PocketRisu is a self-hosted AI roleplay chat platform, forked from RisuAI. It runs as a Node.js server with a Svelte 5 frontend, accessed via browser. The system supports multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, etc.) through a pluggable adapter pattern, and includes character management, lorebooks, plugins, MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, translation, TTS, image generation, and a comprehensive data-driven settings system. Data is stored in SQLite with content-defined chunking for large values, and the architecture is a monolith with a client-server split: the server handles persistence, backup, asset manifests, and model job processing; the client handles UI, state management, and direct AI API calls (with optional server-side proxy). Key entry points include src/main.ts (client bootstrap), server/node/server.cjs (server), src/ts/storage/database.svelte.ts (central store), and src/ts/process/request/ (AI request handling). External dependencies include Node.js, SQLite, various AI provider APIs, MCP servers, and browser APIs (File System Access, IndexedDB). The codebase is well-tested with unit and integration tests, and features a sophisticated plugin system with sandboxed execution, a model preset registry with remote sync, and a chat delta sync mechanism for efficient data transfer.
Open Dungeon is a fully local AI roleplay application that generates both narrative text and inline scene images on-device. Built as a Next.js 16 application with a React 19 frontend, it provides a rich interactive fiction experience where users can write actions, dialogue, or narration, and the AI narrator responds with streaming prose. The system supports multiple text backends: local Ollama models (Gemma 4 QAT variants) or any OpenAI-compatible server (LM Studio, llama.cpp, OpenRouter, etc.). Image generation is handled by a separate Python HTTP server that wraps optimized FLUX.2-klein backends (MFLUX/MLX on Apple Silicon, PyTorch SDNQ on CUDA/CPU) or an existing ComfyUI instance. The architecture is a monolith with a Next.js server handling API routes, SQLite for persistence, and an optional sidecar image server. Key entry points include the main chat UI (src/app/page.tsx), the story API (src/app/api/story/route.ts) which handles streaming narration, and the image generation API (src/app/api/images/route.ts). The codebase demonstrates strong engineering practices: thorough streaming support with artifact filtering, robust error handling with timeouts and fallbacks, clean database abstraction, and well-structured Python image server with resident model support.
SillyTavern is a full-stack web application (Node.js/Express backend, jQuery/Webpack frontend) that serves as a highly customizable frontend for interacting with large language models (LLMs) for roleplaying and chat. It supports dozens of AI backends (OpenAI, Anthropic, Kobold, Ollama, vLLM, etc.) via streaming text and chat completions, and provides an extensive plugin/extension system for TTS, translation, image generation, vector search, and more. The application features a sophisticated macro engine (Chevrotain-based CST parser) for dynamic prompt templating, a slash command framework with typed arguments and autocomplete, and a rich UI with themes, backgrounds, character management, and branching chat history. It is designed for power users who want fine-grained control over prompts, model parameters, and UI behavior, and includes multi-user support with authentication, secrets management, and per-user data isolation.