Mainstream platforms in the AI companion and AI roleplay scene keep avoiding mature topics. Instead of using resources to innovate, they focus on adding guardrails and filters. They continue treating adults like children, controlling them at every step and stifling creativity.
But Chub (also known as Character Hub, Chub AI) is an exception. A platform created with the goal of making “generative AI for everyone,” Chub stands at the forefront of uncensored AI roleplay alongside a few competitors.
What Is Chub?
Chub (also known as Character Hub, Chub AI) is an uncensored AI roleplay site and a prominent hub in the AI roleplay scene. Its consumer-friendly approach has also established it as the de facto bridge between online and local AI roleplay.
Chub quickly gained popularity after its 2023 launch thanks to its consumer-friendly approach and its policy of providing uncensored “generative AI for everyone.” Its developers have also actively maintained the platform’s policies. They’ve made it clear that they don’t pretend to be a sanitized startup chasing corporate funding and will never censor content, as long as it’s legal.
Chub is uncensored. We do not restrict in any meaningful capacity the variety of characters that are allowed to be posted on the platform nor the type of interactions you are allowed to have with said characters.
Unlike other prominent platforms, Chub’s feature-rich platform doesn’t force users to stay on its site to roleplay with AI characters. Its consumer-friendly approach lets users easily import and export all data on the platform.
Creators share their characters, lorebooks, presets, and more, so others can roleplay with them. Users can export data from Chub and use it on local platforms like SillyTavern or any online platform they choose.
Chub’s Features
Chub is a feature-rich online platform for AI roleplay, offering users maximum control over their experience. It doesn’t hide basic features behind a paywall, and its subscription plans genuinely enhance your AI roleplay experience.
Create, Import, Or Export Characters
Create unique characters with distinct traits, personalities, backstories, and scenarios. You can further flesh out your characters with alternate greetings (multiple opening messages), System Prompt, Post History Instructions, Character’s Note, and Character Book (a lorebook attached to your character). Chub provides powerful features to creators, helping them unleash their creativity and bring truly unique characters to life.
Or you can jump straight into roleplay with an existing character from Chub’s library or import a character card from another platform. Chub allows users to export all character cards on its platform, giving them the freedom to chat using any platform they choose.
Lorebooks And Stages
Lorebooks (and Character Books) on Chub help you keep an efficient context cache by moving unnecessary details from permanent tokens into a structured, retrievable information library.
Your AI characters will only draw relevant information when needed, making your roleplay more immersive without the hassle of managing context limits or using excessively large context windows. You can create, import, or use existing lorebooks on the platform with any character on Chub.
Chub’s Stages are extensions created by others that add functionality to your chats, such as character expressions and UIs for mini-games. You can also use Stages to develop RPG elements or features that connect to third-party APIs.
Free And Unfiltered LLM, Bring Your Own Model Support
Chub’s default LLM is uncensored and free to use with no daily message limits. The developers regularly update the default model with new fine-tunes and consistently improve it for all users.
You can also bring your own LLMs through other cloud providers that have an OpenAI-compatible API to use on Chub. Alternatively, you can host LLMs locally using KoboldCpp and use Chub as your frontend. You are free to use LLMs from any source you prefer, and Chub doesn’t force you to use its models.
Text Generation Settings And Presets
Chub lets users influence the LLM’s output and generate the exact kind of responses they want. You can modify your prompt structure with custom Pre History Instructions, Post History Instructions, Prefills, and tweak various generation parameters.
You don’t have to struggle with limited custom prompts or basic parameter settings found on most online AI roleplay platforms. Creators also share text generation presets on Chub for others to use, making it simple for many to jump right into roleplay.
Group Chats And Chat Management
You can chat with multiple AI characters using Chub’s group chat feature. Chub also provides chat management tools, such as branching chats from specific messages, giving you more control over your narratives.
Subscription That Adds Value
Chub’s monthly plans offer unlimited access to models that are fine-tuned for AI roleplay, including Soji, Chub’s DeepSeek fine-tune.
You can also enhance your roleplay with media and text-to-speech using Chub’s AI image and audio generators. Chub’s API endpoint is OpenAI-compatible, allowing you to use their LLMs on any platform you want.
Unlike other online roleplay platforms that hide basic features behind subscriptions or include microtransactions within chats, Chub’s subscriptions genuinely add value and enhance your AI roleplay experience.
Multimedia Generation And More
- Multimedia Generation Wizard: A helpful Wizard that generates multimedia assets. You can use it to create images, animations, audio, and more.
- Visual Customizations: You can customize your profile and character pages, as well as your chat screen, with custom CSS.
- Detailed Documentation: Chub provides documentation to help users understand and use various features on the platform.
- Continued Development: Chub’s small and dedicated team of developers continually improves the platform. The developers also invite users to share feedback through weekly threads on their subreddit.
Why Use Chub?
Compared to other online platforms, Chub offers more features without locking them behind a subscription or microtransaction. Their free LLM has no usage limits, and subscriptions add value by providing access to fine-tuned, powerful LLMs that enhance your roleplay experience without the hassle of using a third-party API provider or proxy service.
Chub also doesn’t require you to rely solely on its site for AI roleplay. It allows importing and exporting nearly any data to use with other local or online platforms. You can also access Chub’s fine-tuned LLMs via API on other frontends.
Its policy of allowing all content as long as it isn’t illegal lets users explore themes and topics that are censored or filtered on other platforms. It also provides tools to block and avoid content they don’t want to engage with.
The Downsides Of Being “Uncensored”
Chub faces criticism and has its share of issues because it’s an uncensored platform. Its Terms of Service prohibit illegal content, but users can still come across characters or scenarios that are unconventional or might personally trigger them due to sensitive material.
Additionally, interacting with other users on the platform can be unpleasant because they frequently use insults and slurs.
Also Read: Apple Removes Chub’s App From Its App Store
To counteract the downsides of being uncensored, Chub provides tools to block tags, users, and words that you can use to hide any content you don’t want to see. It also offers pre-made toggles to block NSFW and NSFL content.
Chub’s developers assume you are an adult, mature enough to use their tools to avoid unwanted content on their platform. Use these tools properly after setting up an account to prevent negative experiences.
Chub: Generative AI For Everyone
Chub is an uncensored online AI roleplay platform that doesn’t police content as long as it isn’t illegal and doesn’t violate the platform’s Terms of Service. Its default LLM is free, unfiltered, and has no usage limits, allowing everyone to enjoy this hobby at no cost.
It doesn’t lock basic features behind a paywall, and its subscriptions offer genuine value through their fine-tuned LLMs. Chub gives its users the freedom to import and export all content, letting them enjoy this hobby in the way they prefer, without depending on any single platform.
Despite its flaws and shortcomings, Chub plays a crucial role in a scene where platforms constantly appear and disappear, and where censorship or restrictions can be imposed without warning.
