Getting Started

This guide gets the StyleMakar web app running against a local OpenAI-compatible provider.

Requirements

• Node.js >=22.22.1
• pnpm 11.9.0
• LM Studio or another OpenAI-compatible provider
• A loaded model, ideally a Gemma 4 model for the current default path

Install Dependencies

pnpm install

Start A Local Provider

In LM Studio, open the Developer tab and start the local API server. Make sure it is reachable at:

http://localhost:1234/v1

The default provider settings are:

{
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:1234/v1',
  model: 'gemma-4',
  reasoningEffort: 'none',
}

StyleMakar will discover the selected model when /api/health can reach LM Studio.

For full setup details, including custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints and current UI limitations, read Provider Setup.

Run The App

pnpm run dev

Open:

http://127.0.0.1:5173

The development setup runs Vite on port 5173 and the API server on port 5174. Vite proxies /api requests to the API server.

Verify The Provider

curl http://127.0.0.1:5174/api/health

A ready response includes lmStudioReachable: true, ok: true, and the selected model id.

Run A Rewrite

Use the seeded Q2 Product Strategy Draft, or paste your own paragraph into the Source pane and click Rewrite.

The default workflow rewrites paragraph-sized segments, grades style fit, checks meaning preservation, and returns the final document. Final smoothing is off unless you explicitly enable it through API options.