novel-ava
v0.1.24
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Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletions
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Introduction
Novel is a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletions.
https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/assets/28986134/2099877f-4f2b-4b1c-8782-5d803d63be5c
Installation
To use Novel in a project, you can run the following command to install the novel
NPM package:
npm i novel
Then, you can use it in your code like this:
import { Editor } from "novel";
export default function App() {
return <Editor />;
}
The Editor
is a React component that takes in the following props:
| Prop | Type | Description | Default |
| --------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| completionApi
| string
| The API route to use for the OpenAI completion API. | /api/generate
|
| className
| string
| Editor container classname. | "relative min-h-[500px] w-full max-w-screen-lg border-stone-200 bg-white sm:mb-[calc(20vh)] sm:rounded-lg sm:border sm:shadow-lg"
|
| defaultValue
| JSONContent
or string
| The default value to use for the editor. | defaultEditorContent
|
| extensions
| Extension[]
| A list of extensions to use for the editor, in addition to the default Novel extensions. | []
|
| editorProps
| EditorProps
| Props to pass to the underlying Tiptap editor, in addition to the default Novel editor props. | {}
|
| onUpdate
| (editor?: Editor) => void
| A callback function that is called whenever the editor is updated. | () => {}
|
| onDebouncedUpdate
| (editor?: Editor) => void
| A callback function that is called whenever the editor is updated, but only after the defined debounce duration. | () => {}
|
| debounceDuration
| number
| The duration (in milliseconds) to debounce the onDebouncedUpdate
callback. | 750
|
| storageKey
| string
| The key to use for storing the editor's value in local storage. | novel__content
|
| disableLocalStorage
| boolean
| Enabling this option will prevent read/write content from/to local storage. | false
|
Note: Make sure to define an API endpoint that matches the
completionApi
prop (default is/api/generate
). This is needed for the AI autocompletions to work. Here's an example: https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/blob/main/apps/web/app/api/generate/route.ts
Here's an example application: https://github.com/steven-tey/novella
Deploy Your Own
You can deploy your own version of Novel to Vercel with one click:
Setting Up Locally
To set up Novel locally, you'll need to clone the repository and set up the following environment variables:
OPENAI_API_KEY
– your OpenAI API key (you can get one here)BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN
– your Vercel Blob read/write token (currently still in beta, but feel free to sign up on this form for access)
If you've deployed this to Vercel, you can also use vc env pull
to pull the environment variables from your Vercel project.
To run the app locally, you can run the following commands:
pnpm i
pnpm build
pnpm dev
Cross-framework support
While Novel is built for React, we also have a few community-maintained packages for non-React frameworks:
- Svelte: https://novel.sh/svelte
- Vue: https://novel.sh/vue
VSCode Extension
Thanks to @bennykok, Novel also has a VSCode Extension: https://novel.sh/vscode
https://github.com/steven-tey/novel/assets/28986134/58ebf7e3-cdb3-43df-878b-119e304f7373
Tech Stack
Novel is built on the following stack:
- Next.js – framework
- Tiptap – text editor
- OpenAI - AI completions
- Vercel AI SDK – AI library
- Vercel – deployments
- TailwindCSS – styles
- Cal Sans – font
Contributing
Here's how you can contribute:
- Open an issue if you believe you've encountered a bug.
- Make a pull request to add new features/make quality-of-life improvements/fix bugs.
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License
Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.