{"repo":"linux4life1/front-porch-AI","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/linux4life1/front-porch-AI","clone":"git clone https://github.com/linux4life1/front-porch-AI.git","description":"Local-first AI character chat & roleplay for Windows/macOS/Linux — a living Realism Engine, built-in TTS & image generation, and The Stoop community character hub. Fully offline by default, open-source (AGPL-3.0). A home for Backyard AI refugees.","language":"Dart","stars":59,"topics":["ai","ai-companion","character-ai","chatbot","desktop-app","flutter","gguf","koboldcpp","linux","llm"],"license":"AGPL-3.0","category":"ai-agents","readme_excerpt":"main is the stable release branch. All new features land on Rawhide (the rolling development branch) and are promoted here when ready. Nightly cutting-edge builds are available from Rawhide for users who want the latest. A local-first AI companion for character chat & roleplay — Windows, macOS, and Linux. Runs fully offline with local LLMs (KoboldCpp, oMLX, LM Studio, …), driven by a living Realism Engine (emotion, trust, needs, memory, pockets) with built-in TTS and image generation — and supports remote APIs like OpenRouter, Nano-GPT, and OpenAI with no lock-in when you want them. Open-source ( AGPL-3.0 ). Built as a home for people who lost theirs when Backyard AI killed its desktop app. ### 🎁 New in 1.3 — Check Your Pockets She has pockets, clothes, and a set-aside pile . Hand her something and she actually has it. AI Enhance grows a card from a real chat. Porch Life is one Settings home for every living-character switch, and Journal / Chaos / the story clock / Pockets / Objectives are à la carte — the Realism Engine is no longer the master key. Likes, ambitions that steer quests, a mood that isn't about you, and chats you can take with you. Details below, and in the in-app What's New. 🕯️ Why Does This Exist? When Backyard's desktop app shut down, people lost the room they sat in at night — not just an installer. Front Porch is the local-first answer: your characters, on your machine, with a license that stays open even if someone hosts a fork. From v0.9.0 the license i","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/linux4life1","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/linux4life1/front-porch-AI/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}