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# DM-Pal
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An offline-first desktop toolkit for Dungeon Masters, powered by a local LLM.
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Built with **Tauri v2** + **Rust** on the back end and **React 19** + **TypeScript**
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on the front. Every generator is grounded in your own world bible via a local
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RAG index — no data leaves your machine unless you point it at a remote API.
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## What's in the box
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DM-Pal packs every tool a DM reaches for at and between the table, grouped
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into **Session** (live) and **World** (prep) tools:
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- **Initiative Tracker** — combatants, HP, conditions, death saves, turn timer
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- **Dice Roller** — notation parsing, advantage/disadvantage, roll templates
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- **Encounter Builder** — AI-generated encounters with a 5e XP budget
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- **NPC Generator** — portraits, personality, goals, stat blocks
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- **Quest Designer** — multi-step quests with twists and reward breakdown
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- **Item Forge** — magic items with art and structured mechanics
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- **Image Generator** — portraits, maps, scene art (macOS, via Ollama)
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- **Session Logger** — Markdown notes, multiple sessions, streaming AI summary
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- **Soundboard** — synthesized ambience/SFX with one-click scenes
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- **World Builder** — generated regions, landmarks, a draggable-pin map
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- **Lore (RAG)** — index your world bible, ground every generation in it
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- **Calendar** — custom fantasy calendars, weather, moon phases, events
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- **Random Tables** — built-in and custom tables, weighted rolls
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A **⌘K command palette**, **History view** (re-open any past generation), and
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persistent state round it out — reload loses nothing.
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## Quick start
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### Prerequisites
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- **Rust** + **Cargo** — https://rustup.rs
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- **Node.js** 20+ — https://nodejs.org
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- **[Ollama](https://ollama.com)** running locally (default `http://localhost:11434`)
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### Install & run
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```bash
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npm install
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npm run tauri dev
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```
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On first launch open **Settings (⌘,)** and confirm the API URL, then pull a
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text model (e.g. `llama3.2`) and an embedding model (e.g. `nomic-embed-text`):
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```bash
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ollama pull llama3.2
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ollama pull nomic-embed-text
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```
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Optionally, for image generation (macOS / Apple Silicon only):
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```bash
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ollama pull x/flux2-klein:4b
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```
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## Where your data lives
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All campaign data stays on disk under your OS app-data dir (default
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`$APPDATA/dm-toolkit/`, configurable in Settings):
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| File | Contents |
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| `lore.db` | RAG chunks + embeddings (SQLite) |
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| `generations.db` | History of every generated NPC/encounter/item/quest/… |
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| `images/` | Cached generated PNGs, keyed by prompt hash |
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| `dm-pal-state.json` | UI state (initiative, dice history, calendar events, …) |
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Settings → **Data location** lets you relocate everything to an external drive
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and migrates existing data for you.
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## Architecture
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```
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React 19 + TypeScript ──invoke()/Channel──▶ Rust (Tauri v2)
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Zustand · framer-motion LLM (Ollama / OpenAI-compatible)
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react-konva (world map) SQLite (rusqlite, bundled)
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Tailwind v4 + glassmorphism RAG (brute-force cosine → sqlite-vec path)
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```
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Each tool is a self-contained component mounted behind a single `renderView`
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switch; the dashboard is a launcher of at-a-glance tiles. The design system is
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dark-only (navy + Cinzel + gold), self-hosts its fonts for true offline use,
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and meets WCAG AA contrast.
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## Scripts
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```bash
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npm run dev # Vite dev server (frontend only)
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npm run tauri dev # Full app, hot-reload
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npm run build # tsc -b && vite build
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npm run lint # oxlint
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node scripts/check-worldmap.ts # world-map layout self-check
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node scripts/check-encounter-budget.ts # XP-budget self-check
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node scripts/check-dice.ts # dice-notation parser self-check
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```
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## Project layout
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src/ React front end
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components/ one file per tool
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lib/ pure logic + persistence hooks
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src-tauri/src/ Rust back end
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commands/ Tauri IPC commands (llm, image, rag, data, generation)
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llm/ Ollama/OpenAI client + config
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rag/ embedding + cosine search
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generations/ history store
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docs/ plan + UI/UX review
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```
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## Roadmap
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See [`docs/plan.md`](docs/plan.md) for the full plan and `docs/ui-ux-improvements.md`
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for the living UI/UX review with a prioritized checklist.
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Planned / in progress: first-run model wizard, quest branching graph, world
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hierarchy tree, real ambience packs, GitHub Actions CI, code signing, and an
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auto-updater.
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## License
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TBD. Built-in rule references use only 5e SRD / OGL / CC-BY content. Model files
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ship under their own licenses (e.g. Meta's Llama license) — accept them in
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Ollama before pulling. |