SillyTavern vs Metahuman vs CharacterAI: Self-Hosted Comparison
I tested SillyTavern against Metahuman and CharacterAI for local AI roleplay. Here's where each one wins, fails, and what actually matters for your setup.
Explore all 33 articles about Self-Hosted AI Apps. Practical guides, reviews, and deep dives — tested and published regularly.
All 33 articles in this topic, newest first.
I tested SillyTavern against Metahuman and CharacterAI for local AI roleplay. Here's where each one wins, fails, and what actually matters for your setup.
Running Whisper in Docker for private speech-to-text transcription. Full docker-compose config, reverse proxy setup, and performance…
Six months running Piper for local text-to-speech in my homelab. What works, what broke, and whether…
Deep dive into how Frigate NVR detects objects in camera feeds using AI inference, Coral TPU…
Wire LibreTranslate into Home Assistant for private text translation automation. I'll walk through the REST API…
Immich won't start or runs out of memory? Walk through the exact errors I hit setting…
Step-by-step guide to install PhotoPrism with Docker Compose on your server. Configure face recognition, indexing, and…
SillyTavern's architecture bridges your local hardware to cloud or self-hosted LLMs. Here's how the routing, memory,…
Step-by-step guide to install Immich on your homelab with Docker Compose. Set up self-hosted photo backup…
Honest report running Whisper locally for speech recognition. What the demos hide, what broke, why I…