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KoboldAI
Local story generation with no cloud dependency
Our verdict. The classic offline story engine: clunky, but it never phones home. Best for: Offline story writing on your own hardware.
At a glance
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- Free and open source.
- Free tier
- Yes — usable without paying
- Price band
- Free
- Adult content
- Optional mature mode — the product has an optional mature mode we do not cover on this site
- Voice
- None
- Images & video
- None
- Memory
- Retains context across sessions
- Custom characters
- Yes
- Runs locally
- Yes — can run offline on your own machine
- Companion types
- Any character
- Visual style
- Mixed
- Platforms
- Desktop · Web
- Traffic
- —
- Privacy & safety notes
- Runs entirely offline when paired with a local model.
What it does well
- Runs fully offline
- Free and open source
- Designed for long stories
Where it falls short
- Setup is involved
- Needs a decent GPU for good speed
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Before you buy. We publish prices from public pricing pages and label anything we have not personally checked. Prices on companion sites change often and regional pricing varies, so confirm the final amount at checkout. Affiliate disclosure.