RisuAI Cross-platform RP client/app with multi-API support, TTS, assets-in-chat, regex filters, and character expressions. 0400 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# characters# local
LM Studio (Desktop) Popular desktop app to run and chat with local LLMs; simple model management and fast GPU/CPU offload for RP sessions. 0400 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# desktop# GPU
Open WebUI Modern self-hosted chat UI for local models (Ollama/OpenAI-compatible) with histories, file/RAG, tools—great RP shell. 0400 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# local# NSFW
GPT4All Model Library Local AI app and library with a curated catalog of downloadable open-weight models. 0400 Model Hubs# desktop# GPT4All# local
DeepSeek-R1 (and distilled checkpoints) Open (MIT-licensed) reasoning model with distilled 1.5B–70B local checkpoints; known for chain-of-thought quality. 0400 Open-source Models# DeepSeek-R1# distilled# local
Open Interpreter Local agent-computer interface that can browse, run code, and automate multi-step desktop tasks. 0400 Multistep Agents# automation# browser control# CLI
RWKV-7 (family) Attention-free RNN-style open models with transformer-level performance and constant-memory inference. 0390 Open-source Models# linear time# local# open source
KoboldCpp Single-binary llama.cpp fork with a lightweight built-in UI; fast local inference for RP with long context options. 0380 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# GGUF# inference
Ollama + Llama Guard 3 (local) Run Llama Guard 3 locally via Ollama to classify prompts/responses for safety. 0380 Guardrails & Moderation# classification# Llama Guard# local
Backyard AI (Desktop, Deprecated) Character-focused local desktop app (now deprecated) known for no-filter RP; still useful as a reference/shell. 0370 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# characters# desktop
LobeChat Open-source, polished chat framework supporting many providers & local runners; extensible for RP and character presets. 0360 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# local# multi-model
Jan (Desktop) Open-source local LLM desktop app—download models, chat offline, and customize prompts for RP-style dialogs. 0350 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# desktop# local
AnythingLLM Full-stack local chat app (desktop & server) with multi-user workspaces and RAG; solid base for private RP worlds. 0350 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# local# NSFW
GPT4All (Desktop) Privacy-first local chatbot app with downloadable models, long chats, and document memory—usable for custom RP. 0350 Roleplay Frontends (Local/Self-Hosted UI)# adult# desktop# local
Qwen2.5 (Alibaba Qwen) Latest Qwen series from 0.5B–72B; dense decoder models with strong general, coding and math variants for local use. 0350 Open-source Models# 32B# 72B# 7B