SillyTavern
★ 34.3kA self-hosted alternative to Chatgpt, Midjourney
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · SourceNo external DB63+ active committers (12mo)
About
SillyTavern is a locally installed user interface aimed at people who want a flexible front end for text generation, image generation, and TTS voice models. It presents itself as a single place to...
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Features
- single unified interface for many LLM APIs
- mobile-friendly layout
- Visual Novel Mode
- image generation integration
- TTS support
- WorldInfo/lorebooks
- customizable UI
- auto-translate
- third-party extensions
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Feb 9, 2023
- Install Methods
- dockersource
- Requirements
- NodeJS 20 or higher
- Privacy & Independence
- No TelemetryNo Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (4 volumes)
docker/docker-compose.yml · @ 51ad27f · scanned Jun 4, 2026
services:
sillytavern:
build: ..
container_name: sillytavern
hostname: sillytavern
image: ghcr.io/sillytavern/sillytavern:latest
environment:
- NODE_ENV=production
- FORCE_COLOR=1
- SILLYTAVERN_HEARTBEATINTERVAL=30
ports:
- "8000:8000"
volumes:
- "./config:/home/node/app/config"
- "./data:/home/node/app/data"
- "./plugins:/home/node/app/plugins"
- "./extensions:/home/node/app/public/scripts/extensions/third-party"
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "node", "src/healthcheck.js"]
interval: 30s
# ...
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