Local Roleplay
The latest news, guides, opinion pieces, and other information to enhance your local AI roleplay experience. Whether it’s information related to a frontend, backend, an extension, or comparing LLMs, we cover them all.
People often criticize smaller models for making characters feel one-dimensional or for forgetting context and ruining the flow of a roleplay. They’re not perfect, but…
Don’t you just hate it when a stubborn character suddenly gives in or a ruthless one backs down without a fight? Nothing in AI roleplay…
Finding a model for AI roleplay that excels at portraying a character and being a proactive and creative narrative partner is a rare treat. TheDrummer’s…
Running LLMs locally requires a desktop or laptop with decent hardware. Those who have a gaming or productivity rig with a dedicated GPU can run…
Running LLMs locally requires a desktop or laptop with decent hardware. Those who have a gaming or productivity rig with a dedicated GPU can run…
SillyTavern is a free, open-source frontend for interacting with LLMs that you can run locally on your device. It’s a powerful, versatile tool that you…
SillyTavern is a free, open-source, versatile frontend designed for power users. The developers offer a powerful sandbox tool that you can customize as you like,…
Many people struggle to set up and use SillyTavern despite its comprehensive official documentation and various community-created guides there to assist them. SillyTavern is a…
A model that’s accessible, context-aware, and decent at both chat and adventure AI roleplay sounds too good to be true. But Sicarius’ Impish LLAMA 4B…
KoboldCpp is a free, open-source backend that lets you run Large Language Models (LLMs) locally on your device. It also includes KoboldAI Lite, a lightweight…
Corporations and investor-funded projects dominate the AI scene. Several projects and platforms that originally launch as free and ‘for the people’ eventually come under corporate…
AI roleplay as a hobby is a lot more accessible today. There are many easy-to-use online frontends with active communities. We can access powerful LLMs…
A small model that you can run on almost any device and that performs well at AI roleplay might seem too good to be true.…
Earlier today, several people who used Gemini LLMs for AI roleplay received an email from Google. The email informed them that they have used a…
You’ve set up and optimized SillyTavern for AI roleplay on your desktop, and now you want to use it on other devices like your phone…
You’ve finally had enough of online AI roleplay platforms restricting your experience and decide to try SillyTavern. The idea of a reliable, feature-rich front end…
People spend a lot of time looking for an online platform for unfiltered AI roleplay that won’t break the bank, or carefully setting up a…
What scares many people away from local AI roleplay is the need to set everything up themselves. It looks complicated and time-consuming, but it’s not…