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SillyTavern

The LLM frontend for characters and roleplay — ~34k stars.

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About

SillyTavern (SillyTavern/SillyTavern, AGPL-3.0, ~34k stars) is the LLM frontend for character chat and roleplay: deep customization, extensions, and any backend.

A huge community and the definitive character-chat UI. AGPL-3.0 copyleft — fine for personal use, mind the license if you host it.

What it can do

  • Character chat
  • Extensions
  • Any LLM backend
  • Deep customization
  • AGPL-3.0

Setup

  1. Install per the README (Node).
  2. Connect your LLM backend/API.
  3. Install characters and extensions.

Prerequisites

Node.js; an LLM backend.

Use cases

chat

Works with

Generic APIAny agent (.md)

Trust score — 8/10

/10 trustVerified

Scored 8/10 (verified tier). ~34k stars, actively maintained, the character-chat standard. Docked for AGPL copyleft (flagged) and niche scope. Verified tier.

★ 34,370 GitHub stars

How the trust score is built

Full methodology →
Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
8.5/10
Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
8.1/10
Openness · license + docs
9.4/10
Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
8.0/10
  • · 34,370 GitHub stars (log-scaled vs catalog peers)
  • · last push 11d ago; 7 releases/12mo; 657 open issues
  • · manual review: SillyTavern — LLM frontend for roleplay/characters; AGPL copyleft flagged; license: AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)

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