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+# Lore
+
+Lore is a local desktop app for browsing and searching your coding-agent history.
+
+It reads the session files Claude Code and Codex already save on your computer, connects them to their repositories and Git history, and puts everything in one searchable archive. It does not wrap your agents or change their files.
+
+## How it works
+
+```text
+Claude Code and Codex logs
+        ↓
+read-only adapters
+        ↓
+local SQLite archive + Git evidence
+        ↓
+search and browse in the desktop app
+```
+
+Lore keeps different kinds of evidence separate. A commit recorded during a session is not treated as the same thing as repository state observed later during ingestion.
+
+Everything in the archive stays on the machine. V0 has no accounts, telemetry, cloud database, or LLM calls.
+
+## Development
+
+You will need Rust, Node.js, the Xcode command-line tools, and the Tauri 2 prerequisites for macOS.
+
+```bash
+npm install
+npm run build
+npm test
+npm run lint
+
+cargo test --workspace
+cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+cargo fmt --all -- --check
+```
+
+Run the web UI with `npm run dev`. Run the desktop app with `cargo tauri dev` once the Tauri CLI is installed.
+
+## Repository layout
+
+```text
+crates/lore-core/   ingestion, storage, Git, search, and safety
+crates/lore-ipc/    Rust IPC types and generated TypeScript bindings
+src-tauri/          Tauri application layer
+src/                React interface
+```
+
+## Scope
+
+Lore currently focuses on Claude Code and Codex. It is an archive, not an IDE, agent runtime, or cloud memory service. More integrations and generated skills are deliberately deferred until the core archive is finished.
+
+## License
+
+[Apache License 2.0](LICENSE)
+
+Lore is not affiliated with Anthropic or OpenAI.