Version control for the rest of us

Try anything.
Keep everything.

Lorelai keeps every version of your work. Save a checkpoint with one click, and go back to any moment, any time.

macOS, Windows & Linux

Free for up to 3 projects · no account · no subscriptions

No accountsNo phone-homeNo subscriptionBuilt on Lore, the version control from the makers of Unreal Engine.
A better way

Stop making copies of your work.

You know the folder. report-final.docx, report-final-v2.docx, report-FINAL-actual.docx. Lorelai does that remembering for you. One clean timeline instead of a graveyard of copies.

The old way
report.docx
report-v2.docx
report-final.docx
report-final-v2.docx
report-FINAL-actual.docx
The Lorelai way
my-report · one timeline
Final draft for review
just now
Reworked the intro
2 hours ago
First full draft
yesterday
Started the report
Monday
How it works

The whole app, in four steps.

01

All your projects, in one place

Point Lorelai at any folder — a novel, a design file, a game, a spreadsheet. It quietly keeps an eye on every one, and tells you exactly where you have unsaved work.

my-novel2 changes
brand-redesignall saved
side-game5 changes
02

It notices when something changes

Work like you always do. When you've made changes worth keeping, Lorelai gives you a gentle nudge — no watching the clock, no remembering to "commit."

3 files changed in chapter-3
Save checkpoint
03

One button — we write the note for you

You never have to describe what changed. Press Save checkpoint and Lorelai writes a clear note itself, so your timeline reads like a story instead of a blank box you have to fill in.

Written for you
Reworked chapter 3 and fixed two typos
chapter-3.docx · notes.md · outline.txt
Save checkpoint
04

Your whole timeline — go back anytime

Every checkpoint sits on one simple timeline. Made a wrong turn last Tuesday? Pick that moment and restore it. Nothing is ever lost, and nothing gets overwritten.

Reworked chapter 3
just now
Renamed “draft” to “chapter-3”
yesterday
Restore
First full draft
Monday
Restore
Started the book
last week
Restore
What you can count on

Simple on top and serious underneath.

Completely offline

Everything happens on your computer. Lorelai never uploads your work or phones home — not even to check your license.

No account, ever

No sign-up, no email, no login screen. Download it, open a folder, and you're working.

Buy once, own it

A single one-time purchase. No monthly fee, nothing to cancel, and it keeps working forever.

Any files, any project

Words, images, audio, code, game assets — Lorelai keeps versions of whatever lives in your folder.

Built on Lore

Under the friendly surface is Lore, the professional version control from the makers of Unreal Engine. Simple face, serious foundation.

Collaborate Coming soon

Working solo today. Later, connect a project to a server and share the same timeline with your team. Same simple app.

Yours, and only yours

Local by default,
private by design.

No cloud, no sync, no telemetry. Your purchase is a signed license file your app checks on its own. Lorelai has no reason to contact us, and it doesn't.

Works on a plane…in a bunker…in a cabin…off the grid
Pricing

An honest desktop app.

Buy it once, own it for good. No subscription, no cloud, no account.

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Before you download

Good questions.

How does this work, technically?
Under the friendly surface, Lorelai uses version control — a well-proven idea, decades old, for keeping every version of a project as it changes over time. It's built on Lore, the professional version control from the makers of Unreal Engine, so the foundation is genuinely solid and battle-tested. Your versions are tucked into a hidden .lore folder inside your project, so your actual files look and stay exactly as they always did. And because that's the real, standard Lore format underneath, nothing is ever locked in: if you outgrow the simple app, your whole history opens in more advanced tools, and it can even handle several people working on the same files when it comes to that. It's the kind of thing you'll be glad is there the moment you're about to make a big change.
Do I need to understand version control?
No, that's the whole point. If you can press a button, you can use Lorelai. There are no commit messages to write, no branches to manage, no command line. Just checkpoints you can go back to.
How is this different from a backup?
A backup is about not losing things: if you delete a file or your drive dies, you can get your latest work back. Lorelai is about something different: deliberately keeping a moment you like. It's the reason people still make chapter-final-v2 copies even when they already have backups: they've reached a version they're happy with, they're about to change a lot, and they want a guaranteed way back to exactly this moment. Lorelai keeps those moments on purpose, one click at a time.

The two go together nicely. You probably do still want to back up your project folder, and when you do, your entire Lorelai history rides along, because every version lives in that hidden .lore folder inside the project. Back up the folder, and you've backed up the whole timeline.
Won't all those versions fill up my disk?
Almost certainly not. Lorelai doesn't stash a fresh full copy every time you save — it keeps only what changed from one version to the next and reuses everything that didn't. So a long, detailed history usually adds up to a small fraction of what a folder full of v1, v2, final, final-actual copies would cost you.
How do I save or move my version history?
It travels with your project, automatically. Your whole history lives in a hidden .lore folder right inside your project folder — nothing sits in the cloud or somewhere central on your machine. So to save, move, or archive your version history, just save, move, or archive the project folder itself; the history goes with it. Copy that folder to another computer and every checkpoint is right there waiting.
Does it work with other Lore tools?
Yes, fully. Lorelai keeps things deliberately simple on the surface, but underneath it's standard Lore, so your project is a real Lore repository. Anyone on a more technical Lore client can open the very same history, and you're free to move between tools whenever you like. Simple to use, never walled off.
Is there a free version?
Yes. Think of it as a test drive: Lorelai is free for up to three projects, forever, with all the core checkpoint features — the real app, not a stripped-down demo. There's no trial clock counting down and no nag screens; it's a genuine taste of the whole thing. When you outgrow three projects, a single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited ones.

Never make a copy again.