and a file tree. Codiko gives you a story workspace — a visual system for organising books, chapters, and scenes, with drag-and-drop reordering and multiple view modes.

But the real difference is what happens when you add AI.

AI That's Read Your Whole Book

The AI assistant in Codiko isn't a chatbot you paste text into. It has access to your entire manuscript, all your characters, locations, world-building entries, timelines, and relationships. When you ask it a question, it searches your project for relevant context before responding.

Ask about a character's motivations in chapter 30, and it can reference what happened in chapter 3. Ask about a timeline inconsistency, and it knows the chronology. Ask for help with a scene, and it understands who's in the room, where they are, and what just happened.

This is the difference between "AI that helps you write" and "AI that understands your story."

Built for Writers, Not Developers

Codiko is designed for novelists, not developers. The editor is clean and focused. The workspace is visual. The AI setup takes five minutes. You don't need to be technical to use it — but if you are, you'll appreciate the depth.

What's Included

  • Manuscript editor with focus mode, scene breaks, and AI-powered diff review
  • Visual workspace with grid view and board view for story structure
  • Branching timelines with event tracking and scene linking
  • Character and world canon with relationship graphs and timeline-aware knowledge
  • Reader mode with annotations
  • Import from .txt/.md and export to Markdown, Word, and PDF
  • AI assistant that uses OpenAI, Anthropic, or free local models via Ollama

Pricing

Codiko is a one-time purchase — £49 at launch (normally £59). No subscription. No recurring fees. Bring your own API key for AI features.

There's a 14-day free trial with full access and no credit card required.

Try It

Download the free trial and see what it's like to write with an AI that actually knows your story.