KoboldAI

The original open-source AI writing interface. Largely superseded by KoboldCpp, and the ancestor of much of this section.

Self-hosted
Abandoned
Allowed adult content
Open source

Website Source

At a glance

Where it runs: Self-hostedYou run it on your own machine. Nothing leaves it unless you send it.
Adult content: AllowedAdult content is permitted within the published rules.
Trains on your content: NoYour content is not used to train models.
Status: AbandonedThe maintainers have said they have stopped.
Account needed: No
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Cost: Free and open source.
What it keeps: Local only.

What it takes to run

Graphics memory: No GPU needed
System memory: 8 GB, 16 GB recommended
Disk: about 20 GB
Runs on: Linux, Windows

Find what fits your machine on the tools page — pick your hardware from the first menu.

Before there were companion apps there was KoboldAI: a browser interface for collaborative fiction with a local model, built when that was a genuinely awkward thing to do.

The project's energy moved to KoboldCpp and the newer front-ends. It is listed here because the file formats, the API and a fair amount of the vocabulary in this corner of the field come from it.

Worth knowing before you start

Development has moved on KoboldCpp is where the work went; this repository is quiet.

What it does

Story, adventure and chat modes
World info
Memory and author's note

How it relates to other tools

the successor to KoboldCpp — KoboldCpp is the successor; this edge reads from the older tool

Signs of life

Checked automatically. These are the only figures on this page a machine wrote, and they say when they were taken.

Last answered: Yes, 3 hours ago Its website responded when we asked.
Stars on GitHub: 3,946 861 forks.
Last commit: 607 days ago2025-01-16 17:01 UTC
Latest release: dummy
Archived copy: Wayback Machine A snapshot, in case this one stops answering.