TavernAI/TavernAI-v1

Atmospheric adventure chat for AI language models (KoboldAI, NovelAI, Pygmalion, OpenAI chatgpt, gpt-4)

JavaScript

2,698

672 commits

updated Jun 16, 2026

See the code

README

TavernAI

TavernAI is an atmospheric frontend for chat and storywriting, compatible with many backends!

This is legacy repository. TavernAI 2 is available here https://github.com/TavernAI/TavernAI

Screenshots:

Download:
Run online:

Features

  • Character creation
  • Online character database
  • Group chat with multiple characters at the same time
  • Story mode
  • World info
  • Message swiping
  • Configurable generation settings
  • Configurable interface themes, including one that resembles CharacterAI
  • Configurable backgrounds, including beautiful defaults to select from
  • Edit, delete, and move any message
  • GPT and Claude picture recognition

How to install

  1. Download and install: Node.js Please tick the box in the installer for "Additional Build-Tools" and answer Yes to All when the tools install script asks.
    For Win7x64SP1, Wndows 10+, MacOS, as well as Linux(Source) and Debian/Ubuntu(Binaries)
  2. Download TavernAI

Then:

  • On Windows: Start TavernAI by running Start.bat
  • On Linux: Start TavernAI by running start-linux.sh
  • On other OSes: Run npm install to install dependencies, then run node server.js to start the server

For detailed instructions on how to setup TavernAI with KoboldAI or NovelAI:

Supported Backends

Tips

Use this button to edit the message:

If the message is not finished, you can simply send the request again, or say "continue", depending on the model. It should understand that you want to continue the message.

Additional materials

Contact

Humi (the original developer):

  • Discord: Humi#5044


ai
chat
chatgpt
gpt-4
koboldai
novelai
pygmalion

TavernAI/TavernAI-v1

Atmospheric adventure chat for AI language models (KoboldAI, NovelAI, Pygmalion, OpenAI chatgpt, gpt-4)

JavaScript

2,698

672 commits

updated Jun 16, 2026

See the code

README

TavernAI

TavernAI is an atmospheric frontend for chat and storywriting, compatible with many backends!

This is legacy repository. TavernAI 2 is available here https://github.com/TavernAI/TavernAI

Screenshots:

Download:
Run online:

Features

  • Character creation
  • Online character database
  • Group chat with multiple characters at the same time
  • Story mode
  • World info
  • Message swiping
  • Configurable generation settings
  • Configurable interface themes, including one that resembles CharacterAI
  • Configurable backgrounds, including beautiful defaults to select from
  • Edit, delete, and move any message
  • GPT and Claude picture recognition

How to install

  1. Download and install: Node.js Please tick the box in the installer for "Additional Build-Tools" and answer Yes to All when the tools install script asks.
    For Win7x64SP1, Wndows 10+, MacOS, as well as Linux(Source) and Debian/Ubuntu(Binaries)
  2. Download TavernAI

Then:

  • On Windows: Start TavernAI by running Start.bat
  • On Linux: Start TavernAI by running start-linux.sh
  • On other OSes: Run npm install to install dependencies, then run node server.js to start the server

For detailed instructions on how to setup TavernAI with KoboldAI or NovelAI:

Supported Backends

Tips

Use this button to edit the message:

If the message is not finished, you can simply send the request again, or say "continue", depending on the model. It should understand that you want to continue the message.

Additional materials

Contact

Humi (the original developer):

  • Discord: Humi#5044


ai
chat
chatgpt
gpt-4
koboldai
novelai
pygmalion

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