Find a character or bring your own

Explore Discover for a premise you like. Read the opening greeting before starting. You can jump straight in or choose who you want to play and how you like your replies.

Already have a favorite? Sign in and open My Characters to import a Tavern PNG, a character JSON file, or a supported character link. Imported characters start private and are saved to your NanoGPT account. Review the result before sharing it.

Try a conversation, then choose your model

Guests can try up to 10 free messages on selected models, subject to shared daily and availability limits. Sign in with your NanoGPT account for continued use through your subscription or account balance. Signing in does not itself provide unlimited free chatting.

The recommended models combine writing benchmarks and usage popularity. You can switch models without starting over. The picker shows standard input and output token prices; eligible subscription models are marked. Your plan limits still apply, and other models use your balance.

Longer conversations generally cost more because earlier messages and character details are sent with your next reply. Automatic memory updates also use the selected model. Scene images have a separate generation cost.

Make the story yours

Use a persona to tell the character who you are. Some characters suggest a role for you to play: take it with one click on the character page, or keep playing as yourself. Edit a reply, try another version, or continue an unfinished scene. Chat settings let you guide the next scene without speaking those instructions as your character.

• Reply length and style: Chat settings → Replies sets how long replies run and whether they favor dialogue or description. Change it whenever the scene calls for it.
• Story direction: Chat settings → Story direction nudges the next reply without appearing in the chat.
• Memory: Chat settings → Memory holds pinned facts, which are always included, and an editable summary of earlier scenes. Signed-in users can update it automatically or on demand. Set the default in Settings → Preferences.
• Scenario: switch Chat settings to Advanced to change this chat's scenario. For characters you own, set the starting scenario, and a persona to suggest to readers, under Edit → Advanced in My Characters.
• Lore: press Lore at the top of a chat to see every lorebook in the story, switch books on or off, and add an entry in a few seconds — entries join the prompt when their keywords come up. Lorebooks holds your own books: import them from SillyTavern, turn one on everywhere, or link it to a character. A character's built-in lorebook is under Edit → Lorebook.

Memory isn't perfect recall. Review and correct the summary when needed.

Speak or listen

With an empty message box, use the microphone icon to record up to one minute. Tap the stop icon to add a transcript to your draft, then review or edit it before sending. Cancel discards the recording; leaving the chat cancels unfinished speech work.

The sound icon beside a completed character reply reads it aloud as soon as the audio is ready. Tap again to pause or resume. For long replies, the icon’s label indicates that only the first part will play. Replaying cached audio does not generate it again. Turn on “Automatically play reply audio” in Settings → Preferences to generate and play audio whenever a new character reply finishes.

Speech input and output are free for now in SillyNano, subject to availability and abuse controls. Sending your chat message still uses the usual guest allowance, subscription, or balance. See Privacy for how speech providers process recordings and reply text.

Keep your stories safe

Chats are saved in this browser unless conversation sync is on for your NanoGPT account. If you already use it there, it applies here after you sign in. Check the saving indicator or sync settings before switching devices or clearing browser data. How synced chats are encrypted depends on the mode set in your NanoGPT storage settings.

Saving and generating are separate. To write each reply, your message, the recent story, the character, your persona and memory are sent through NanoGPT to the model provider you picked, whether or not sync is on.

Characters you save or import, including private ones, are stored on your NanoGPT account and receive safety checks. Private means other users can't open them. Your chat messages aren't run through those card checks, but models may still refuse some requests, and the Terms still apply.

A downloaded backup gives you another copy; keep it private because it contains your conversations. Return to Your chats to search, pin, resume, import, or back up stories. The Privacy Policy covers encryption modes, moderation and deletion.

Need a hand?

Use Settings for appearance and content preferences. SillyNano is for adults aged 18 and over. For help, visit NanoGPT support.