AI & Automation · AI Assistants & Agents
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Find a character or companion you can keep talking to over time. Compare ready-made subscriptions with apps you can run yourself, paying attention to memory, speech, avatars and control over models. Free source code can still require model APIs, capable hardware and separate avatar rights. Some services focus on friendship and everyday conversation; others emphasize fictional or adult roleplay. Related lists below cover writing tools and the components used to build a companion.
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💖🧸 Self hosted, you-owned Grok Companion, a container of souls of waifu, cyber livings to bring them into our worlds, wishing to achieve Neuro-sama's altitude. Capable of realtime voice chat, Minecraft, Factorio playing. Web / macOS / Windows supported.
★ 50.8kFreeSISillyTavern/SillyTavernLLM Frontend for Power Users.
★ 35kFreeOPOpen-LLM-VTuber/Open-LLM-VTuberTalk to any LLM with hands-free voice interaction, voice interruption, and Live2D avatar running locally across platforms
★ 14.4kFreeDUduixcom/Duix-Mobile🚀 The best real-time interactive AI avatar(digital human) with on-premise deployment and <1.5 s latency.
★ 8.3kFreeBAhmadHassan-BTed/BAn autonomous, context-aware AI desktop companion. Built with Python, featuring real-time screen vision, custom ONNX voice synthesis, active window tracking, and a dynamic floating UI with reactive facial expressions.
★ 4.1kFreeSUheshengtao/super-agent-party⭐ All-in-one AI companion! Super Agent Party = Self hosted neuro sama + openclaw! ⭐ 全能AI伴侣!超级智能体派对 = 自托管neuro sama + openclaw!
★ 2.8kFreeCOPal-AI-Lab/CoopanionYour tiny AI desktopet companion, built with Cortico 0 0)
★ 2.6kFreeRIkwaroran/RisuaiMake your own story. User-friendly software for LLM roleplaying
★ 1.8kFreeSOjofizcd/Soul-of-Waifu🌌 Give a soul to your favorite characters. Soul of Waifu is a desktop roleplay & AI companion app featuring Live2D/VRM avatars, voice chat & local LLM. Evolve together across immersive chat, RPG adventures, and your desktop.
★ 1.4kFreeMYmorettt/my-neuroThis project lets you create your own AI desktop companion with customizable characters and voice conversations that respond in just 1 second. Features include long-term memory, visual recognition, voice cloning and LLM training. Compatible with various Live2D customizations.
★ 1.4kFreeAItegnike/aituber-kitA web application for chatting with AI characters that anyone can easily set up and deploy.
★ 1.1kFreeAGagnaistic/agnaiAI Agnostic (Multi-user and Multi-bot) Chat with Fictional Characters. Designed with scale in mind.
★ 789FreeOPzeekk0/OpenSakuraOpenSakura: MekaHime's first AI companion, open source. 3D VRoid avatar, real-time voice, emotion state, OpenRouter or Ollama brain.
★ 62FreeA second choice: they cover part of this job or are a building block for it.
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