Practical articles on local LLMs, World Info / Lorebook, and MiniTavern for iOS & Android; the seven-day series is maintained in Japanese on Silly Tavern 101.
Silly Tavern is an open-source front-end for AI character chat—great for roleplay, long plots, and worldbuilding. Character cards and World Info (Lorebook) help you feed consistent persona and setting to the model.
This English hub highlights translated and original posts. The full seven-day introduction series is maintained on the Japanese site (Japanese body text). Use the language menu for English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, Русский, etc.
The lesson pages below are written in Japanese—use a translator if needed.
Concepts, history, and features (Japanese text)
Go learn →Environment to first launch (Japanese text)
Go learn →Find, make, import (Japanese text)
Go learn →Cloud APIs (Japanese text)
Go learn →Offline and wiring into ST (Japanese text)
Go learn →Prompts, parameters, UI (Japanese text)
Go learn →Mobile options overview (Japanese text)
Go learn →Google Play remains primary. During review timing gaps, the official GitHub tracking channel keeps the latest available build in sync.
Read more →Englishv1.4.0: further folder sync fixes after long idle; Microsoft Edge listing under review.
Read more →EnglishExtension update: fixes the re-auth deadlock when Sync now stays disabled and PNGs won’t import. Update steps and recovery path. Available on the Chrome Web Store.
Read more →EnglishOfficial Android build on Google Play, character cards, models; for the Termux/Node path see the linked companion article.
Read more →EnglishThreads context, screenshot & cold-open sample; full zh-TW copy-paste prompt linked inside.
Read more →EnglishDiscord invites, cloud tavern vs MiniTavern, Docker self-host; ties to community ST 1.17.0 push.
Read more →English2026 guide: Lorebook, adventure cards, OpenRouter—GM-style tabletop play, not only chat.
Read more →EnglishInstall, connections, and advanced topics.
Visit →EnglishOfficial English walkthrough—cards and API basics.
Open tutorial →PRs with fixes or new guides welcome—this helps everyone learning Silly Tavern.