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1 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to Character.AI are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.

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Enclave (191 GitHub stars, MIT license, written in Typescript)
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Enclave v0.1.3 on 2026-06-26

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EnclaveMITTypescript191—Moderatev0.1.344