Pyre

Spec sheet

What it does

Pyre is a local-first roleplay frontend for characters, worlds and long-running stories.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Product

Pyre is a local-first, bring-your-own-provider client for AI roleplay with characters, worlds, and long-running stories.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Audience

The maker says Pyre is intended for adults because imported cards and chosen providers may produce mature themes.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Privacy

Pyre says it has no hosted backend, account, cloud library, or telemetry, and that Ember Team does not see users’ chats, cards, prompts, providers, or library.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

License

Pyre is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Maker

The product is made by Ember Team, described as a small independent effort.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Adults

Pyre is intended for adults because imported cards and selected providers may produce mature themes.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

AI Creator

The Creator builds or edits characters, scenarios, personas and lorebooks through a structured review-before-save workflow.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Android installation

Android is installed from an APK downloaded from the latest GitHub release.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Bring-your-own-model

Users connect OpenAI-compatible endpoints, Anthropic-native APIs, hosted aggregators, proxies or local servers.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Build requirements

Building from source requires Flutter and the target platform toolchain.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Card compatibility

Pyre imports and exports Tavern-compatible cards and supports SillyTavern presets, lorebooks, regex rules and backup archives.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Chat mechanics

Chat supports streaming replies, regeneration, continuation, editing, slash commands, variants and non-destructive branching.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Community content

Pyre integrates with BotBooru for in-app discovery and supports Tavern-compatible character card imports and exports.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Creator

The Creator is used to build characters, scenarios, personas, and lorebooks, with fields reviewed before saving.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Cross-device sync

A desktop or self-host hub can sync libraries, chats and settings between paired devices over the user’s network.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Data handling

Chats, cards, prompts and library data remain local unless the user sends them to a configured provider, paired device, hub or export destination.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Desktop installation

Windows uses a zipped executable and Linux uses a tarball; Windows includes WebView2-based Discover embedding.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Discover integration

Embedded Discover can browse BotBooru and import supported cards or lorebooks after confirmation.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Documentation

The documentation includes guides for chat, Creator, lorebooks, presets, regex, memory, providers, imports, sync, backup, desktop and troubleshooting.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Groups and parties

Group chats, Party Mode and persona parties allow multiple characters or user personas in one scene.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Import limits

Pyre does not yet import loose single SillyTavern .jsonl chat files or SillyTavern group-chat logs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Key security

Native apps store provider keys in operating system secure storage, while browser/PWA clients store no keys and send chat through a paired hub.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Key storage

Native apps store provider keys in Android Keystore, Windows Credential Manager or Linux Secret Service; browsers store none.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Licence

Pyre is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Limit: checkpoint growth

A Reddit user said checkpoint memories became increasingly token-heavy in a long chat and required frequent summarization.Read 21 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Limit: Creator lorebook editing

A Reddit user reported that the Creator could not edit lorebooks embedded in character cards and sometimes duplicated card and lorebook content.Read 21 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Limit: interface polish

The developer acknowledged that the user interface still needed work in the 1.2 discussion.Read 21 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Limit: iOS and Play Store

The developer said there were no plans for a native iOS app; Reddit discussion also states Pyre was not on Google Play and uses a web/PWA alternative.Read 21 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Limit: maturity versus SillyTavern

The developer described SillyTavern as more mature and Pyre as a simpler mobile-first alternative.Read 21 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Local library

Characters, chats, personas, presets, lorebooks, and settings are stored locally, with backup and sync options for devices or hubs users control.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Lore and memory

Lorebooks, Checkpoints, Live Sheet and Script provide world facts, summaries, scene state and future-direction controls.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

macOS availability

There is no packaged macOS build in the current public release.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Open issues

The GitHub tracker showed seven open issues, including Linux keyring corruption, wrong Linux file locations, missing prompt fields, regeneration failures and UX problems.Read 21 Oct 2026 · github.com

Platform limits

The maker says macOS is not a supported public target unless a release build is published, and the FAQ says there is no iOS build.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Praise: memory tools

A Reddit user praised custom summarizing prompts, OOC and Guide controls, Live Sheets and the token breakdown.Read 21 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Praise: phone usability

A Reddit commenter said Pyre provides more control than Janitor without the difficulty of using SillyTavern on a phone.Read 21 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Praise: sync and lorebooks

A Reddit commenter reported that lorebook injection and PC-to-phone synchronization worked well.Read 21 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Prompt controls

Presets support modular prompt blocks, template tokens, prefill and provider-dependent sampling overrides.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Provider integrations

Pyre supports OpenAI-compatible endpoints, Anthropic-native connections on native apps, and local or LAN model servers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Release milestone

Version 1.2.0, dated 2026-07-07, added groups, Party Mode, persona parties, Creator editing, chapter-style Checkpoints and self-host improvements.Read 21 Oct 2026 · github.com

Roleplay tools

It supports branching and alternate replies, group chats, Party Mode, persona parties, and tools such as Checkpoints, Live Sheet, Script, and lorebooks.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Security statement

Provider requests use HTTPS, optional key synchronization is encrypted, and Android cloud auto-backup is disabled.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Self-hosting

The headless hub is experimental, runs through Docker or source builds, defaults to port 6767 and uses port 6768 for the BotBooru proxy.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Supported devices

Current packaged targets are Android, Windows, and Linux, with web/PWA access through a hub and experimental self-host hub options.Read 9 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Telemetry policy

Pyre says it collects no analytics, telemetry, advertising identifiers, crash uploads or usage counters.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

Web delivery

The web/PWA client is served by a desktop or self-host hub and does not store provider keys in the browser.Read 21 Oct 2026 · pyrechat.app

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