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Msty Studio vs SillyTavern

Msty Studio

msty.ai

SillyTavern

sillytavern.app

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FigureMsty StudioSillyTavern
Price from$12.42/moFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Android—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published61
Spec score · Byok System8.5 (#7)8.4 (#9)
Chat featuresSplit Chats lets users run models side by side to compare tone, depth, and accuracy while retaining context.Features include group chats, lorebooks, user personas, prompt controls, chat commands, scripting, and built-in retrieval-augmented generation.
IntegrationsThe Studio feature matrix lists Ollama, Llama.cpp, and MLX local inference engines, and the Aurum plan includes Azure and Bedrock providers.SillyTavern supports local and cloud LLM backends, including KoboldCpp, llama.cpp, Ollama, OpenAI, Claude, Mistral, OpenRouter, and AI Horde.
PrivacyMsty says it works without product telemetry, so prompts, files, and usage patterns are not sent back to Msty.The project says it provides no online or hosted services and does not programmatically track user data; cloud model providers may log data sent to their services.
SupportThe Studio documentation directs users to Msty’s Discord for issues and discussions.The project directs users to its Discord community, GitHub issues, and documentation for help.
What it doesMsty Studio brings local and online models into one workspace for chat, files, prompts, personas, and Knowledge Stacks.SillyTavern is a locally installed interface for text-generation LLMs, image engines and text-to-speech models.

Plans

Msty Studio

  • FreeFree
  • Aurum$149 a year
  • Aurum Lifetime$349 a month
  • TeamsPrice not published
  • Aurum Lifetime$349, paid once
  • Enterprise & TeamsPriced on request

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SillyTavern

  • SillyTavernFree

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Msty Studio

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SillyTavern

SillyTavern is a locally installed interface for interacting with text-generation models, image-generation engines, and text-to-speech voice models. Users can create, import, and switch between character cards, then return to chat histories or review them. The interface includes group chats, lorebooks, personas, prompt controls, chat commands, scripting, and built-in retrieval-augmented generation. Extensions can add character sprites, chat summarization and translation, image generation, text-to-speech, and web search. SillyTavern works with local and cloud model backends, including KoboldCpp, llama.cpp, Ollama, OpenAI, Claude, Mistral, OpenRouter, and AI Horde. The project says it will remain free and open source under AGPL-3.0 and provides no hosted service. It says it does not programmatically track user data, though cloud providers may log information sent to them. Local use requires a system supporting NodeJS 20 or higher; documentation recommends an NVIDIA 3000-series GPU with at least 6GB of VRAM for local inference. The app was not designed for very large character libraries, and performance can degrade above 1,000 characters.

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