# SillyTavern provides a single unified interface for many LLM APIs

> Source: <https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern>
> Published: 2026-06-14 20:57:31+00:00

SillyTavern provides a single unified interface for many LLM APIs (KoboldAI/CPP, Horde, NovelAI, Ooba, Tabby, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Claude, Mistral and more), a mobile-friendly layout, Visual Novel Mode, Automatic1111 & ComfyUI API image generation integration, TTS, WorldInfo (lorebooks), customizable UI, auto-translate, more prompt options than you'd ever want or need, and endless growth potential via third-party extensions.

We have a [Documentation website](https://docs.sillytavern.app/) to answer most of your questions and help you get started.

SillyTavern (or ST for short) is a locally installed user interface that allows you to interact with text generation LLMs, image generation engines, and TTS voice models.

Beginning in February 2023 as a fork of TavernAI 1.2.8, SillyTavern now has over 300 contributors and 3 years of independent development under its belt, and continues to serve as a leading software for savvy AI hobbyists.

- We aim to empower users with as much utility and control over their LLM prompts as possible. The steep learning curve is part of the fun!
- We do not provide any online or hosted services, nor programmatically track any user data.
- SillyTavern is a passion project brought to you by a dedicated community of LLM enthusiasts, and will always be free and open sourced.

The hardware requirements are minimal: it will run on anything that can run NodeJS 20 or higher. If you intend to do LLM inference on your local machine, we recommend a 3000-series NVIDIA graphics card with at least 6GB of VRAM, but actual requirements may vary depending on the model and backend you choose to use.

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Or get in touch with the developers directly:

- Discord: cohee, rossascends, wolfsblvt
- Reddit:
[/u/RossAscends](https://www.reddit.com/user/RossAscends/),[/u/sillylossy](https://www.reddit.com/user/sillylossy/),[u/Wolfsblvt](https://www.reddit.com/user/Wolfsblvt/) [Post a GitHub issue](https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/issues)

- Send pull requests. Learn how to contribute:
[CONTRIBUTING.md](/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/blob/release/CONTRIBUTING.md) - Send feature suggestions and issue reports using the provided templates.
- Read this entire readme file and check the documentation website first, to avoid sending duplicate issues.

For detailed installation instructions, please visit our documentation:

[Windows Installation Guide](https://docs.sillytavern.app/installation/windows/)[MacOS/Linux Installation Guide](https://docs.sillytavern.app/installation/linuxmacos/)[Android (Termux) Installation Guide](https://docs.sillytavern.app/installation/android-(termux)/)[Docker Installation Guide](https://docs.sillytavern.app/installation/docker/)

**This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Affero General Public License for more details.**

[TavernAI](https://github.com/TavernAI/TavernAI)1.2.8 by Humi: MIT License- Portions of CncAnon's TavernAITurbo mod used with permission
- Visual Novel Mode inspired by the work of PepperTaco (
[https://github.com/peppertaco/Tavern/](https://github.com/peppertaco/Tavern/)) - Noto Sans font by Google (OFL license)
- Lexer/Parser by Chevrotain (Apache-2.0 license)
[https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain](https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain) - Icon theme by Font Awesome
[https://fontawesome.com](https://fontawesome.com)(Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) - Default content by @OtisAlejandro (Seraphina character and lorebook) and @kallmeflocc (10K Discord Users Celebratory Background)
- Docker guide by
[@mrguymiah](https://github.com/mrguymiah)and[@Bronya-Rand](https://github.com/Bronya-Rand) - kokoro-js library by
[@hexgrad](https://github.com/hexgrad)(Apache-2.0 License)