TavernAI supports roleplay chats with characters, branching scenes, and prompt controls.

github.com/TavernAI/TavernAI
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About Tavern AI

TavernAI 2 is a portable roleplay chat application for Windows and Linux that organizes conversations around characters and branching scenes. A scene can branch at any message, add characters, run parallel replies, and use separate prompts, rules, images, files and scripts.

Chats, character cards, settings and generated data are stored on the user's machine. Text generation requires connecting a remote AI provider through built-in or custom API integrations, or loading GGUF language and vision models locally using CPU, CUDA or Vulkan.

Key features

  • Branch scenes at any message with multiple characters and parallel replies
  • Load GGUF language and vision models using CPU, CUDA or Vulkan
  • Connect same chat to built-in and custom remote AI provider integrations
  • Attach images, PDFs, documents, audio, video and text to prompts
  • Preview assembled prompt with roles, tokens, attachments and raw request
  • Assign AI or user control separately for each chat participant
Best for: People who create character roleplay chats or interactive stories and want detailed prompt and model control.
Good for
  • Stores chats, cards, settings and generated data on the user's machine
  • Works with local GGUF models and remote API providers in the same chat
  • Offers portable Windows and Linux packages and a Linux server install script
Watch out for
  • Requires a remote provider connection or locally loaded models for generation
  • Lists portable downloads only for Windows 10/11 x64 and Linux x64

Tavern AI at a glance

Type
Open-source project
Pricing
Not confirmed. Check the site
Platforms
Linux, Windows
Open source
Not stated
Language
English
Last checked
Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
Listed
Oct 5, 2026

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Tavern AI FAQ

Does TavernAI store my chats locally?
The project states that chats, cards, settings and generated data stay on your machine, and that it has no telemetry, crash reporting or background update checks. Using a remote AI provider involves sending data to that external service.
Can I use local models or an API?
Yes. You can load GGUF language and vision models with CPU, CUDA or Vulkan backends, or switch the same chat to built-in and custom API integrations.
Which operating systems have downloads?
The repository lists a portable .zip for Windows 10/11 x64 and a portable .tar.gz for Linux x64, plus an install script for a VPS or Linux server.
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